| Full name | Port St. Lucie Sports Club |
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| Founded | 2025 |
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| Capacity | 6,000 |
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| League | USL League One (men's) |
| Website | portstluciesc |
Port St. Lucie Sports Club is an Americanprofessionalsoccer club based inPort St. Lucie, Florida. Founded and co-owned by Agostina Galimberti, Gustavo Suárez, and Paulo Suárez, the club plans to field a team intoUSL League One, a men's Division 3 league in theUnited States league system, in the 2027 season. It also plans to field a women's team in the future. It will play itshome games at the Walton & One Stadium.
The club was founded as an anchor tenant for the stadium, which serves as the centerpiece of a broadermixed-usereal estate development project by the Port St. Lucie City Council. Itscrest, a badge depicting ananchor, references theTreasure Coast.
Port St. Lucie SC was founded by Agostina Galimberti, Gustavo Suárez, and Paulo Suárez in 2025, with financial backing from a group ofinvestors.[1] It was established as the anchor tenant for asoccer-specific stadium at the Port St. Lucie City Council's Walton & Onemixed-usereal estate development project.[2] Billed by the council as the project's centerpiece, the stadium's construction was procured through apublic–private partnership with aconsortium, Ebenezer Stadium LLC, who'll be reimbursed for half of its $55 million cost by the council'sredevelopment agency for twenty years following its completion.[2][3]
Satisfied by this arrangement, theUnited Soccer League (USL) grantedUSL League Onefranchise rights to Port St. Lucie SC in October 2025.[4][5] At a special meeting of council at the MidFlorida Event Center that same month, the club's establishment and enfranchisement, along with the stadium plans, were simultaneously announced to the public.[6][7] Port St. Lucie SC plans to commence play in USL League One in the 2027 season. A women's team is also being planned by the club to commence play afterwards.[3][8]
The club's full name is thePort St. Lucie Sports Club.[4][5] Its branding usesaquamarine and black as its primary colors, with white and ashade of red referred to as "red marine" used as accents.[5][8] The club'screst, designed byMatthew Wolff,[9] depicting ananchor, pays homage to the maritime iconography of theTreasure Coast, where the club is situated.[1][7]
Port St. Lucie SC's ownership group is led by its co-founders, Agostina Galimberti, Gustavo Suárez, and Paulo Suárez; and includes an as yet unnamed group ofinvestors.[1]
Port St. Lucie SC will play itshome games at the Walton & One Stadium, a planned 6,000-seatsoccer-specific stadium to be situated in the namesake Walton & One complex, located on the corner of Walton Road andU.S. Route 1 (27°17′48″N80°18′02″W / 27.29667°N 80.30056°W /27.29667; -80.30056).[2][4] The total cost of the stadium is estimated to be ~$80 million, including $55 million for its construction.[3][8]