South Georgia Tormenta FC 2, officially known as Tormenta FC 2, is an American soccer team based in Statesboro, Georgia, United States. Founded in 2019, the club fields a pre-professional team in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. They are the reserve club of USL League One team South Georgia Tormenta FC. Tormenta FC 2 is known by the nickname Twomenta, a play off of Tormenta and the number 2.[2] The team went on a one-year hiatus for the 2023 USL League Two season.[3]
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| Full name | South Georgia Tormenta Football Club 2 | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Twomenta | ||
| Founded | January 23, 2019[1] | ||
| Stadium | Optim Sports Medicine Field Statesboro, Georgia | ||
| Capacity | 5,300 | ||
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| Head Coach | Tom Morris | ||
| League | USL League Two | ||
| 2022 | 3rd, South Central Division Playoffs: DNQ | ||
| Website | https://www.tormentafc.com/tormentafc2 | ||
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History
editThe club was founded in 2019, when South Georgia Tormenta FC, which previously competed in the Premier Development League from 2016 through 2018, moved up to the professional divisions, joining the newly formed third-tier USL League One. Tormenta FC 2 was created to fill the vacated spot.[1]
In 2019, they defended the Deep South Division title, which was won by the first team in 2018.[4] They won the South Division playoffs, defeating Southeast Division champions The Villages SC and then Midsouth Division champions Brazos Valley Cavalry F.C. in the Conference playoffs,[5][6] before falling to Eastern Conference champions Reading United AC in the National Semi-finals.[7][8] Earlier in the season, they competed in the 2019 U.S. Open Cup where they defeated professional club Chattanooga Red Wolves of USL League One in the first round,[9] before being defeated by USL Championship side Nashville SC in the next round.[10]
Year-by-year
edit| Year | League | Regular Season | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup |
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| Tormenta FC[a] | ||||
| 2016 | Premier Development League | 5th, South Atlantic | Did not qualify | Ineligible |
| 2017 | 4th, South Atlantic | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | |
| 2018 | 1st, Deep South | Conference Semifinals | Second Round | |
| Tormenta FC 2 | ||||
| 2019 | USL League Two | 1st, Deep South | National Semifinals | Second Round |
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[11] | Cancelled | ||
| 2021 | 2nd, Deep South | Conference Final | Cancelled | |
| 2022 | 3rd, South Central | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | |
- ^ Tormenta 2 was founded in 2019. However, the history of the PDL squad between 2016 and 2018 is shared between both the first and reserve teams.
Honors
editReferences
edit- ^ a b O'Donnell, Bernadette (January 23, 2019). "Tormenta FC Announces Rebrand of its USL League Two team". South Georgia Tormenta FC.
- ^ Popkin, Jackson (October 5, 2019). "Storm Watch, Week 28: Tormenta FC vs. Greenville Triumph". Dirty South Soccer.
- ^ "Tormenta FC to Elevate USL Academy Team". South Georgia Tormenta FC. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ O'Donnell, Bernadette (July 13, 2019). "Tormenta FC 2 Wins 2nd Deep South Division Title 1-0". South Georgia Tormenta FC.
- ^ "Results: USL League Two (Conference Semifinals)". Soccer America. July 20, 2019.
- ^ O'Donnell, Bernadette (July 21, 2019). "Tormenta 2 Wins Southern Conference Finals 5-1". South Georgia Tormenta FC.
- ^ Gough, Lyndsey (July 28, 2019). "Tormenta FC 2 falls in semi-final match". WTOC-TV.
- ^ Zimmer, Amy (July 29, 2019). "Historic season for Tormenta FC 2 comes to an end". WJCL.
- ^ O'Donnell, Bernadette (May 7, 2019). "Tormenta FC 2 Knocks Chattanooga Red Wolves SC out of Open Cup". South Georgia Tormenta FC.
- ^ Sullivan, Tim (May 15, 2019). "2019 US Open Cup round 2: Nashville SC holds off pesky South Georgia Tormenta 2". U.S. Open Cup.
- ^ Hojnacki, Jenny (April 30, 2020). "USL cancels 2020 League Two season, extends pro league suspensions". SBI Soccer.