| Clubname: | Sunflower State FC |
| Upright: | 0.8 |
| Fullname: | Sunflower State Football Club |
| Founded: | , as Ozark FC , as Sunflower State FC |
| Stadium: | Blue Valley Northwest High School (Outdoor) Soccer Nation KC (Indoor) Overland Park, Kansas |
| Owntitle: | Owners |
| Owner: | Joey Lipoff Andrew Lentell Salvatore Sesti Charles Salazar Nick McDonald |
| Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
| Manager: | Nick McDonald |
| League: | NPSL MASL 3 |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Position: | Heartland: 3rd |
| Website: | https://www.sunflowerstatefc.com/ |
| American: | yes |
Sunflower State FC is a semi-professional soccer team based in Overland Park, Kansas that competes in the National Premier Soccer League as a member of the Heartland Conference and in the Major Arena Soccer League 3 as a member of the Midwest Division. The club was founded in Northwest Arkansas as Ozark FC in 2017, before merging with Sunflower State FC and moving to the Kansas City, Kansas area in 2022. The team colors are yellow, black, and white.
Sunflower State FC was founded as Ozark FC on January 23, 2017, as a National Premier Soccer League expansion team joining the newly formed Heartland Conference.[1] [2]
In the 2017 NPSL season Ozark finished with a 2–8–0 record and last in their conference, missing the playoffs. Home games were played at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.
Ownership interest of Ozark FC transitioned to an ownership group led by Todd Carrigan, Scott Marksberry, and Oddvar Naustvik on March 29, 2018.
In the 2018 NPSL season Ozark finished with a 0–9–1 record, once again finishing last in their conference and missing the playoffs. Home games were played at Veteran's Park in Rogers, Arkansas, Springdale High School in Springdale, Arkansas, and Har-Ber High School in Springdale, Arkansas.
In the 2019 NPSL season Ozark finished with a 3–5–3 record, finishing 4th in their conference and making the playoffs. They lost 2–6 in the first round at Tulsa Athletic. Home games were all played at Har-Ber High School.
Ozark's rivalry with Little Rock Rangers, called the Downriver Derby by Rangers fans, was their main rivalry each season. Out of the six games the clubs played, Ozark won 2 and lost 4.
On January 10, 2022, the NPSL announced the club had come to an agreement with Sunflower State FC to merge clubs, relocate to Kansas City, Kansas, and keep the club name of Sunflower State FC. Games will be played at Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas starting in 2022.[3]
| Season | Domestic League | U.S. Open Cup | CONCACAF CL | Average Attendance | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | GP | W | L | D | GF | GA | Pts | Conference | Pos. | Playoffs | ||||
| 2017 | NPSL | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 36 | 6 | Heartland Conference | 6th | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 50 |
| 2018 | NPSL | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 1 | Heartland Conference | 6th | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 400 |
| 2019 | NPSL | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 24 | 12 | Heartland Conference | 4th | vs Tulsa | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 400 |
| 2022 | NPSL | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 18 | Heartland Conference | 3rd | vs OKC 1889 FC | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 100 |
| May 12, 2019 | 7:00 p.m. | Little Rock Rangers | War Memorial Stadium – Little Rock, Arkansas | L 1–3 | 0–1–0, 0 points | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| May 18, 2019 | 3:00 p.m. | Tulsa Athletic | Veteran's Park – Tulsa, Oklahoma | L 1–3 | 0–2–0, 0 points | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| May 25, 2019 | 7:30 p.m. | Demize NPSL | Cooper Sports Complex – Springfield, Missouri | D 1–1 | 0–2–1, 1 points | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| June 1, 2019 | 7:30 p.m. | Little Rock Rangers | Har-Ber High School – Little Rock, Arkansas | W 2–1 | 1–2–1, 4 points | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| June 8, 2019 | 6:00 p.m. | Club Atletico St. Louis | St. Louis University High School – St. Louis, Missouri | L 0–5 | 1–3–1, 4 points | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| June 15, 2019 | 7:30 p.m. | FC Wichita | Har-Ber High School – Little Rock, Arkansas | D 1–1 | 1–3–2, 5 points | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| June 19, 2019 | 7:30 p.m. | Tulsa Athletic | Har-Ber High School – Little Rock, Arkansas | L 0–3 | 1–4–2, 5 points | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| June 22, 2019 | 7:30 p.m. | Demize NPSL | Har-Ber High School – Little Rock, Arkansas | D 0–0 | 1–4–3, 6 points | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| June 29, 2019 | 7:30 p.m. | Club Atletico St. Louis | Har-Ber High School – Little Rock, Arkansas | W 7–0 | 2–4–3, 9 points | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| July 6, 2019 | 7:30 p.m. | FC Wichita | Stryker Soccer Complex – Wichita, Kansas | W 3–1 | 3–4–3, 12 points | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| July 10, 2019 | 5:30 p.m. | Tulsa Athletic | Veteran's Park – Tulsa, Oklahoma | L 2–6 | 3–5–3, 12 points | Playoff – Heartland Conference |
All times are Central Standard unless otherwise stated
| May 5, 2018 | 7:30 p.m. | FC Wichita | Trinity Stadium – Wichita, Kansas | L 0–5 | 0–1–0, 0 points | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| May 12, 2018 | 2:00 p.m. | Tulsa Athletic | Veteran's Park – Tulsa, Oklahoma | L 0–3 | 0–2–0, 0 points | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| May 19, 2018 | 6:00 p.m. | Saint Louis Club Atletico | St. Mary's High School – Saint Louis, Missouri | D 1–1 | 0–2–1, 1 point | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| May 26, 2018 | 7:00 p.m. | Demize NPSL | Veteran's Park – Rogers, Arkansas | L 1–4 | 0–3–1, 1 point | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| June 2, 2018 | 7:00 p.m. | FC Wichita | Jarrell Williams Bulldog Stadium – Springdale, Arkansas | L 0–1 | 0–4–1, 1 point | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| June 9, 2018 | 7:30 p.m. | Demize NPSL | Cooper Stadium – Springfield, Missouri | L 0–2 | 0–5–1, 1 point | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| June 16, 2018 | 7:00 p.m. | Little Rock Rangers | War Memorial Stadium – Little Rock, Arkansas | L 1–2 | 0–6–1, 1 point | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| June 23, 2018 | 6:00 p.m. | Little Rock Rangers | Har-Ber High School – Springdale, Arkansas | L 0–1 | 0–7–1, 1 point | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| June 30, 2018 | 7:00 p.m. | Tulsa Athletic | Sugar Creek Soccer Park – Bella Vista, Arkansas | L 1–2 | 0–8–1, 1 point | NPSL Heartland Conference | |
| July 7, 2018 | 7:00 p.m. | Saint Louis Club Atletico | Veteran's Park – Rogers, Arkansas | L 1–2 | 0–9–1, 1 point | NPSL Heartland Conference |
| Lucas Almeida | D | São Paulo, Brazil | Sacred Heart | 5 | 5 | 450 | 1 | ||||
| Matheus Alves | F | Salvador, Brazil | Sacred Heart | 6 | 7 | 511 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Leo Araujo | F | Springdale, AR | Neosho County Community College | 2 | 43 | Did not finish season | |||||
| Erol Banuelos | M | Rogers, AR | Rogers State University | 4 | 6 | 329 | |||||
| Guilherme Barbosa | M | São Paulo, Brazil | John Brown University | 5 | 7 | 462 | 1 | Heartland Conference All Conference Team Second XI South Region Conference Starting XI | |||
| Joel Barroso | GK | Springdale, AR | Crowder College | 1 | 2 | 135 | |||||
| Giovanni Bejarano | D | Medellin, Colombia | John Brown University | 3 | 3 | 250 | Injured | ||||
| Hunter Brunson | GK | Baton Rouge, LA | 1 | 1 | 90 | Did not finish season | |||||
| Alex Buckley | D | Liverpool, England | Oklahoma City University | 6 | 6 | 540 | |||||
| Marco Cardona | F | Medellin, Colombia | John Brown University | ||||||||
| Lalo (Jose) Castro | M | Bentonville, AR | Oral Roberts University | 4 | 6 | 451 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Jarrod Cooper | F | Owasso, OK | Rogers State University | 1 | 6 | 167 | 1 | ||||
| Vitor Cositorto | M | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Neosho County Community College | 2 | 5 | 215 | |||||
| Alejandro Dominguez | M | San Jose Guayabal, El Salvador | Neosho County Community College | 2 | 2 | 152 | Did not finish season | ||||
| Leonardo Gomes | F | Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Neosho County Community College | 6 | 8 | 518 | 1 | ||||
| Amilcar Gonzalez | F | Springdale, AR | John Brown University | 9 | 9 | 729 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Orsy Gonzalez | D | Springdale, AR | Eastern Illinois University | Injured | |||||||
| Manuel Heredia | GK | Lima, Peru | Allianza Lima | 6 | 7 | 540 | |||||
| Adam Holt | GK | Tulsa, OK | John Brown University | 3 | 3 | 225 | |||||
| Shameus Jaegar | D | Springdale, AR | Huron University | 4 | 7 | 323 | 1 | ||||
| Tucker Johnston | M | Ft. Smith, AR | Ouachita Baptist University | 1 | 3 | 133 | 1 | Injured | |||
| Daniel Marulanda | M | Medellin, Colombia | John Brown University | 3 | 5 | 237 | |||||
| Hazeley Pyle | D | St. John's, Antigua & Barbuda | John Brown University | 1 | 32 | Did not finish season | |||||
| Cobi Rivera | D | Rogers, AR | 2 | 2 | 128 | ||||||
| Daniel Rivera | D | Rogers, AR | Eastern Oklahoma State College | 8 | 10 | 740 | |||||
| TJ Rodriguez | M | Ft. Smith, AR | Central Baptist College | 4 | 7 | 389 | |||||
| Vinicius Sanchez | D | São Paulo, Brazil | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 7 | 9 | 701 | |||||
| Irvin Sosa | D | Fayetteville, AR | John Brown University | 2 | 3 | 200 | Did not finish season | ||||
| Tre Thomas | M | Wichita, KS | Southwestern College | 2 | 5 | 247 | Did not finish season | ||||
| Santiago Vanegas | D | Rionegro, Colombia | John Brown University | 10 | 10 | 900 | Heartland Conference All Conference Team Second XI |