![]() ![]() Saviano, who helped build the Premier facilities, said there were no buildings, just open fields, except for one small trailer where business operations were conducted. The Chargers played at the Sarasota Polo Club until 2011 when Premier opened. It was so long ago, Saviano said, that stretches of University Parkway were still unpaved. ![]() The Chargers Soccer Club was founded in the Clearwater area in the 1970s and established the Lakewood Ranch Chargers program in the late 2000s after hosting a tournament at the Sarasota Polo Club in 2005 and determining the area to be filled with untapped talent. Saviano said it was a sign that soccer was going to stick in the area, something that has proven true to this day, when 98% of the club's participants live in areas with Lakewood Ranch zip codes.īut the club was not always a foundation of the community. Saviano was running Premier Sports Campus at the time, and remembered well the stir the tournament caused. ![]() This empty piece of land is where the Premier Sports Campus stadium field now sits. ![]()
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