Yuri Morales (born September 30, 1981 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a footballer who plays for the California Victory in the United Soccer League. His family moved to Santa Cruz, California when Yuri was just eighteen months old. He is the son of Puerto Rican Raul Morales and Helen Nunberg.

Josh Hansen (born January 16, 1982) is an American soccer forward who currently plays for the California Victory in the USL First Division. On August 30, 2006, Hansen was signed by the Los Angeles Galaxy from the Southern California Seahorses of the Premier Development League, a Christian amateur team for whom he scored 8 goals in 15 matches during 2006.

Eric Reed (born December 7, 1983 in Nashua, New Hampshire) is an American soccer goalkeeper who currently plays for USL-1 team the California Victory.

Glenn Van Straatum (born January 26, 1959 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a soccer manager and former Dutch-Suriname football midfielder and forward. He was recently appointed as the manager of the California Victory, a new expansion franchise in the USL Division 1 for 2007.

Mike Muñoz (born September 14, 1983 in Bellflower, California) is an American soccer player who currently plays midfielder for California Victory of the USL First Division. Muñoz played college soccer at the University of California, Berkeley, in his first three seasons he started 60 out of 63 matches. However, four games into his senior season he tore his right MCL and was out for the rest of the year. He was selected in the first round, 3rd overall, …

Patrick Ianni (born April 15, 1985 in Lodi, California) is an American soccer defender / defensive midfielder, who currently plays for the Houston Dynamo of the Major League Soccer. After completing his junior season at UCLA and playing in the USL Premier Development League with the Southern California Seahorses, Ianni entered the 2006 MLS SuperDraft he was chosen by Houston as the 8th overall pick. Patrick's performance with the Bruins led to his Hermann Award nomination.

Dominik Jakubek (born September 2, 1979 in Santa Clara, California) is an American soccer player, who currently plays goalkeeper for the California Victory of the USL First Division. Jakubek bounced around during his collegiate soccer career, spending time at San Joaquin Delta College and Sonoma State University before ending up at California State University, Chico.

Ryan Suarez (born July 28, 1977 in Sacramento, California) is an American soccer player, who currently plays in United Soccer Leagues for the California Victory. Suarez played college soccer at San Jose St. from 1997 to 2000, and was named an NCAA All-American his senior season. Upon graduating, Suarez was drafted 7th overall by the Dallas Burn in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft. Suarez showed very well in his debut season, starting 19 games while scoring 2 goals and 3 assists, …

José Retiz is a Mexican football (soccer) player currently plays midfielder for the California Victory of USL First Division. Retiz played collegiate soccer for Rancho Santiago Junior College in Santa Ana, California. From 1998 to 1999, he scored 21 goals and 45 assists and played in 51 matches, helping Rancho Santiago to a 47-1-3 record in those two seasons.

Martyn Lancaster, born November 10, 1980 in Wigan, England is a midfielder currently playing for USL First Division side Atlanta Silverbacks in the United States of America. He moved to the US in 2006 to join Wilmington Hammerheads after spending several years in English league and non-league systems with teams such as Chester City, Leigh RMI ,Northwich Victoria and Southport.

Dmitry Pietrman also known as Dimitry Piterman is a Ukrainian-American businessman. He came to prominence in Spain due to his controlling stakes in several football clubs. He was the owner of Palamós CF between 2001 and 2003. He later went on to become the major shareholder and president of Racing Santander in 2003. Upon leaving that post he once again became the majority shareholder at yet another Spanish club, Deportivo Alavés.

Chris Schwarze, born March 9, 1983 is a defender currently playing for USL First Division side California Victory. He graduted from the University of San Francisco in 2004.

Juan Epitié realname Juan Ramón Epitié-Dyowe Roig is a football (soccer) midfielder from Equatorial Guinea. He currently plays for the California Victory and Equatorial Guinea national football team.

The California Victory, based out of San Francisco CA, is a new club in the first division of the United Soccer League. The clubs home matches will be played at the Kezar Stadium (Kezar drive and Stanyan st.) Head coach Glenn Van Straatum, and assistan coach Hugo Perez will lead the squad. Victory is owned by Dimitry Piterman, the President of the Spanish League club Deportivo Alaves. The United Soccer Leagues 2007 season is scheduled to begin in late April.