High Desert Elite FC is an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

team based in the

Adelanto, California Adelanto (Spanish for "Advance") is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is approximately northwest of Victorville in the Victor Valley area of the Mojave Desert, in the northern region of the Inland Empire.Linthicum ...

that plays in the

United Premier Soccer League The United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) is an American for-profit soccer league that was founded in Santa Ana in Southern California, with teams in regionalized conferences throughout the United States, and recently Canada and Mexico. The leagu ...

History

High Desert Elite FC was formed in 2018. It was the second attempt at fielding a team in Adelanto, after the High Desert Fury were announced in 2017, but later folded. They joined the

National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's association football, soccer league. The league is officially affiliated to the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) and has automatic qualification for the U.S. Open Cup. ...

, a tier four league, to begin play in the 2019 season. They play out of Adelanto Stadium, a multi-purpose facility, that they shared with baseball team,

High Desert Yardbirds The High Desert Yardbirds were a professional baseball team based in Adelanto, California that began play in 2017. They played in the Pecos League, an independent baseball league which is not affiliated with MLB or Minor League Baseball. History ...

until 2019. They played their first home match on March 3, in front of a large crowd of over 1200 fans, losing 3–0 to

Temecula FC Temecula FC is an American soccer club based in Temecula, California. Founded in 2013, the team has played in the National Premier Soccer League, the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid The United States soccer league system is a serie ...

. High Desert Elite FC later joined the

Premier Division.

Year-by-Year

References

https://premier.upsl.com/standings Fall 2021-22 United Premier Soccer League standings* {{California sports 2018 establishments in California Association football clubs established in 2018 Soccer clubs in California National Premier Soccer League teams