Full name | Millburn Magic | ||
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Nickname(s) | Magic | ||
Founded | 2007 | ||
Ground | Robert T. Shields Field | ||
Capacity | 1,000 | ||
Owner | New Jersey Soccer Group | ||
Coach | Tom Worthington | ||
League | Women's Premier Soccer League | ||
2011 | 9th, East Mid-Atlantic Conference | ||
Millburn Magic is an American women's soccer team founded in 2007. The team is a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League, the third tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the Northeast Atlantic (Mid) Division of the East Conference.
The team plays its home games at Robert T. Shields Field on the campus of Farleigh Dickinson University's College at Florham in Madison, New Jersey, four miles south-east of downtown Morristown. The club's colors are white and royal blue.
The Magic organization is owned and operated by the New Jersey Soccer Group, a management company for a family of soccer-based companies offering soccer services in New Jersey.
as at May 6, 2015Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Year | League | Regular season | Playoffs |
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2008 | WPSL | 4th, East Mid-Atlantic | Did not qualify |
2009 | WPSL | 5th, East | Regional runners-up |
2010 | WPSL | 4th, East Mid-Atlantic | Regional quarterfinal |
2011 | WPSL | 9th, East Mid-Atlantic | Did not qualify |
2012 | WPSL |
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