On Friday night, South Georgia Tormenta FC President Darin Van Tassell formally announced the club’s intention to form a committee to research the possibility of moving into the ranks of professional soccer at the ‘First Friday’ event, downtown.. Tormenta FC first came to life in the summer of 2015, the culmination of a dream for Statesboro to have a soccer franchise to call its own. In 2016, Tormenta FC officially took the field and had a solid first season in the Premier Development League (PDL).