User:Redtigerclub2001/Hmong Red Tiger Soccer Club

Milwaukee Red Tigers Soccer Club
Red Tiger Soccer Team is a Hmong Asian Soccer club, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is one of the most popular soccer teams in the mid-west. The team was founded in 2001, and has played in the top division of Hmong soccer since 2001. Milwaukee Red Tigers is considered one of the most successful soccer teams in the mid-west having play more than one hundred Hmong tournaments and playing more than 300 games with a winining percentage of 89.7. They hold the best record for most tournament wins within one season and also were champions of Club 29 soccer indoor tournament held at Sports complex in Franklin. They had three sucessful years as one of the most dominant soccer teams in Wisconsin and holds the record for most soccer goals soring over 3 goals per game. Red Tigers soccer team is known as of the the most physical teams playing with full body contacts and having the ability to win at full pressure even when they are down 1-0. A spectator once qouted that RT's forward # 9 Thai is too vicious with his elbows flying in all directions and his style is too fercious.

== RT's history ==

Red Tiger soccer club was founded in 2001 after the Milwaukee Blazers soccer team broke apart dued to personal issues regarding personal matters. The following year of 2001, some players from Blazers wanted to start a new team and the idea hit Sai Tong Vang after Blazer's forward Thai Vang had mention that he had many friends who were interested. The biggest problem for the up coming team was a name that will rise and will sink a hole in the soccer league. Many names were mention, but no name seem to hit the former Blazer and newest coach for the up coming team. The suddenlly Thai and Sai Tong came up with a name in specific because after Sai Tong had taken a looked at Thai, he realized Thai was a scary guy with a bear and mustache so he came with the conclusion that Thai looked very much like a ferocious Tiger. Tiger liked the idea of a Tiger because a Tiger symbolized fearless, ferocious, strong and many others. Thai added the Red to Tigers because Tigers can be seem to looked like red tigers in the wild. The new soccer team was given a new light as the mighty Red Tigers.

The Red Tigers soccer team started breathing with head coach Sai Tong Vang and captain Thai Vang leading the way. The next step into the foundation was to find a sponsor and co-founder Cha step in and took his rightful place as a founding RT. The team was up for recruiting and soon many teams from asian brothers and others joined. Thai recruited his brothers to play with the team and soon the team was heading to the Hmong tournaments. In their first three seasons they were very successful as one of the most physical teams in Wisconsin and most promising new teams to ever accomplish so much within three years. In 2004, co-founder and sponsor Cha moved down south and a new position was up for grabs. The position was given a new comer, but out of greed, the new comer dissappointed the team. He wanted to be a leading coach but didn't want to help the team financally, so he left and Bla Tou Thao step into the position as RT's assistant and sponsorship manager. The team only had two more seasons until the team split up in 2006 dued to players not willing to commit and betrayed the team by joining with other soccer teams. Some players were given second chances after they had betrayed the team but they betrayed it for the second time and soon some of the players were gone on their own will.

In 2007, RT's head coach Sai Tong vang and icon Thai moved down south and RT was no more. The teams was never able to established and resurrect with thai's help. The team was left out of the 2007-2009 seasons. Within two season, many other teams stole the show from RT and have rise to the top. Many of the Red tiger players joined other clubs and played with other teams in the tournaments. In 2008, Red tiger joined forces with the ever struggling team club 29 for a few tournaments and they only played a few tournaments taking 3rd place in Fond du lac. They soon split up and no name of RT was mention for the last 2007-2009 seasons. The Hmong tournaments were now easy and up for grabb because the mighty Red Tigers were no longer playing and without them other teams were able to step up. Once in a Osk Kosh tournament, a team was draw to play Red Tigers and the team refused to play saying RT was too vicious and they gave up the game. Since then the team was known as fearful and physical contacting in the game. Many spectators labeled the team as a starting up fights, but the real truth is that they have never started any fights but retaliation when other teams try to pick a fight.

New Season
Red Tigers lost most of their players, but with a new season came a new challege and with the left over players who stood by RT heart and hand decided to mixed with other teams to play in the tournaments. The players left on the roster was Thai, Teng, Toua, Lue, Moua Cha, Khwv(right foot), and a few players. The season became a blast when they joined forces with Hmong usa and almost had a pefect season. Red Tigers also mixed with GB Titans and a few other teams, but the most sucessful was with Hmong usa. Thai vang is considered to be one of the most influential player in Hmong soccer history and a full figure icon to the community. Thai Vang plays forward and have scored many goals for RT and other teams. He is considered to be the head figure of the Red tiger team and a figure to many spectators as one of the most electrfying athele in hmong soccer. If there was a MVP award then Thai would be the first one on the list dued to his ambitions and ability to win many tournaments with his help.

Red Tigers have many friends who have joined and gone dued to personal matter and also buy players who come to help the team win some of their tournaments. A thanks and best wishes to all the players and fans outhere who have contributed and supported the team.