2012 North American Soccer League season
Personnel and sponsorship
Table:
Team

Head Coach

Captain

Shirt sponsor

Puerto Rico Islanders

Adrian Whitbread

Noah Delgado

Toyota

Carolina RailHawks

Colin Clarke

Kupono Low

BCBSA

FC Edmonton

Harry Sinkgraven

Chris Kooy

Sears Canada

Atlanta Silverbacks

Brian Haynes

Martyn Lancaster

Reto Sports

Fort Lauderdale Strikers

Daryl Shore

Toni Ståhl

Joma

Minnesota Stars

Manny Lagos

Kyle Altman

Admiral

San Antonio Scorpions

Tim Hankinson

Kevin Harmse

Nike

Tampa Bay Rowdies

Ricky Hill

Frank Sanfilippo

Mainsail Suites / United World Soccer

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The Puerto Rico Islanders were a professional association football team based in Bayamón , Puerto Rico . They played in several different leagues from 2004 to 2012 , when they suspended operations . In their last two seasons they played in the North American Soccer League ( NASL ) , the second tier of the American soccer pyramid . They played their home games at Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium . The team 's colors were orange and white . They are succeeded by Puerto Rico FC .
Adrian Richard Whitbread ( born 22 October 1971 ) is an English manager and former professional footballer . He played for Leyton Orient , Swindon Town , West Ham United , Portsmouth and Reading before retiring from playing due to a persistent knee injury . After his playing career ended , Whitbread became a coach . He had spells as assistant manager at Barnet , Brentford , Milton Keynes Dons and Leicester City . He has also coached overseas for Puerto Rico Islanders and Carolina Railhawks where he was head coach and for Antigua Barracuda FC , the Bahrain FA U23 Squad and Olympic team . Whitbread has frequently worked under the managership of Martin Allen and was most recently assistant manager at Chesterfield .
Noah Delgado ( born December 30 , 1979 in Fremont , California ) is a retired American-born Puerto Rican footballer .
Toyota Motor Corporation ( Japanese : トヨタ自動車株式会社 , Hepburn : Toyota Jidōsha KK , IPA : [ toꜜjota ] , English : /tɔɪˈoʊtə/ ) is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota , Aichi , Japan . In 2017 , Toyota 's corporate structure consisted of 364,445 employees worldwide and , as of December 2019 [ update ] , was the tenth-largest company in the world by revenue . Toyota is the second largest automobile manufacturer in the world , behind Volkswagen , based on 2018 unit sales . Toyota was the world 's first automobile manufacturer to produce more than 10 million vehicles per year , which it has done since 2012 , when it also reported the production of its 200-millionth vehicle . As of July 2014 [ update ] , Toyota was the largest listed company in Japan by market capitalization ( worth more than twice as much as number 2-ranked SoftBank ) and by revenue . Toyota is the global market leader in sales of hybrid electric vehicles , and one of the largest companies to encourage the mass-market adoption of hybrid vehicles across the globe . Toyota is also a market leader in hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles . Cumulative global sales of Toyota and Lexus hybrid passenger car models achieved the 10 million milestone in January 2017 . Its Prius family is the world 's top-selling hybrid nameplate with over 6 million units sold worldwide as of January 2017 [ update ] . The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937 , as a spinoff from his father 's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles . Three years earlier , in 1934 , while still a department of Toyota Industries , it created its first product , the Type A engine , and its first passenger car in 1936 , the Toyota AA . Toyota Motor Corporation produces vehicles under five brands , including the Toyota brand , Hino , Lexus , Ranz , and Daihatsu .
North Carolina Football Club ( formerly the Carolina RailHawks ) is an American professional soccer team in Cary , North Carolina , a suburb of Raleigh . Founded in 2006 , the team plays in the USL Championship , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid . The team has played its home games at the 10,000-seat WakeMed Soccer Park since 2007 . The team 's colors are Atlantic blue , cardinal red , and Southern gold . On December 6 , 2016 , the Carolina RailHawks announced a name change to North Carolina Football Club in pursuit of becoming a Major League Soccer franchise . The club 's home attendance record had been broken earlier that year when 10,125 attended a match against West Ham United of the English Premier League .
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FC Edmonton is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Edmonton , Alberta . The club has competed in the Canadian Premier League since the league 's inaugural season in 2019 . The club previously competed in the North American Soccer League ( NASL ) from 2011 to 2017 , then went on hiatus when NASL ceased competitive operations before the cancelled 2018 season . From 2012 onward , FC Edmonton 's home field has been Clarke Stadium .
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The San Antonio Scorpions were an American professional soccer team based in San Antonio , Texas , United States . Founded in 2010 , the team made its debut in the North American Soccer League in 2012 . The Scorpions played at Toyota Field , a soccer specific stadium that was completed in 2013 . The club operated differently from most professional sports clubs in terms of its operating profit . As part of owner Gordon Hartman 's Soccer for a Cause , all net profits from Scorpions operations went towards funding Morgan 's Wonderland , a special needs park located in the Longhorn Quarry , next to STAR Soccer Complex and Toyota Field . On December 22 , 2015 , it was announced that Toyota Field and S.T.A.R . Soccer Complex were sold to the City of San Antonio and Bexar County , a deal which was accompanied by an agreement for Spurs Sports and Entertainment to operate the facilities and field San Antonio FC , which plays in the USL .
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