Kingston Stockade FC

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Kingston Stockade FC
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Kingston Stockade FC crest
Full nameKingston Stockade Football Club
Founded2015;9 years ago (2015)
Stadium Tenney Stadium
Poughkeepsie, New York
Capacity5,000
Chairman Dennis Crowley
Head coachJamal Lis-Simmons
League National Premier Soccer League
Website Club website

Kingston Stockade Football Club is an American soccer team based in Kingston, New York. The team was founded in November 2015, [1] [2] and began its first season in May 2016. [3] [4] [5] [6] The team's usual home is Dietz Stadium in Kingston, [1] [6] however the team will be playing the 2023 season at Tenney Stadium in Poughkeepsie due to ongoing renovations at Dietz. [7]

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The team plays in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national semi-professional league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. [8] The team competes in the North Atlantic conference of the NPSL's Northeast region.

History

In February 2016, George Vizvary was named head coach, Rory Becker was named assistant coach, and Chuck Wilder was named goalkeeper coach for the club's inaugural season. Dan Hoffay and Nick Hoffay were named the club's lead scouts. [9] [10]

In January 2017, management announced that David Lindholm, a coach for Bard College's soccer team, would replace Vizvary as the new head of the coaching staff. [11] In February of the same year, Lindholm announced his coaching staff. Rory Becker and Charles Wilder will continue as assistant coach and goalkeeper coach respectively. Newcomer Ben Walsh will serve as a second assistant coach to Lindholm. [12]

The team is named after the stockade fortification that protected the original Dutch settlement of Kingston back in the 1600s. [13] Dietz Stadium is a short walk from the historic Kingston Stockade District. The stockade fortification is also referenced in the team's crest. The name of the team's first supporters group, Dutch Guard, [14] is also a reference to this historical period.

In its second season, the team qualified for its first playoff match finishing at the top of the table. It played in the conference final against Hartford City FC on July 15. After regular time, the score was 1–1, and the game went into overtime. Michael Creswick scored the winning goal in the 94th minute, giving Stockade its first ever conference championship. [15] On May 9, 2018, it played its first U.S. Open Cup game against the Long Island Rough Riders losing 6–3. [16] On September 18, the club announced that head coach Lindholm stepped down from his position, citing "work in the athletic department at Bard College required his full dedication" [17] with former captain, Jamal Lis-Simmons, named head coach on September 24, 2018. [18]

On 31 July, 2024 Kingston Stockade, alongside Tulsa Athletic, Atlantic City FC, Napa Valley 1839 FC and FC Davis announced plans to launch a new soccer league in 2025, initially named The League for Clubs, and leaving the National Premier Soccer League. [19]

Record

Year-by-year

YearDivisionLeagueStadiumHead CoachRecordRegular SeasonPlayoffsOpen Cup
2016 4 NPSL Dietz Stadium George Vizvary5-8-37th, Atlantic Conferencedid not qualifyIneligible
2017 4 NPSL Dietz Stadium David Lindholm7-4-11st, Atlantic White ConferenceRegional semifinalqualified
2018 4 NPSL Dietz Stadium David Lindholm3-5-27th, North Atlantic Conferencedid not qualifydid not qualify
2019 4 NPSL Dietz Stadium J. Lis-Simmons7-3-43rd, North Atlantic Conferencedid not qualifydid not qualify
2020 4 NPSL Dietz Stadium J. Lis-Simmons—Cancelled due to Covid 19——
2021 4 NPSL Dietz Stadium J. Lis-Simmons5-1-43rd, North Atlantic ConferenceConference final
2022 4 NPSL Dietz Stadium J. Lis-Simmons2-5-35th, North Atlantic Conferencedid not qualify
2023 4 NPSL Dietz Stadium J. Lis-Simmons7-1-21st, North Atlantic ConferenceConference Final
2024 4 NPSL Tenney Stadium R. Morel2-7-15th, North Atlantic Conferencedid not qualify

Personnel

Management
PositionName
ChairmanDennis Crowley [20]
Technical directorDan Hoffay [21]
Director of scoutingNick Hoffay [22]

Dan Hoffay was named Technical Director of Stockade FC on September 20, 2018, replacing departing general manager Randy Kim in that role. He had previously served as the team's player personnel director. Nick Hoffay was promoted to Director of Scouting on October 4, 2018, having previously served as the team's head scout. Dennis Crowley has served as chairman of Stockade FC since its founding in 2016.

Coaching staff
PositionName
Head coachJamal Lis-Simmons [23]

Jamal Lis-Simmons was hired as the 3rd head coach of Stockade FC on September 24, 2018. Lis-Simmons previously played for Stockade FC serving as captain since 2016. He replaced David Lindholm who stepped down from the club at the conclusion of the 2018 season. [24] Lindholm served as coach for the 2017 and 2018 seasons, winning the NPSL Atlantic-White Conference in 2017. His predecessor was George Vizvary who coached one season with the team. [25]

All-time top scorers

As of May 19, 2018 [26] [27] [28]
RankPlayerPositionSeasons playedGoals
1Michael CreswickFW2016–201815
Mateusz KoziolMF2016–201813
2Pedro EspindolaFW2017–201811
4Eric FortierFW2016–20185
5Corey PhillipsFW20164
6Marco KlosterMF2017–20183
7Patrick AlvarezMF20162
Matel AnastaDF2016–2018
Anthony BaroneFW2016
Matthew DaumFW2016
Victor GuirmaMF2017–2018
Bruce JeterFW2017–2018
Jamal Lis-SimmonsDF2016–2018
David Nkansah-SiriboeFW2017–2018
Dylan WilliamsMF2016
Scott ZobreFW2016–2018
16Joe BogartFW2016–20181
Mike CorbiFW2017–2018
Brandon CurtisMF2017
Josh MaleyMF2017–2018

Active players are marked in bold text.

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