Jersey Express is an American team based in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 2007, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Prior to the 2011 season the team was known as Newark Ironbound Express.
The team plays its home games at Lubetkin Field on the campus of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where they have played since 2008. The team's colors are white and Emerald and Gold.
The team also fields a team in the USL's Super-20 League, a league for players 17 to 20 years of age run under the United Soccer Leagues umbrella.and Teams from Ages 10â€"18 boys and girls Under National Soccer Academy .
History
Newark Ironbound Express entered the PDL in 2007. The senior Express team began life in the PDL with a bang with a 4â€"1 opening day victory over fellow expansion team New Jersey Rangers that featured a brace from former New York Red Bull and current Haitian international Jerrod Laventure. Ironbound were consistent all year long, enjoying several impressive victories over much more established sides, notably a 3â€"0 over Ottawa Fury in early June (in which Ted Niziolek scored a hat trick), a 4â€"0 win on the road against Ocean City Barons (which featured a Laventure hat-trick), a dominant 3â€"1 win over 2007's unbeatable Hampton Roads Piranhas, and a battling 4â€"2 triumph over Virginia Legacy. By the time the final weekend rolled around, they were still in with a shot at a place in the Eastern Conference playoffs: they enjoyed overpowering 6â€"2 demolition of Westchester Flames, in which Chris Karcz netted three times, and were fortunate to make the playoffs ahead of Ottawa Fury, who had an exactly equal record, but lost out on head-to-head results. Unfortunately, Ironbound's trip to the playoff was a short one as they fell 4â€"2 first time out to eventual Conference champions Reading Rage, but for a young side in their debut season there was much to applaud. Chris Karcz and Jerrod Laventure were monsters in front of goal, scoring 10 and 9 goals respectively.
In October 2009 the team Owner Mr. Joe Branco Hired Mr. Gali Maimon as new General manager of the organization.
The team formally rebranded as Jersey Express on January 6, 2011.
Players
Current roster
As of June 8, 2011.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Notable former players
This list of notable former players comprises players who went on to play professional soccer after playing for the team in the Premier Development League, or those who previously played professionally before joining the team.
- Frank Alesci
- Gary Boughton
- Tomer Chencinski
- Dilly Duka
- Neal Kitson
- Derby Carrillo
- Ryan Meara
- Gordon Kljestan
- Aviv Volnerman
- David Topolski
Year-by-year
Honors
- USL PDL Eastern Conference Champions 2014
- USL PDL Mid-Atlantic Division Champions 2014
Head coaches
- George Vichniakov (2008â€"2012)
Jeff Matteo 2013-2014 Season
Stadia
- Lubetkin Field at New Jersey Institute of Technology; Newark, New Jersey (2008â€"present)
- Stadium at Holmdel High School; Holmdel Township, New Jersey 1 game (2010)
- Stadium at Raritan High School; Hazlet, New Jersey 2 games (2011)
Average attendance
Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.
- 2008: 328
- 2009: 219
- 2010: 378
- 2011: 389
- 2012: 411
- 2013: 422
- 2014: 452
References
External links
- Official Site
- Official PDL site
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