The California Sunshine was an American soccer club based in Fountain Valley, California that was a member of the American Soccer League.
The team was owned by Dr. Robert Everakes and his wife Alexandra, who was the general manager.
The California Sunshine Soccer Team was founded in 1977 by Warren Hoffnung (a nuclear physicist, aerospace executive and entrepreneur – currently CEO of MyWrapper, a software company that sells software for creating personalized candy wrappers) and Lee Andrews (a financial advisor).
The commissioner of the ASL at the time was basketball great Bob Cousy and there were teams spread across the U.S. A little known fact is that the California Sunshine approved the move of the NASL's St. Louis Stars to Anaheim Stadium where it was renamed the California Surf.
The goal was to encourage American youth to be able to attend the matches and see how soccer could be an important part of their sports participation.