By Kyle Coppola
BRAVE SC Home Opener June 1st Against Brevard SC
Brave SC will play its first home match of the season this Saturday, June 1st, returning to The Range at The Villages Charter Middle School (Buffalo Ridge Campus) for a second season.
The Buffalo first played home games at The Villages High School’s original site in 2023, earning a 3-1-2 record at the venue. This year, the team will make its first home appearance in its third match of the season after playing the opener against Florida Elite May 20th in St. Johns and traveling to Winter Park to take on Brooke House FC Wednesday.
(Coach Anderson DaSilva left is looking for big things in 2024 after a huge successful 2023 season.)
The Buffalo currently own a 2-0-0 all-time record against Brevard SC after sweeping the Space Coast side in its inaugural 2023 season.
Saturday’s home match will begin at 7 p.m. at The Range at The Villages Charter Middle School. Gates will open at 6 p.m. and parking is free. Tickets are $10 and will be available at the gate or online the day of the game at BraveSC.com.
(Brave SC tied Florida Elite Soccer Academy 1-1 in the first game of the year back on May 20th.)
For cridentials or additional media information, including arranging advance interviews or photos of the match, contact Brave SC Director of Communications Drew Chaltry at drew@bravesc.com. Press box space will be limited. Please reach out in advance to reserve a media seat.
GAME INFORMATION
The Range at The Villages Charter Middle School
251 Buffalo Trail
The Villages, FL 32162
Kickoff 7 p.m. (Gates 6 p.m.)
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
