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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS: the Port Orchard Football Club was founded in January 2023 and is the first team to use
the name "Port Orchard"; and
WHEREAS: they were supported by 483 season ticket holders in their first season and averaged 669
fans per match at South Kitsap High School's Ed Fisher Field which is a league record; and
WHEREAS: there were over 60 local players at the open tryouts for the team; and
WHEREAS: the Port Orchard Football Club won the CPL2 Pacific Division with a 10-0-0 record and
regional wins over clubs from Tacoma, Aberdeen, Port Townsend, Centralia, and Olympia; and
WHEREAS: the Port Orchard Football Club won a CPL2 semifinal playoff match 5-3 over Bellevue
Athletic; and
WHEREAS: the Port Orchard Football Club won the CPL2 Championship with a 4-2 win over Nido
Aguila Seattle; and
WHEREAS: the Port Orchard Football Club had an undefeated season going 12-0-0 and outscoring
opponents 68-15 which is a CPL record; and
WHERAS: the Port Orchard Football Club earned promotion to the Cascadia Premier League First
Division for 2024 where the club will compete at the highest league level against teams from all over the
Puget Sound.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that I, Robert Putaansuu, Mayor of the City of Port Orchard, do hereby
proclaim August 27, 2023, as:
PORT ORCHARD FOOTBALL CLUB RECOGNITION DAY
in the City of Port Orchard and urge its citizens to join me in this special observance-
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Sied the 27th day of August 2023
Robert Putaansuu, Mayor