Annapolis Blues Football Club is an American soccer club founded in 2022. For the 2025 season, Annapolis Blues FC introduced a women's team. The men's team currently competes in the Chesapeake Division of USL League Two, considered the fourth tier of the United States soccer league system. The men's team previously played in the National Premier Soccer League. The women's team competes in USL W League.
The team's home field is the Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.
History In June 2022, the National Premier Soccer League announced a new expansion team would be placed in Annapolis for the 2023 season. The ownership effort was led by former DC United front office member Michael Hitchcock, former United States men's national soccer team player Kyle Beckerman, and former FC Dallas player Alex Yi. The latter two are Maryland locals while Hitchcock owns multiple NPSL teams including Appalachian FC and 2021 national champion Denton Diablos FC. During the summer the team held an online poll where fans could choose between four potential team names and crests; Annapolis Blues FC, Annapolis Kraken SC, Annapolis Seawolves SC, and Annapolis Yard FC. The name Annapolis Blues FC was announced on August 16 after over 1,200 votes had been cast. It was also announced around this time that the team would play its home games at the Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on the campus of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
The Club announced Fred Matthes as its first General Manager in October 2022. A colleague of Hitchcock's from early D.C. United and Major League Soccer days with over 30 years of front office experience with MLS,USL,NWSL,NISA and NPSL Clubs throughout the Country.
The Blues announced Colin Herriot as the team's first head coach on December 13.
The team's first game was a pre-season friendly against Philadelphia Union Development Squad on Wednesday, May 10 at Memorial Stadium. The Community Shield match saw 3,915 fans and raised money to support local charity Rebuilding Together Anne Arundel County. Following three away games to start the season, Annapolis played its first regular season home game on Saturday, June 3 against FC Frederick and set an NPSL attendance record with 8,368 fans. The Blues won the match, 4–2. The next home match against Virginia Beach City FC drew 7,665 attendees. The following month they broke the conference championship record again as a crowd of 8,480 watched the Blues defeat the Alexandria Reds in the conference final. They once again set the NPSL attendance record during their 2024 home opener with 11,171 fans watching Annapolis defeat DMV Elite FC 6–2. At the end of the 2024 season Annapolis held the top eight and ten of the top eleven NPSL attendance records.
In November 2024 the team announced it would add a women's team. The women's team competes in the USL W league. On December 20, 2024, it was announced that the club would be joining USL League Two for the upcoming 2025 Season. In May 2025 the Annapolis Blues beat Christos FC in their home opener in front a USL League Two record crowd of 12,853.
Seasons Men's team Season RecordPosition USOC League Conf/Div Pld W D L GF GA Pts Conf/Div Ovr Playoffs 2023 NPSL Mid-Atlantic 10 8 1 1 32 8 251st 7th Regional Semi-Final Ineligible 2024 NPSL Mid-Atlantic 10 9 0 1 48 11 271st1st Conference Final DNQ 2025 USL League Two Chesapeake 14 7 1 6 31 25 224th4th DNQ DNQ 2026 USL League Two Chesapeake 14 7 2 5 36 20 235th– DNQ DNQ
Women's team Season RecordPosition League Conf/Div Pld W D L GF GA Pts Conf/Div Ovr Playoffs 2025 USL W Chesapeake 10 9 1 0 34 5 281st 5th Conference Final 2026 USL W Chesapeake 10 5 1 4 19 12 163rd N/A Did not qualify
Attendance +Home AttendanceSeasonRegular Season TotalRegular Season AveragePlayoffs Total Playoffs Average HighestCombined Total Combined Average Ref.2023 38,770 7,75415,5627,7818,48054,3327,762 2024 46,145 9,22915,1607,58011,17161,3058,7582025 60,948 8,70712,85360,9708,707Total attendance figures: 9,126 + 7,453 + 8,421 + 7,096 + 7,736 + 8,263 + 12,853
Players & staff
Men's Coaches Colin Herriot, head coach (2023–present) Daniel Louisignau, assistant coach (2023–present)
Women's Coach Ashly Kennedy, head coach (2025–present)
Front office Steven Hooper, Men's General Manager | VP of Sales and Marketing (2022–present) Jim Gabarra, women's general manager (2024–present)
Current squad
Women's team Season RecordPosition League Conf/Div Pld W D L GF GA Pts Conf/Div Playoffs 2025 USL W League Eastern Conference – Chesapeake Division 10 9 1 0 34 5 281st Conference Finals
Notes
References
External links
Soccerway Profile