Author: Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC

Fort Myers, May 3, 2023 The Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC women’s team is kicking off the 2023 season on Saturday May 27 at 7m on the road vs FC Prime. A week later they play Team Boca Blast at home at 7pm. They stay at home vs CCSA on Wednesday June 7 at Read More

Fort Myers, July 3, 2022 The Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC women’s team played their last game of the 2022 season on Saturday July 2 on the road vs FC Prime. Both teams were tied in the standings coming to the game. After a 2-0 score at halftime, FC Prime scored 4 more goals Read More

Fort Myers, June 25, 2022 The Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC secured their first win of the season on Saturday evening beating WPSL powerhouse FC Surge, a team that had not lost since 2019. Joy Kersten scored the game winning goal in the 73rd minute off an assist of Arianna Kinsley in a shortened Read More

Fort Myers, June 18, 2022 The Floria Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC women’s team played a very good first half on Saturday vs CCSA at Paradise Coast Sports Complex. The Lions had tow good chances – Alexandria Spiller hit the crossbar and Claire Valentine almost scored – and was tied 0-0 at halftime. But the Read More

Fort Myers, June 12 2022 The Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC women’s team were not able to pick up any points this week against a quality Team Boca Blast team, losing 5-1 and 7-1 away and at home on Wednesday and Saturday. Claire Valentine and Alexandria Spiller both scored the only goal for the Read More

Cape Coral, June 1, 2022 The Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC women’s team lost the derby vs CCSA last night with 2-0. The Lions got off to a bad start getting scored on in the 3rd minute already off a goal of Ryleigh Acosta, who previously played for Dutch Lions FC. The Lions struggled Read More

Miami, May 28 2022 The Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC women’s team were close to picking up their first points in the 2022 season on Saturday vs Miami United FC at Milander Park in Hialeah. After trailing 1-0 at halftime by a goal of Barbara Murillo, the Lions scored the equalizer in the 49th Read More

Naples, May 22 2022 The Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC lost their 2022 home opener vs Miami United on Saturday evening at Paradise Coast Sports Complex with 3-0. The Lions got off to a good start and dominated the first 15-20 minutes of the game. This resulting in two open chances with forward Arianna Read More

Fort Myers, May 20, 2022 The FGCDL FC women’s team is playing their opening game of the 2022 season tomorrow (May 21) vs Miami United FC. Kick off is at 7pm at Paradise Coast Sports Complex in Naples. Besides McKenna Sullivan returning from last year, the team is completely new and has a great mix Read More

The Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC Women’s team came close to picking up their first points of the season in their final weekend of play vs Miami United FC and Sunrise Prime FC. On Friday evening the Lions played their final home game of the 2021 season vs Miami United FC (3-5-2). After losing Read More

Rachel Osborne scores her first goal in WPSL The Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC women’s team (0-0-4) lost 5-1 this weekend vs FC Surge. The Lions had some momentum going into the match after a good game last week (despite the 1-0 loss) but FC Surge started strong and scored 3 goals in the Read More

Team forgets to score in promising game Despite a heartbreaking 1-0 loss vs Sunrise Prime FC on Saturday evening Head Coach Yvonne Ploeg was still pleased with the performance of the team: “We actually played well for the first time. We had several good combination plays through the midfield and switched field well several times. Read More

Looking to rebound on Saturday The FGCDL FC women’s team (0-0-2) lost their second game of the 2021 season with 6-0 vs neighbor CCSA (1-0-0) on a rainy Wednesday evening at Mariner High School. At halftime the score was 2-0. After a “disturbed” warm-up due to severe weather, CCSA came out more prepared and was Read More

Kelly Giddes scores first Dutch Lions FC goal in 2021 season The FGCDL FC women’s team lost their season opener 1-3 at home at Bishop Verot HS on Saturday. At halftime the score was 0-2. The young team, led by Head Coach Yvonne Ploeg, had a strong back the second half leading to the 1-2 Read More

Bringing the 2nd highest level of women’s soccer to Fort Myers Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC’s Women’s team is playing their opening game of the 2021 season in the WPSL on Saturday May 22 at home vs FC Surge. The game starts at 7pm and will be played at Bishop Verot Catholic High School. Read More

Women’s team playing five home games in Fort Myers Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC (FGCDL FC) today announced a partnership with Bishop Verot Catholic High School in Fort Myers. Part of the partnership is that the FGCDL FC Women’s team will play all their 2021 home games in the Sunshine Conference of the Women’s Read More

Cape Coral, August 30, 2020 Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC has appointed Yvonne Ploeg as the new Head Coach for the Women’s team. Yvonne Ploeg played for the Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC Women’s team herself in 2018 and 2019. After she graduated at Lindsey Wilson College, she became the Assistant Coach for Read More

Cape Coral – May 23, 2020 Governor Ron DeSantis announced Friday (May 22) that he was ending all restrictions on youth activities across the state, including camps and youth sports. However, he also said he would not prevent municipalities from imposing more restrictive rules. Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC is very pleased with the potential Read More

Cape Coral, April 30, 2020 The Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) officially canceled the 2020 season today due to the implications of the COVID-19 virus. The WPSL made the cancellation to protect the health of its clubs’ players, staff and supporters during the ongoing pandemic. In late March, the WPSL initially delayed the start of Read More