Milwaukee Bavarian SC is an American

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team based in

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, United States. Bavarian Majors of the Bavarian Soccer Club compete in the

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. The team plays its home games in the athletic stadium at the Heartland Value Fund Stadium. The team's colors are blue and white. Bavarian Soccer Club has won six

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titles as well as two National Open Cup championships and is a frequent qualifier for the

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History

The original Milwaukee Bavarians club was formed by

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immigrants in 1929 as ''Fussball Club Bayern'' (Football Club Bavaria) as a multi-sports association. Their first football match was played on September 29, 1929 against a team from nearby Sheboygan, resulting in a 3–2 victory for Bayern. The club subsequently became very strong in its area, winning many state championships. In 1956 they took their present name and bought a new field on which to play home matches. They were a charter member of the

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in 2005. The team took a hiatus from the NPSL for the 2014 season to focus on completing substantial upgrades to their Heartland Value Fund Stadium. The total upgrades estimated to cost $1.1 million. At the end of that hiatus, they joined the Great Lakes Premier League, which changed its name to the Premier League of America shortly thereafter. In their first season in the PLA, the Bavarians won both the West Division and League Championships, and had five players named to the West Division Team of the Year.

National Championships

Bavarian Soccer Club has won nine national championships. In 1976 they won their first

, when they defeated a team from

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(UPSL) national championship, defeating Sporting AZ FC 3–2 in the championship. In 2003 the Bavarians also won the USASA National Open Cup amateur championship. The club would win the competition again in 2009. USASA eliminated this national tournament in 2015. Bavarian SC competed in the 1994 U.S. Open Cup as Bavarian Leinenkugel as they were sponsored by the

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that year.

Year-by-year

Honors

* USASA

winner – 1976, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2018, 2022 * USASA

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Open Cup winner – 2003, 2009 (national competition ceased after 2015) * NPSL Midwest Division winner – 2011 * PLA West Division winner – 2016, 2017 * PLA Champions – 2016, 2017 * UPSL National Champions – 2018 * UPSL Midwest Champions – 2018

Head coaches

* Tom Zaiss (1996–2006) * Jon Mroz (2007–2008) * Andreas Davi (2009–2011) * Patrick Hodgins (2012–present)

Stadium

* Heartland Value Fund Stadium; Glendale, Wisconsin (1950–present)

References

External links

Official website
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