Hollywood United Hitmen
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Hollywood United Hitmen is an American soccer team based in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Founded in 2009, the team plays in National Premier Soccer League
National Premier Soccer League
The National Premier Soccer League is a United States soccer league recognized by the United States Soccer Federation and FIFA as a Division IV league...

 (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid
American Soccer Pyramid
The United States soccer pyramid is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in the United States. The country's governing body for the sport, the United States Soccer Federation , oversees the system but does not operate any of its component leagues—with one temporary...

, in the Northwest Division, having switched from the USL Premier Development League
USL Premier Development League
The USL Premier Development League is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda, forming part of the American Soccer Pyramid...

 at the end of the 2010 season.

The team plays its home games in Cougar Stadium at Crenshaw High School
Crenshaw High School
Crenshaw High School is a secondary school located in South Los Angeles, California.The school first opened in 1968 and currently enrolls an average of 2,600 students. Its address is 5010 11th Avenue, near the corner of 50th Street. The school colors are blue and gold, and its mascot is the...

 in nearby Crenshaw, California, where they have played since 2011. The team's colors are black, gold and white.

History

Hollywood United Hitmen was formed as a result of a collaboration between the 2008 USL W-League champions Pali Blues
Pali Blues
Pali Blues is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2008. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada...

 and the Hollywood United
Hollywood United F.C.
Hollywood United is an American amateur soccer team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1988, the team plays in Region IV of the United States Adult Soccer Association, a network of amateur leagues at the fifth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.-Origins:Hollywood United...

 organization, who acquired the franchise right from the San Fernando Valley Quakes
San Fernando Valley Quakes
San Fernando Valley Quakes was an American soccer team based in Calabasas, California, United States. Founded in 2006, the team played in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2008, when the franchise folded and the team left the league.The team...

 in 2009.

Hollywood United is an internationally famous Los Angeles-based amateur team which has, for many years, competed in local amateur leagues. Over the years, celebrity players such as actors Anthony LaPaglia
Anthony LaPaglia
Anthony M. LaPaglia is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series Without a Trace, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama...

, Dermot Mulroney
Dermot Mulroney
-Early life:Mulroney was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the son of Ellen, a housewife and amateur actress originally from Manchester, Iowa, and Michael Mulroney, a law professor at Villanova University School of Law, originally from Elkader, Iowa. He has a sister, Moira, and three brothers, Conor,...

, Brandon Routh
Brandon Routh
Brandon James Routh is an American actor and former fashion model. He grew up in Iowa before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, and subsequently appeared on multiple television series throughout the early 2000s. In 2006, he gained greater recognition for his role as the titular hero...

, Gilles Marini
Gilles Marini
Gilles Marini is a French actor. He is known for having appeared in Sex and the City: The Movie and in the American TV show Brothers & Sisters as Luc Laurent.-Life and career:...

, Ralf Little
Ralf Little
Ralf Alistair J. B. Little is an English actor, writer and semi-professional footballer, working mainly in television comedy. He is best known for playing Antony Royle in The Royle Family and Jonny Keogh in the first six series of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.-Early life and work...

, Donal Logue
Donal Logue
Donal Francis Logue is an Canadian actor perhaps most famous for his role as Sean Finnerty in Grounded for Life.-Personal life:...

, and Jimmy Jean-Louis
Jimmy Jean-Louis
Jimmy Jean-Louis is a Haitian actor and model best known for his role as The Haitian on the NBC television series Heroes. Born in Pétionville, he moved to Paris at a young age to pursue a modeling career. His early roles were in French musical theatre and television commercials...

, musicians Steve Jones
Steve Jones (musician)
Stephen Philip "Steve" Jones is an English rock guitarist, singer and actor, best known as guitarist and founding member of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols.-Childhood:...

, Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...

, Christian Olde Wolbers
Christian Olde Wolbers
Christian Olde Wolbers , is the guitarist of the metal band Arkaea. He is the former bassist and guitarist of the industrial metal band Fear Factory, and is now in Beowülf.-Biography:...

 and Ziggy Marley
Ziggy Marley
David "Ziggy" Marley is a Jamaican musician and leader of the band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers. He is the oldest son of famed reggae musician Bob Marley...

, film director Danny Cannon
Danny Cannon
Danny Cannon is a film and television screenwriter, director and producer.- Career :Cannon began making films at the age of 16 in 1984, and started a youth experimental theatre group at 33 Arts Centre...

, Los Angeles Galaxy veteran Paul Bravo
Paul Bravo
Paul Bravo is a former American soccer midfielder and forward who played six seasons in Major League Soccer, two in the American Professional Soccer League and two in the USISL. He also earned four caps, scoring one goal, with the United States men's national soccer team...

, and former international soccer players Vinnie Jones
Vinnie Jones
Vincent Peter "Vinnie" Jones is an English film actor and retired Welsh footballer.Born in Hertfordshire, England, Jones represented and captained the Welsh national football team, having qualified via a Welsh grandparent. He also previously played for Chelsea and Leeds United. As a member of the...

, Eric Wynalda
Eric Wynalda
Eric Boswell Wynalda is a retired American soccer player, and former sports broadcaster. He was the co-host of Fox Football Fone-In on Fox Soccer Channel and is currently employeed as the president of international operations at Mexican third division club Murcielagos.Wynalda scored the first goal...

, John Harkes
John Harkes
John Harkes is an American former soccer player. Harkes was the first American ever to play in the English Premier League, and the second American to score at Wembley Stadium. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. He appeared in two FIFA World Cup tournaments, and won two MLS Cup...

, Alexi Lalas
Alexi Lalas
Panayotis Alexander Lalas is a retired American soccer player who played mostly as a defender for the United States national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup...

, Richard Gough
Richard Gough
Charles Richard Gough is a former Scottish football central defender who enjoyed great success as captain of Rangers. He also played for Scotland 61 times and had a brief spell as manager of Livingston...

 and Frank Leboeuf
Frank Leboeuf
Franck Alain James Leboeuf or Lebœuf is a former French international footballer who played as a defender...

 have played for the "senior" Hollywood United team.

The Hitmen played their first official PDL game on May 1, 2009, a 1-0 victory over the Fresno Fuego
Fresno Fuego
Fresno Fuego is an American soccer team based in Fresno, California, United States. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference.The team plays its home games at Chukchansi...

., with the first goal in franchise history being scored by Armando Ochoa. The first half of the season continued spectacularly for the Hitmen, winning their next four games on the bounce, demolishing Ventura County Fusion
Ventura County Fusion
Ventura County Fusion is an American soccer team based in Ventura, California, United States. Founded in 2006, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference.The team plays its home games in...

 and Bakersfield Brigade
Bakersfield Brigade
Bakersfield Brigade was an American soccer team based in Bakersfield, California, United States. Founded in 2005, the team played in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009, after which the franchise folded and the team left the league.The...

 4-0 each, and not conceding a goal until their topsy-turvy 4-3 victory over Ogden Outlaws
Ogden Outlaws
Ogden Outlaws is an American soccer team based in Ogden, Utah, United States. Founded in 2006, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference....

 in mid-May. During the early part of the season, Hollywood negotiated a deal with Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...

 whereby some of the MLS team's fringe players would join the Hitmen on loan to keep up their match fitness levels, following the demise of the MLS Reserve Division
MLS Reserve Division
The MLS Reserve Division is an USA soccer league for the reserve teams of Major League Soccer.It was inaugurated on April 9, 2005, with the first official reserve game being a 2-0 victory by Chivas USA over the host San Jose Earthquakes, and disbanded after the 2008 season.The reserve division...

; Tristan Bowen
Tristan Bowen
Tristan Bowen is an American soccer player who currently plays for K.S.V. Roeselare in the Belgian Second Division, on loan from Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Youth:...

, Leonard Griffin
Leonard Griffin
Leonard Griffin is an American soccer player currently playing for Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division, on loan from Orlando City.-College and Amateur:...

, Kyle Patterson
Kyle Patterson
Kyle Patterson is an English footballer, who plays for Conference National side Tamworth, where he plays as a striker.-Youth and college:...

 and Israel Sesay
Israel Sesay
Israel Sesay is a Sierra Leone-born American soccer player who currently plays for Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division.-Early Life and Amateur:...

 all contributed to the Hollywood cause with several goals and assists during their spells. They suffered their first defeat 1-0 away to BYU Cougars, and endured a rocky spell in June when they went three games without a win, but bounced back to demolish Ogden 7-3 at home thanks to a brace from striker Jaime Chavez
Jaime Chavez
Jaime Chavez is an American soccer player currently playing for Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division.-Youth and Amateur:...

. Half way through the season head coach Michael Erush
Michael Erush
Michael Erush is an American soccer player who is currently the player-assistant coach of Orange County Blue Star in the USL Premier Development League.-College and Amateur:...

 left the team to take up a coaching position with the US national soccer team competing at the 2009 Maccabiah Games
2009 Maccabiah Games
The 2009 Maccabiah Games were the 18th incarnation of the Maccabiah Games, being held in July 2009. According to the organizing committee these were the largest games held yet. On the 13th of July, more than 6,000 Jewish athletes from all over the world joined Team Israel's 3,000 participants at...

 in Israel; his position as head coach was taken over by his assistant, Mat Herold. Despite being involved in an astonishing 0-0 tie with the Los Angeles Legends in early July in which seven players were shown red cards, Hollywood wrapped up the Southwest Division title with a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the Southern California Seahorses
Southern California Seahorses
Southern California Seahorses is an American soccer team based in La Mirada, California, United States. Founded in 2001, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference.The team plays its home...

, and secured a bye to the final of the divisional playoffs. Unfortunately, the Hitmen were unexpectedly dropped 3-1 by Ventura County Fusion
Ventura County Fusion
Ventura County Fusion is an American soccer team based in Ventura, California, United States. Founded in 2006, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference.The team plays its home games in...

 in extra time, and had to be content with nothing more than the divisional title in their first year in PDL competition. Jaime Chavez
Jaime Chavez
Jaime Chavez is an American soccer player currently playing for Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division.-Youth and Amateur:...

 was Hollywood's top scorer, with 10 goals, while both Nick Kohlschreiber and Armando Ochoa contributed three assists each.

Hollywood began 2010 with the introduction of a new head coach - former Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...

 forward Jose Botello
Jose Botello
Jose Botello is a retired American soccer player. He is currently the head coach of the Hollywood United Hitmen in the USL Premier Development League.Professioseason....

 - and a cache of new internationals including former Bayern Munich midfielder Emanuel Bentil
Emanuel Bentil
Emanuel Bentil is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Hollywood United Hitmen in the USL Premier Development League.-Professional:...

, international Edwin Miranda
Edwin Miranda
Edwin Miranda is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division.-College:...

, and Mutala Mohammed
Mutala Mohammed
Mutala Mohammed is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Hollywood United Hitmen in the USL Premier Development League.-Africa:...

, a Ghanaian youth international with CAF Champions League
CAF Champions League
The CAF Champions League is an annual international club football competition run by the Confederation of African Football . The top club sides from Africa's football leagues are invited to participate in this competition, which is the premier club football competition on the continent and the...

 experience. Despite the wealth of talent, Hollywood stuttered through their opening games; a promising 3-0 opening day victory on the road against Fresno Fuego
Fresno Fuego
Fresno Fuego is an American soccer team based in Fresno, California, United States. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference.The team plays its home games at Chukchansi...

 was followed by a pair of demoralizing losses to the Southern California Seahorses
Southern California Seahorses
Southern California Seahorses is an American soccer team based in La Mirada, California, United States. Founded in 2001, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference.The team plays its home...

 and the Los Angeles Azul Legends, and a 3-3 tie at home against Fresno which saw the Hitmen throw away a 2-goal lead and concede an 88th minute equalizer. The tide turned following a 3-1 victory over national champions Ventura County Fusion
Ventura County Fusion
Ventura County Fusion is an American soccer team based in Ventura, California, United States. Founded in 2006, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference.The team plays its home games in...

 in late May, and from then on Hollywood became a free-scoring goal machine, losing just one of their next 11 games. Mutala Mohammed
Mutala Mohammed
Mutala Mohammed is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Hollywood United Hitmen in the USL Premier Development League.-Africa:...

 and Shay Spitz both scored twice in a 6-3 victory over the Lancaster Rattlers
Lancaster Rattlers
Lancaster Rattlers is an American soccer team based in Lancaster, California, United States. Founded in 2006, the team plays in the National Premier Soccer League , a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division.The team plays its home games...

, they beat Ventura for a second time with a convincing 3-0 win in June, Jaime Chavez
Jaime Chavez
Jaime Chavez is an American soccer player currently playing for Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division.-Youth and Amateur:...

 bagged a brace in 6-2 win on the road against the Ogden Outlaws
Ogden Outlaws
Ogden Outlaws is an American soccer team based in Ogden, Utah, United States. Founded in 2006, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference....

, and Brent Whitfield
Brent Whitfield
Brent Whitfield is an American soccer player currently playing for Hollywood United Hitmen in the USL Premier Development League.-College and Amateur:...

 scored twice on his debut in the 4-1 win in the return fixture against Ogden on the final day of the regular seaon. Finishing second in the division behind Ventura, Hollywood traveled to Bremerton, Washington
Bremerton, Washington
Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The population was 38,790 at the 2011 State Estimate, making it the largest city on the Olympic Peninsula. Bremerton is home to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and the Bremerton Annex of Naval Base Kitsap...

 for the Western Conference playoffs, where they played Northwest Division champs Portland Timbers U23's
Portland Timbers U23's
Portland Timbers U23's is an American soccer team based in Portland, Oregon, United States. Although founded in 2008 as part of the development system for the Portland Timbers USSF D2 organization, beginning in 2011 they are part of the development system for the Major League Soccer franchise of...

. Despite taking an early lead, Hollwood lost 2-1 to the eventual national champions. Jaime Chavez
Jaime Chavez
Jaime Chavez is an American soccer player currently playing for Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division.-Youth and Amateur:...

 was the top marksman for the Hitmen, with 11 goals and 7 assists.

2011 roster

Source: http://www.npsl.info/teams/33985895/35411400-35503834/TEAM.html

Notable former players

  • See also: All-time Hollywood United Hitmen roster
    All-time Hollywood United Hitmen roster
    This list comprises all players who have participated in at least one league match for Hollywood United Hitmen since the team's first season in the USL Premier Development League in 2009...


This list of notable former players comprises players who went on to play professional soccer after playing for the team in the Premier Development League, or those who previously played professionally before joining the team.
Steven Akers
Steven Akers
Stephen Mark Akers is an English footballer who currently plays for Hollywood United Hitmen in the USL Premier Development League.-England:...

 Federico Bianchi
Federico Bianchi (soccer)
Federico Bianchi is an American former professional soccer player, currently the head coach of Los Angeles Blues 23 in the USL Premier Development League.-College:...

 Tristan Bowen
Tristan Bowen
Tristan Bowen is an American soccer player who currently plays for K.S.V. Roeselare in the Belgian Second Division, on loan from Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Youth:...

 Jaime Chavez
Jaime Chavez
Jaime Chavez is an American soccer player currently playing for Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division.-Youth and Amateur:...

 Shahryar Dastan
Shahryar Dastan
Shahryar Dastan is an Iranian footballer currently playing for Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division.-Iran:...

 Adriano Francisco
Adriano Francisco
Adriano Francisco is n Brazilian footballer who plays for Puerto Rico United in the USL Professional Division.-Professional:...

 Leonard Griffin
Leonard Griffin
Leonard Griffin is an American soccer player currently playing for Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division, on loan from Orlando City.-College and Amateur:...


Edwin Miranda
Edwin Miranda
Edwin Miranda is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division.-College:...

 José Miranda
Jose Miranda (soccer)
José Miranda is a Cuban footballer who currently plays for Puerto Rico United in the USL Professional Division.-Club:Miranda began his career in his native Cuba, playing for his local side, Matanzas....

 Mutala Mohammed
Mutala Mohammed
Mutala Mohammed is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Hollywood United Hitmen in the USL Premier Development League.-Africa:...

 Kyle Patterson
Kyle Patterson
Kyle Patterson is an English footballer, who plays for Conference National side Tamworth, where he plays as a striker.-Youth and college:...

 Israel Sesay
Israel Sesay
Israel Sesay is a Sierra Leone-born American soccer player who currently plays for Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division.-Early Life and Amateur:...

 Willie Sims Julian Valentin
Julian Valentin
Julian Valentin is a retired American soccer player.-College and Amateur:At Wake Forest University, Valentin started over 70 games for the Deacons, and during his time in North Carolina, amongst many recognitions, was named a Soccer America Preseason All-American, was included in the NSCAA First...



Staff

Jose Botello
Jose Botello
Jose Botello is a retired American soccer player. He is currently the head coach of the Hollywood United Hitmen in the USL Premier Development League.Professioseason....

 Head Coach Jason Mathot General Manager Humberto Mier Assistant Coach Jesse Colon Assistant Coach Kenzo Bergeron Director of Operations Jon Broxton Game Day Operations Christian Olde Wolbers
Christian Olde Wolbers
Christian Olde Wolbers , is the guitarist of the metal band Arkaea. He is the former bassist and guitarist of the industrial metal band Fear Factory, and is now in Beowülf.-Biography:...

 Game Day Operations Alexandria Lacayo Trainer

Year-by-year

Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs Open Cup
2009 4 USL PDL 1st, Southwest Divisional Finals Did not qualify
2010 4 USL PDL 2nd, Southwest Conference Semifinals Did not qualify
2011 4 NPSL 1st, Northwest 1st Round

Honors

  • NPSL Western Conference Champions 2011
  • NPSL Northwest Division Champions 2011
  • USL PDL Southwest Division Champions 2009

Stadia

  • Stadium by the Sea at Palisades Charter High School
    Palisades Charter High School
    Palisades Charter High School is a secondary school in Los Angeles, California, United States. The public high school serves the neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades, Palisades Highlands, Kenter Canyon and portions of Brentwood...

    ; Pacific Palisades, California (2009–2010)
  • Titan Stadium
    Titan Stadium (Cal State Fullerton)
    Titan Stadium is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose stadium on the campus of California State University, Fullerton in Fullerton, California.-History:...

     at California State University, Fullerton
    California State University, Fullerton
    California State University, Fullerton is a public university located in Fullerton, California. It is the largest institution in the CSU System by enrollment, it offers long-distance education and adult-degree programs...

    ; Fullerton, California
    Fullerton, California
    Fullerton is a city located in northern Orange County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 135,161.It was founded in 1887 by George and Edward Amerige and named for George H. Fullerton, who secured the land on behalf of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway...

     1 game (2009)
  • Stadium at Crenshaw High School
    Crenshaw High School
    Crenshaw High School is a secondary school located in South Los Angeles, California.The school first opened in 1968 and currently enrolls an average of 2,600 students. Its address is 5010 11th Avenue, near the corner of 50th Street. The school colors are blue and gold, and its mascot is the...

    ; Crenshaw, California (2011-present)
  • Stadium at Rosemead High School
    Rosemead High School
    Rosemead High School is a secondary school located at 9063 East Mission Drive in Rosemead, California, in the ZIP Code 91770. It is a secondary school in the El Monte Union High School District...

    ; Rosemead, California
    Rosemead, California
    Rosemead is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 53,764. Rosemead is part of a cluster of cities, along with Arcadia, Temple City, Monterey Park, San Marino, and San Gabriel, in the west San Gabriel Valley with a growing Asian...

    (2011) 1 game

Average attendance

Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.
  • 2009: 113
  • 2010: 145

External links

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