Gone but not Forgotten

Florida Tropics SC (2016-2023)

Lakeland, Florida
Last Part of the Major Arena Soccer League

The Florida Tropics SC were an indoor soccer team. Based in Lakeland, Florida, they were last a member of the Major Arena Soccer League. The team played from 2016 to 2023.

For more information, including yearly records and statistics, view the Florida Tropics SC on StatsCrew.com.

Florida Tropics SC Legacy Page on OSC.

Florida Tropics SC News from OSC's Archives

Rent Demands Force MASL Florida Tropics out of Lakeland Arena (April 21, 2023)
Alves Is MASL Defender-Of-Year; Vandegriffe Also Honored as League 'Elite Six' Pick (April 18, 2023)
Tropics Force "Knockout" Game, But Fall to Blast 3-2 to End 2022-23 Season (April 9, 2023)
Baltimore Takes Playoff Series Lead with 4-3 Win Over Tropics (April 7, 2023)
March to the Ron Newman Cup Begins Tonight in Lakeland as Tropics Tangle with Baltimore Blast (April 7, 2023)
Florida Tropics Start Playoffs Friday (April 6, 2023)
Playoff Tickets Available Through RP Funding Center Box Office, Starting as Low as $7 (April 4, 2023)
Tropics Push Into Playoffs On Two-Game Win Streak With 6-3 Win Over St. Louis Ambus (April 2, 2023)
Tropics Secure Third Spot in East Division with 6-5 Win over St. Louis Ambush (March 31, 2023)
Tropics Still Eyeing Second in East as St. Louis Comes to Town for Two to End Regular Season (March 31, 2023)
History Repeats as Tropics Fall in Overtime for Second Time in Three Weeks to Utica (March 26, 2023)
Florida Tropics Host Utica City Today (March 26, 2023)
Sprint to Post-Season Features Three Home Games, Starting Sunday vs. Utica City FC (March 25, 2023)
'Save by Silva' - Sweet Words for Tropics Fans as All-Star Goaltender Returns (March 23, 2023)
Florida Tropics at St. Louis Today (March 19, 2023)
Tropics Outshot 58-14, But Still Come Up with Huge Road Victory in Kansas City (March 18, 2023)
Tropics Conclude Road Portion of 2022-23 Schedule with Stops in KC, St. Louis this Weekend (March 17, 2023)
Shootout Goal in Overtime Sinks Tropics at Utica, 5-4 (March 13, 2023)
Florida Tropics at Utica City FC March 12 Game Notes (March 11, 2023)
Tropics Second Stop on Four-Game Road Trip Will See Team Head to Utica on Sunday (March 11, 2023)
Fourth Quarter Rally Fizzles as Tropics Fall to Milwaukee, 7-5 (March 5, 2023)
Tropics and Wave meet in Milwaukee with first place in MASL East on the line (March 3, 2023)
Florida Tropics drops Tacoma, 9-8 (February 26, 2023)
Florida Tropics Host Tacoma Stars Sunday (February 25, 2023)
Defense Shines, Tropics Take Sole Possession of Second in the East with 5-3 Win over KC (February 19, 2023)
Sunday Showdown in the Jungle, Trops Host Comets in Key Division Battle (February 19, 2023)
Tropics Acquire Joey Tavernese in Advance of Key Sunday Showdown against KC Comets (February 17, 2023)
Four Unanswered Goals in Second and Third Lift St. Louis to 7-5 Triumph over Tropics (February 12, 2023)
Kansas City Doubles up Tropics, 12-6; Long Road Trip Ends Tonight in St. Louis (February 11, 2023)
Florida Tropics Hit Road for Games in Kansas City and St. Louis this Weekend (February 8, 2023)
Big Offensive, Defensive Second-Half Effort Lifts Tropics to 8-4 Win over Dallas Sidekicks (February 5, 2023)
Tropics, Harrisburg Complete Trade That Sends Reget, Walter Bond to Heat (February 4, 2023)
Dallas Sidekicks, Florida Tropics both enter Saturday MASL game needing a win (February 3, 2023)
DiPrima Gets Overtime Winner as Harrisburg Defeats Florida, 4-3 (January 29, 2023)
Forward Bruno Henrique Cleared to Re-Join Florida Tropics for 2022-23 Season (January 25, 2023)
Late Goal from Ian Bennett Topples Tropics in Milwaukee, 6-5 (January 21, 2023)
Tropics Travel to Milwaukee for Second in a Row against Wave (January 19, 2023)
Round One in Battle for Top of the East Goes to Milwaukee Wave, 6-4 (January 15, 2023)
Tropics, Wave Set for First of Two East Division Showdowns Sunday in Lakeland (January 14, 2023)
Diegues, Hauss, Freitas All Cleared to Rejoin Tropics for 2022-23 Season (January 13, 2023)
Four-Goal First Paves Way For Tropics' 9-3 Win Over Harrisburg; Milwaukee Visits Next Sunday (January 8, 2023)
Bring the Brooms Tropics Fans, Florida Looks for Sweep of Harrisburg Heat Sunday (January 7, 2023)
MASL Florida Tropics Hosting Harrisburg Heat Sunday in Lakeland (January 7, 2023)
Four Straight Goals Ignites Rally as Tropics Trip up Harrisburg, 6-4, to Stay Atop East (January 6, 2023)
Tropics Look to Get Back on Track as Harrisburg Heat Visit for Two this Weekend (January 5, 2023)
Strykers Score Five Times in Fourth to Pull Away from Tropics, 11-7 (January 4, 2023)
Tropics take quick swing to SoCal, meet Empire Strykers Tuesday (January 2, 2023)
Florida Tropics Game Notes (January 2, 2023)
Chihuahua Hangs First Regular Season Loss of 2022-23 Season on Tropics, 9-5 (December 30, 2022)
MASL Florida Tropics Host Chihuahua (Mexico) Savage Tonight (December 30, 2022)
Just Your Typical Old Fashioned Indoor Soccer Barn Burner: Tropics 10, Utica 9 (December 28, 2022)
Florida Acquires Defender Mike Jones in Trade with Dallas Sidekicks (December 28, 2022)
Florida Tropics at Utica City FC Wednesday (December 27, 2022)
Ruggles Gets Second Hat Trick in Four Games to Lift Tropics Over Baltimore, 7-3 (December 23, 2022)
Florida Tropics Host Baltimore Blast Friday (December 23, 2022)
Blast Go to Shootout to Tip Tropics, 5-4; Two Will Tangle Again Friday in Lakeland (December 21, 2022)
Southeastern's Skylar Funk Is Tropics First Pick in First-Ever MASL College Draft (December 21, 2022)
Let's Play Two, Tropics Host Baltimore Blast December 21 and 23 at RP Funding Center (December 20, 2022)
Tropics Roll to Sixth Home Opening Win in Defeating Utica City, FC (December 17, 2022)
Florida Tropics Host Utica City FC Saturday (December 15, 2022)
Tropics Win Seventh Straight Season Opener in Turning Back Baltimore Blast, 7-6 (December 10, 2022)
MASL Florida Tropics Open 7th Season at Baltimore Blast Saturday (December 8, 2022)
Tropics FanFest - Including Exhibition Game - Set this Sunday at RP Funding Center (December 1, 2022)
Tropics Reach Agreement with Macron to be Official Uniform, Merchandise Supplier for 2022-23 (November 17, 2022)
Local Soccer Star Jorge Navarrete Re-Signs with Tropics for 2022-23 Season (November 9, 2022)
Veteran Defender J.P. Reyes Signs New Two-Year Deal to Stay with Tropics (November 4, 2022)
Tropics Open 7th MASL Season December 10 in Baltimore; Home Opener December 17 vs. Utica (October 6, 2022)
Tropics Will be Part of Seven-Team Eastern Conference for 2022-23 MASL Season (September 22, 2022)
Alencar Ventura Junior Back for Another Season with Tropics on New Deal (September 21, 2022)
FLorida Tropics Ink Free-Agent Defender Rafa Alves to Two-Year Deal (August 25, 2022)
Versatile Breno Oliveria Signs New Two-Year Deal with Florida Tropics (August 10, 2022)
Vandegriffe, Ruggles, Reget Will Represent Team USA in Indoor Soccer Friendly vs. Mexico (August 7, 2022)
Forward Kiel Williams Re-Signs with MASL Tropics on New Three-Year Deal (August 3, 2022)
Goalkeeper Rainer Hauss to Return to MASL Florida Tropics on New Two-Year Deal (July 27, 2022)
MASL Florida Tropics Sign Free Agent Julio Varela to Two-Year Deal (July 20, 2022)
With 194 Career Goals, Vini Dantas Will Join Florida Tropics on Two-Year Deal (July 13, 2022)
MASL Playoffs Leading Scorer Zach Reget Returns to Tropics on New Two-Year Deal (July 6, 2022)
MASL Defender of Year Chad Vandegriffe Staying with Tropics on New Three-Year Deal (June 29, 2022)
Tropics Battle to Wire But Sockers Take 2021-22 Major Arena Soccer League Title (May 9, 2022)
Florida's Chad Vandegriffe Named Major Arena Soccer League Defender of Year (May 7, 2022)
Tropics Need Two Wins for One Goal, a Major Arena Soccer League Championship (May 7, 2022)
Reget Scores Twice But It's Not Enough as San Diego Rallies for 6-3 Game One Finals Triumph (May 2, 2022)
Florida Tropics Championship Series Games Will be Broadcast Live on SiriusXM (April 28, 2022)
Tropics Will Meet San Diego for MASL Championship with Game One at Home May 2 (April 26, 2022)
Tropics Will Play for MASL Championship After Dramatic Game Two, Mini-Game Wins over KC Comets (April 23, 2022)
Parreiras, Vandegriffe Earn Place on MASL "Elite Six" All-Star Team (April 23, 2022)
Do Or Die, Tropics Will Host KC Comets in Game Two, Mini-Game this Saturday in Lakeland (April 21, 2022)
Tropics Drop Game One of MASL Semi-Finals to Kansas City Comets, 8-7 (April 16, 2022)
Florida Tropics Launch Florida Tropics Academy (April 15, 2022)
Get Free Tickets to April 23 Semi-Final Playoff Game Thanks to Bond Clinic, Advent Health (April 15, 2022)
Tropics Will Take on Kansas City in Semifinals; April 16 in KC and Home on Saturday, April 23 (April 13, 2022)
Navarette Stars as Tropics Advance to MASL Semi-Finals with 6-4 Win over St. Louis Ambush (April 10, 2022)
Reget's Four-Goal Night Leads Tropics to Game One Playoff Win against St. Louis Ambush (April 8, 2022)
Road to Ron Newman Cup Starts with Quarter-Finals Matchup vs. St. Louis this Weekend (April 7, 2022)
Here Come the Playoffs: Tropics Will Play St. Louis Friday in Missouri, in Lakeland Sunday (April 4, 2022)
Tropics Fall Flat at End of Taxing Road Trip, Falling to San Diego Sockers 11-4 (April 1, 2022)
Tropics Set up San Diego Showdown with 6-3 Win over Ontario Fury (March 31, 2022)
Tropics Still Chasing No. 1 Playoff Seed with Back-To-Back Games in Ontario, San Diego (March 30, 2022)
An Old Friend Spoils the Party as OT Goal by Tavernese Sinks Florida, 5-4 (March 27, 2022)
Tropics Head to Utica Still in Pursuit of No. 1 Seed for MASL Playoffs (March 26, 2022)
Kiel Williams Second Career Hat Trick Leads Tropics over Harrisburg 6-5 (March 25, 2022)
Run to the End of Regular Season Starts with Games in Harrisburg, Utica this Weekend (March 24, 2022)
Blast Come to Lakeland and Stun Florida Tropics, Winning 12-4 (March 20, 2022)
Baltimore Blast Visit Sunday as Tropics Look for Seventh Consecutive Win (March 18, 2022)
Avenging Only Regulation Time Loss this Year, Tropics Tame Fury on Road, 8-5 (March 17, 2022)
Tropics Take Quick Jaunt West to Meet Ontario Fury Wednesday Night (March 16, 2022)
Tropics Roll Past Tacoma, 10-4, in Annual Star Wars Game (March 13, 2022)
Spectacular 'Star Wars' Gala - with Incredible Themed Jerseys - Await Tropics Fans at Home Sunday (March 11, 2022)
Tropics Go 4-1 on Five-Game Road Trip with 8-5 Win over St. Louis Ambush (March 6, 2022)
Tropics Lead Only Once, But Still Rally for 9-8 Road Win over Milwaukee Wave (March 5, 2022)
Tropics Will End Season-Long Five-Game Road Trip with Stops in Milwaukee, St. Louis (March 3, 2022)
Diegues Does It Again, Gets 2nd Game Winner in as Many Nights, Trops Top Heat 8-6 (February 27, 2022)
Tropics Mount Big Comeback to Snag Key Division Win over Baltimore Blast, 7-6 (February 26, 2022)
Tropics Hit the Road for Two, in Baltimore Saturday and Harrisburg Sunday (February 25, 2022)
Tropics Go to a Shootout for First Time Ever, But Fall to Dallas Sidekicks, 7-6 (February 12, 2022)
Tropics Hit the Road for Five Straight Looking to Tie Team Record for Consecutive Wins (February 11, 2022)
Captain Victor Parreiras Named MASL Offensive Player of the Month for January (February 8, 2022)
'He's Coming Home' - Tropics Reacquire Star Forward Ricardo Diegues in Trade with Utica (February 2, 2022)
Parreiras, Carvalho, Reget Lead the Way as Tropics Roll Past St. Louis Ambush, 13-8 (January 30, 2022)
Tropics Look to Stay Hot Seeking 7th Straight Win as Rival St. Louis Ambush Come to Town (January 29, 2022)
Special Teams Help Tropics "Power" Past Dallas Sidekicks, 10-6, for 7th Straight Win (January 23, 2022)
Tropics Fall One-Short of Home Record for Goals in 15-4 Triumph over Dallas Sidekicks (January 21, 2022)
Parreiras Scores Career-High Four Goals in 12-3 Rout of Harrisburg (January 16, 2022)
Tropics Breeze Past Heat 7-1 (January 14, 2022)
Cool Nights Will Get Plenty Warmer as Harrisburg Heat Invade for Two vs. Tropics this Weekend (January 13, 2022)
For Second Time in Four Weeks, Hugo Silva Is MASL's Defensive Player of the Week (January 11, 2022)
Young Guns Shine Late as Tropics Win Fifth, Pull Away from Utica in 6-2 Triumph (January 9, 2022)
Tropics Look to Make It Two Straight over Utica in Home Matchup Sunday (January 8, 2022)
Four-Goal Outburst against Utica Gives Carvalho MASL Offensive Player of Week Honors (January 5, 2022)
Navarette, Carvalho Star as Tropics Steam Roll Past Utica City, 10-3, for Second Time this Year (January 2, 2022)
Tropics Home Games Now Available on DirecTV, Other National Streaming, Cable Channels (December 31, 2021)
Tropics Start First of Seven Home Games in January with Visit by Utica City FC Sunday (December 30, 2021)
Reget, Eligwe Each Net Two as Tropics Turn the Tables in 7-6 Win over Ontario Fury (December 19, 2021)
Tropics Can't Find Offensive Groove, Fall 6-5 to Ontario Fury in Home Opener (December 18, 2021)
Go Time: Tropics Kickoff 2021-22 Home MASL Season with Visit by Ontario Fury this Weekend (December 18, 2021)
'Tropics Blitz' Will Make Hundreds of Free Tickets Available to Home Games Starting Saturday (December 14, 2021)
Tropics Sweep MASL Player-Of-The-Week Honors as Silva, Reget Are Picked (December 7, 2021)
Despite Travel Disadvantage, Tropics Stun Utica City 7-1 as GK Hugo Silva Even Scores a Goal (December 5, 2021)
Zach Attack: Reget Gets Hat Trick as Tropics Trip up Baltimore Blast, 6-4 (December 4, 2021)
Tropics Will Open 6th Season in Major Arena Soccer League in Baltimore Saturday (December 2, 2021)
Tropics Ink MASL2 Standout Breno Oliveira to 2021-22 MASL Contract (November 19, 2021)
Baltimore Blast Fan-Favorite Andrew Hoxie Signs for 2021-22 Season with Tropics (November 15, 2021)
Lucio Gonzaga Back for Another Season with MASL Florida Tropics (November 11, 2021)
Original Tropic Anthony Arico Signs Two-Year Extension to Stay with Florida (November 8, 2021)
Season Ticket Sales Start October 15; New General Admission Plan Allows Fans to See Tropics Free (October 11, 2021)
Free Agent Taylor Walter Bond Inks Three-Year Deal to Join Tropics Front Line (October 7, 2021)
Tropics Open 2021-22 MASL Season in Baltimore, Home Opener Is December 18 vs. Ontario Fury (October 5, 2021)
Goalkeeper Brett Petricek - First Ever to Record Tropics Shutout - Returns for 2021-22 Season (October 4, 2021)
On Loan Last Season, Talented Forward VcMor Eligwe Signs New Two-Year Deal to Stay with Tropics (October 1, 2021)
Tropics Ink Former MASL Rookie of Year Zach Reget to New One-Year Deal (September 27, 2021)
Ricardo Carvalho Inks New Three-Year Deal to Remain with Florida Tropics (September 23, 2021)
Two-Time All MASL Second Team All Star Hugo Silva Signs Five-Year Deal to Stay with Tropics (September 20, 2021)
MASL 2019-20 Defender of Year Drew Ruggles Resigns with Florida Tropics on Five-Year Deal (September 16, 2021)
'Face of the Franchise', Captain Victor Parreiras Signs New Three-Year Deal to Stay with Tropics (September 13, 2021)
Reget, Sobreira Picked to Respresent County on U.S. National Futsal Team (April 28, 2021)
Ian Bennett Becomes First Tropics Player in History to Earn MASL Most Valuable Player Honors (April 9, 2021)
Tropics Trio of Bennett, Silva, Vandegriffe Earn All Major Arena Soccer League Honors (April 8, 2021)
Forward Bruno Henrique Named to Major Arena Soccer League's All Rookie Team (April 7, 2021)
Curtain Falls on Tropics 2021 Season as San Diego Drops Florida 4-3 in MASL Semi-Finals (April 3, 2021)
Tropics, with Backs to the Wall, Will Look to Reverse Playoff Fourtunes Today vs. San Diego (April 3, 2021)
Tropics Rally Goes for Naught as Sockers Top Florida 5-4 in Overtime in First Playoff Game (April 2, 2021)
No Fooling, Tropics Set to Make Debut in MASL Playoffs with Date vs. San Diego Sockers April 1 (March 31, 2021)
Coaches Will Now Have Video Review Challenge Option for 2021 MASL Playoffs (March 23, 2021)
Tropics Will Head to MASL Playoffs as Regular-Season Champs After 7-5 Win over Tacoma Stars (March 12, 2021)
Big Second Quarter Lifts Tropics to Important 6-3 Road Win over Ontario Fury (March 11, 2021)
MASL Announces Playoff Format for First-Place Tropics First Evet Appearnace in Post-Season (March 8, 2021)
League-Leading Florida Tropics Will End Regular Season in California, Dreaming of MASL Postseason (March 8, 2021)
Tropics Get Back on Track in Nipping Ontario Fury, 8-7, to Close Home Portion of 2021 Schedule (February 21, 2021)
Tropics Drop Second Straight Overtime Game, this Time 4-3 to San Diego Sockers (February 19, 2021)
Tropics Give up Game Winner 10 Seconds into OT as Tacoma Scores 7-6 Comeback Win (February 18, 2021)
MASL's 'Sunshine Series' Will Come to Lakeland with Six Games in Four Days this Weekend (February 17, 2021)
Florida Adds UCFC Midfielder Nate Bourdeau for Remainder of 2021 MASL Season (February 13, 2021)
Parreiras, Bennett Each Have Three-Point Nights as Tropics Hold off Dallas Sidekicks, 6-5 (February 13, 2021)
Tropics Will Conclude MASL Regular Season with Two March Road Games in California (February 12, 2021)
Tropics Look to Start New Win Streak with Quick Trip to Texas to Take on Dallas Sidekicks Friday (February 11, 2021)
Tropics Sign All MASL Second Team Defender Jake Schindler for Remainder of 2021 Season (February 9, 2021)
Tropics Add Forward VcMor Eligwe to Roster for Remainder of 2021 MASL Season (February 4, 2021)
Parreiras Becomes All-Time Leading Goal Scorer in Tropics History; Earns All MASL Honors for Week 5 (February 4, 2021)
Slow Start Dooms Tropics as Ambush Hands Florida First Loss of 2021 MASL Season, 8-4 (January 31, 2021)
Tropics Set Team Record in Rolling Past St. Louis Ambush, 8-3 (January 29, 2021)
Undefeated, League-Leading Tropics Hit the Road for Pair in St. Louis this Weekend (January 28, 2021)
Silva, Parreiras Earm MASL Team of the Week Honors (January 19, 2021)
Hugo Silva Gets First-Ever Home Shutout as Tropics Roll Past Dallas Sidekicks, 8-0 (January 16, 2021)
Tropics Lookk for Fifth Straight Win to Start Season as Dallas Sidekicks Visit Saturday (January 15, 2021)
Tropics Will Play Four Times in February; Will Host San Diego, Tacoma and Ontario in Mini-Tournament (January 15, 2021)
Tropics Place Pair - Ian Bennett and Drew Rugglels - on All MASL Week Two Team (January 13, 2021)
Arico Nets Pair as Tropics Win Four Straight to Open Season, 7-4 over Kansas City Comets (January 10, 2021)
"IB 26" Does It Again: Bennett's OT Goal Lifts Tropics to Thrilling 8-7 Overtime Win (January 9, 2021)
Tropics Ink Goalkeeper Jorge Ortiz in Advance of Weekend Games against Kansas City (January 8, 2021)
KC Comets Streak to Florida to Take on Tropics in Friday, Sunday Doubleheader (January 7, 2021)
Bennett Hat Trick Lifts Tropics to 7-5 Win over St. Louis Ambush (January 3, 2021)
Tropics Ride Big Second Quarter to Roll Past Ambush, 4-1, in MASL Season Opener (January 2, 2021)
Tropics, Ambush Will Kick off 2021 MASL Season with Saturday, Sunday Games (January 1, 2021)
Tropics, MASL Announce Pay-Per-View Option to Watch for Fans Who Can't Attend Games this Season (December 30, 2020)
Single Game Ticket Sales Start Tuesday for January Tropics Games, Available at Team's Facebook Page (December 28, 2020)
Bond Clinic Proves to be Important Performance Partner for Tropics, Too (December 23, 2020)
Two Key Pieces, Joey Tavernese and Lucio Gonzaga, Return to Tropics for 2020-21 MASL Season (December 12, 2020)
Tropics Will Kick off Major Arena Soccer League Season January 2, 3 at Home vs. St. Louis Ambush (December 9, 2020)
MASL Superstar Ian Bennett to Suit up with Tropics for Upcoming 2020-21 Season (December 4, 2020)
Tropics, 10 Other Teams, Will Move Forward with 2020-21 MASL Season (December 2, 2020)