New Jersey Blaze

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New Jersey Blaze
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Full nameNew Jersey Blaze
Nickname(s)Blaze
Founded2009
Dissolved2012
Ground Rowland Park
Monmouth Junction, New Jersey
Capacity800
Owner Flag of the United States.svg New Jersey Soccer Group
League National Premier Soccer League
Website Club website

New Jersey Blaze was an American soccer team based in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 2009, the team played in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Northeast Keystone Division between 2010 and 2011.

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The team played its home games at Rowland Park. The team's colors are red and gold.

The Blaze 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.

History

Players

2010 Roster

Source:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kevin Gramata
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Samuel Bryant
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lee Selby
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Coron Short
5 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Will O'Connor
6 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Christopher Blanco
7 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Alexis Gallice
8 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ansger Otto
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lawrence Geraghty
10 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Moises Iniguez
11 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Cory Bachstein
12 DF Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  ATG Shirville Jarvis
14 FW Flag of Peru (state).svg  PER Robert Campos
15 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA John Velasco
16 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Karim Mezari
17 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Steven DeMatteo
No.Pos.NationPlayer
18 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kevin Davis
19 FW Flag of Ireland.svg  IRL Liam O'Donnell
21 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kyle Thompson
22 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kyle Saviano
23 DF Flag of Ireland.svg  IRL Thomas Kelly
24 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Julian Valerio
25 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Michael Samaroo
26 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Mathieu Larrouturou
27 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Matthew Heitmann
28 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tyler Masterson
29 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Joseph Cullen
30 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Michael Cullen
FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mohamed Mansaray
DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Corey Marsh
MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Evans Ofori

Year-by-year

YearDivisionLeagueRegular SeasonPlayoffsOpen Cup
2010 4NPSL7th, KeystoneDid not qualifyDid not enter
2011 4NPSL8th, KeystoneDid not qualifyDid not enter

Head Coach(es)

Stadia

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