{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Short description|American soccer team}} {{Use American English|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Iowa Raptors FC | image = Iowa_Raptors_FC.jpg | upright = 0.9 | caption = | fullname = Iowa Raptors FC | nickname = | founded = 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.com/subject/sports/minor-league/iowa-raptors-new-soccer-team-in-cedar-rapids-20200625|title=Semi-pro soccer club forms in Cedar Rapids, will host tournament this weekend|date=June 25, 2020|first=Jeff|last=Johnson|work=The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)}}</ref> | dissolved = | stadium = Alliant Energy PowerHouse | capacity = | coordinates = | owntitle = | owner = | chrtitle = General Manager | chairman = Carlos Taylor | mgrtitle = Head coach | manager = | league = UPSL and MWPL (men's)<br/>WPSL (women's)<br>Major Arena Soccer League 2 (indoor) | season = | position = | website = https://www.iowaraptorsfc.com/ | kit_alt1 = | pattern_la1 = _spartak_pl_1920_h | pattern_b1 = _spartak_pl_1920_h | pattern_ra1 = _spartak_pl_1920_h | pattern_sh1 = _spartak_pl_1920_а | pattern_so1 = _spartak_pl_1920_a | leftarm1 = | body1 = | rightarm1 = | shorts1 = | socks1 = | kit_alt2 = | pattern_la2 = _spartak_pl_1920_а | pattern_b2 = _spartak_pl_1920_а | pattern_ra2 = _spartak_pl_1920_а | pattern_sh2 = _spartak_pl_1920_h | pattern_so2 = _spartak_pl_1920_h | leftarm2 = | body2 = | rightarm2 = | shorts2 = | socks2 = | kit_alt3 = | pattern_la3 = | pattern_b3 = | pattern_ra3 = | pattern_sh3 = | pattern_so3 = | pattern_name3 = | leftarm3 = | body3 = | rightarm3 = | shorts3 = | socks3 = | current = | American = yes }} '''Iowa Raptors FC''' are a soccer club based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcrg.com/2020/06/22/iowa-raptors-getting-ready-for-inaugural-season/|title=Iowa Raptors getting ready for inaugural season|date=June 21, 2020|work=KCRG-TV}}</ref> They were established in 2019 as a men's team, and formed their women's team in 2021.<ref name=WPSL>{{Cite web |title=THE WPSL WELCOMES IOWA RAPTORS FC FOR THE 2022 SEASON |url=https://www.wpslsoccer.com/news/2021/11/09/the-wpsl-welcomes-iowa-raptors-fc--for-the-2022-season |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=www.wpslsoccer.com}}</ref>
Their men's team compete in the Midwest Division of United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) and in the Midwest Premier League. They began play in the 2021 UPSL season playing at Prairie High School's stadium.<ref name="joinupsl">{{cite web |url=https://www.iowaraptorsfc.com/post/raptors-outdoor-league-change-and-new-men-s-head-coach |title=Raptors Outdoor League Change and New Men's Head Coach |date=March 22, 2021 |website=Iowa Raptors FC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iowaraptorsfc.com/stadium |title=Stadium |website=Iowa Raptors FC |access-date=October 22, 2021}}</ref> They had initially been set to join USL League Two for 2021, before switching to the UPSL.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.com/subject/sports/minor-league/iowa-raptors-fc-cedar-rapids-usl-league-2-20200708|title=Iowa Raptors FC, new soccer team in Cedar Rapids, joins USL League Two|date=July 8, 2020|first=Jeff|last=Johnson|work=The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)}}</ref><ref name="joinupsl" /> The men's team won the 2020 Heartland Super Cup.<ref name=WPSL />
Iowa Raptors FC also has a women's team, competing in the Women's Premier Soccer League since the 2022 season.<ref name=WPSL />
Since the fall of 2022, Iowa Raptors have had an indoor team that competes as members of the Major Arena Soccer League 2.<ref>[https://m2soccer.com/news/masl-star-gordy-gurson-will-lead-cedar-rapids-back MASL STAR GORDY GURSON WILL LEAD CEDAR RAPIDS BACK TO PRO INDOOR SOCCER IN M2 NEXT FALL], Brian Ackley, MASL website, May 23, 2022</ref>
In their inaugural season, the club won the MASL2 North Division and their MASL2 semifinal, before falling to Chihuahua Savage II in the MASL2 Championship Final. <ref> https://www.thegazette.com/minor-league-sports/iowa-raptors-indoor-soccer-team-playing-for-a-championship-in-texas-this-weekend/# </ref>
==Honors== ===Outdoor=== Heartland Super Cup (2020) ===Indoor=== MASL2 Runners-Up (2022-23)
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