Departing Sacramento Republic FC coach Preki leaves plenty of highlights

Preki, Sacramento’s first one-name star, leaves a record of success as he ends his run as Republic FC coach and heads for his next soccer challenge.

Coming to Sacramento with the formation of the capital’s United Soccer League franchise, Predrag “Preki” Radosavljevic turned it into a popular winner, flavored with enough attitude to generate interest beyond hard-core fans.

Preki on Wednesday announced his departure from Sacramento as he heads to the United Kingdom for an as-yet undetermined position.

Paul Buckle, who has more than 20 years experience as a player and 12 as a coach in England, has been named as Preki’s replacement.

The following are links to highlights from Preki’s time leading Republic FC:

▪ How Republic FC’s Preki, Graham Smith built a soccer juggernaut from scratch

▪ Andy Furillo: Republic FC’s Preki lends insight into ‘the beautiful game’

▪ Ailene Voisin: Preki gives upstart Republic FC star power

▪ Republic FC apologizes for UC Davis incident, will still play college teams

▪ Preki's fiery speech helped Republic FC reach USL Pro title match

▪ Republic FC notes: Preki gets kudos for leading expansion team to USL Pro title

This story was originally published July 8, 2015 at 2:08 PM with the headline "Departing Sacramento Republic FC coach Preki leaves plenty of highlights."