In early 2015 a group agreed to take over the operation of the recreational soccer program from Phil Elton, who had operated it as Fort Payne Futbol Club (FPFC) for several years. As an Englishman, it made perfect sense for his favorite sport to be called Futbol. As they began to manage the club, they kept the name for the 2015 season. They had several people comment about the name and the confusion with American football, so they made the decision to consider a name change.
Prior to the 2016 season, Eddy Bolton, Michael Farmer, Jerry Corley, Tom Shanklin, Karan Bolton and Julie Wehby met to brainstorm new name ideas, and decided that the name should include DC, which would be an abbreviation for DeKalb County. Of course DC United (an MLS team) was considered, but it just didn’t seem to work, but when DC Inferno was offered, everyone was quickly in agreement that this was a great club name. A quorum was already convened, so it was quickly voted upon and just in time for the 2016 season, DC Inferno Soccer was born.
Being centrally located in the county gives us the perfect opportunity to bring the “beautiful game” to the smaller outlying county communities who might not have enough interest to host a full-time league of their own. We want America’s fasting growing past time to remain strong in DeKalb County for years to come. We want to help insure that State Championships continue to be awarded to the schools located in DeKalb County, and we will be working diligently for soccer to be a 365 sport in Fort Payne, not just a fall recreation league past time. It is our desire to be the soccer club of choice for DeKalb County and northeast Alabama.
We are looking forward to the 2020 season. We hope to see you on the pitch!!
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