Armada SC
SUPER LEAGUE
Inaugural Member

Armada is considered by many to be the premier soccer club in Torland, with a long history of championship bloodlines and a vast trophy case. Founded in 1944 in Abrieden, Solinza, the club benefited early on from excellent ownership under Miles Tomlinson who has deep pockets and a willingness to spend money to make money. The club has always played at Glauymouth Park, situated at the mouth of the Banor River as it flows into Peace Bay. The stadium and accommodations are among Torland's best and most well-attended. Armada shares natural rivalries with other clubs in the Bancana-Abrieden metropolitan area. The club has always had some of the best players and coaching and subsequently seen great success across multiple leagues. The Fleet, as they are also known, dipped somewhat in on-field success after the demise of the SLT but Tomlinson has recently hired Gene McEwen to helm the squad. Armada's top players are goalkeeper William Miranda, center forward Jordan Yanez, who is an electric scorer, and stout defender Michael Kinder.

The Identity

The “Anchor-Shield” design of the crest is an iconic part of Armada's history, having seen various iterations of it since their beginning. The general design has remained largely unchanged. This updated version for the inaugural SPL season brings back the two colored panels of blue and dark red surrounded by Torland cream. The split red-blue shirt has been Armada's favored home kit style and is adored by the fans. The home kit is typically paired with blue shorts and red socks. A kit of a cream shirt and socks with red shorts is used for contrasting road matches. Both shirts feature the Anchor-Shield on the left breast and Tomlinson has always sprung for two-button shirts with contrasting collars.


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Looking forward to this! Armada looks great, and I can't wait to see the rest of the clubs. Quick question: how do you make your maps? Do you use a program or do you make them yourself? Because they look incredible and I'd love to use the same kind of quality for a fictional country I'm developing. Thanks!

Next up we complete the trio of clubs in the Bancana-Abrieden metropolitan area. These clubs compete for a derby called the Trifecta Trophy for best side in town. With the area naturally divided into three sections (see map below) it creates some sharp lines for rivalries.


Bancana United
SUPER LEAGUE
Inaugural Member

Across the Banor River from Armada in Caledes Square in east Bancana is the massive, ornate stadium called the Coliseum that houses one of the oldest clubs in Torland, Bancana United. The “Royals” have been in existence since 1931 and currently owned by Gus Pleasant. Bancana United has been a rollercoaster in terms of sustained success through their history but have enjoyed a loyal following and filled seats for the majority of their years in a large city. Mr. Gus, as he's known locally, can be somewhat of a meddler and not particularly skilled at evaluating players. But he's got deep pockets and can throw lots of money at problems, even if it's haphazardly at times. The natural rivalry with Armada helps drive some of Bancana's success, perhaps more so than their own performance. Currently coached by Ralph O'Keefe, some of the better Royals players are defensive duo Walter King and Donovan Coburn.

The Identity

The Royals have used various crests over their years featuring different insignias. The current shield combines several of them into one to honor their history. A tri-quarter shield shows off a heraldic lion rampart, a beveled compass and their nickname around an open circle. Their teams colors are navy, green, gold and white. The side has often had a tri-quarter shirt in their home kit and brought this one with white sleeves back for the new Super League inclusion. They typically carry two co-home kits, much to the dismay of other teams at times, and brought in their classic all-white kit with navy socks as their second kit.



Gold City SC
SUPER LEAGUE
Inaugural Member

A newer club in Bancana and named after the city's own moniker, Gold City is the brainchild of former Torland soccer player Herbert Forsythe. He built an intimate park in Portcord near Bancana's westside wharves and created a brilliant atmosphere for soccer. Finished in 1966, he put together a squad of overachieving undersized underdogs on a shoestring budget and sometimes even paid better teams to come visit to play friendly matches and built a rabid fanbase out of sheer grit and determination. Paying homage to the gold mines and mining culture that originally founded Bancana, the “Panners” are a smaller club with a loud, boisterous voice and always highly competitive. Forsythe is an adept player evaluator, so much so that bigger clubs have begun trying to poach his development players before they reach the professional ranks. Erwin Macais handles the on-field coaching and some of Gold City's best players are keeper Mike Bozeman, brother to hockey player Myles Bozeman, and a trio of excellent defenders in Sal Sietz, Al Patrick, and Jerry Hargrove.

The Identity

Gold City features a yellow pentagon over a circle with an inset GC insignia in their signature serifed style. A heavy dose of yellow and black separates the Panners from other sides. The home kit has seen several designs but most recently Forsythe has stuck with the yellow shirt with black stripes as the primary home shirt with the crest centered on the left breast stripe. Black shorts and yellow socks are the primary pairing. Forsythe has tried a multitude of clash kits, which seem to change every year. This year, in respects to the long history of miners, a grey flannel kit was paired with yellow socks. The fans had mixed reaction and the players hated it due to it being scratchy and uncomfortable and doesn't figure to last long in the rotation. Forsythe is old school and prefers crew necks.


(WIP) Map of the Bancana-Abrieden Metropolita Area Showing SPL Soccer Clubs



C&C appreciated! I am not 100% on the grey flannel for the Gold City away kit if it fits for the time period. Definitely appreciate any feedback on how things feel for the era. I'll probably be slightly ahead of the time but I don't want to feel too out of place.

That split kit for the Royals may be enough to make them my team, i'll hold off until I see the rest, but right now I'm leaning that way.

Gold City looks great, the colors work well together and I really dig the crest.6.2.5

One thing I didn't do is give more detail into the cities as I usually do with my other series. I'll be sure to do that moving forward.

Bancana-Abrieden

Bancana is a huge city (2nd largest in Torland) which began originally as a trading post for gold prospectors in the hills west of the city. With comparisons to LA and San Fran, Bancana began to develop with a boom in TV and film, making it the defacto center for burgeoning visual media. The city is overcrowded from overpopulation before adequate planning but is constantly growing with businesses establishing their western headquarters in the area with the warmer climate. Nearby neighbor is Abrieden, an area with extremes. The southern side of the city is well-to-do old money along with the prestigious Abrieden University, and the northern end of town is poor and battles crime and poverty. The whole metropolitan picture creates a mesh of severely divided sectors and isolated neighborhoods. Especially the big three sectors with the rivers providing natural lines (known colloquially as West Ban, East Ban, and Abrieden) are constantly fighting each other on municipal and political levels. For all the infighting, the riverfronts and shorelines are known to be particularly beautiful. And with the gold-gleaming hills to the west, sunsets are especially iconic, lending to Bancana's nickname of the "Gold City." Abrieden is known as the "City of Fortitude" for the warship dock where many of Torland's best were built and manned before the city morphed away from maritime pursuits after World War II. Abrieden University is a top school both academically and athletically in Torland, with the Bulldogs being especially dominate in American football.