Alabama Spirit
Alabama Spirit is an American soccer team founded in 2007. The team is a member of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and will make their debut in the new Southeast Conference in 2008, playing a short season of "exhibition games" prior to a planned full inclusion into the league some time in the future.
| Full name | Alabama Spirit |
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| Founded | 2007 |
| Ground | Homewood Soccer Park |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| League | National Premier Soccer League |
The team will play their home games in a stadium in the city of Birmingham, Alabama. The venue is the Homewood Soccer Park.
Following the inaugural competition for the club (a 2-3 loss in a friendly against reserves from Mexico's CF Monterrey Rayados), the club owner said he hopes to have the Spirit in the higher-caliber United Soccer Leagues where he already owns the Nashville Metros.
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