The Oklahoma City Spirit was an American soccer club based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that was a member of the Lone Star Soccer Alliance. The team was formed by head coach Brian Harvey and assistant Coach West Harmmon. Brian's first priority was to signed two former OCU standouts. He signed Richard Benigno and Manny Uceda. Ironically Uceda and Benigno brought the Spirit its first championship that year. In the Championship game Uceda scored the first goal to give the Spirit the only goal they needed. Later in the game Benigno added and insurance goal making it 2-0 and minutes later Uceda added his second goal of the night making the final score 3-0. The Original team was composed of OCU, SNU and OCC players.
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