soccer
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team based in
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Lawrenceville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Lawrence Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
, United States. Founded in 2009, the team played in the
USL Premier Development League
USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...
(PDL), the fourth tier of the
American Soccer Pyramid
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, in the Mid Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.
The team played its home games at Falcon Field in nearby
Hillsborough, New Jersey
Hillsborough Township is a township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The township is centrally located in the Raritan Valley region within the much larger New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the tow ...
, where they have played since 2011. The team's colors were blue, white and gold.
History
The Central Jersey Spartans were announced as PDL expansion team in November 2009. They played their first official game on May 12, 2010, a 2–0 loss to
Newark Ironbound Express
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.
Players
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.''
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R. J. Allen
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Scott Caldwell
Scott Caldwell (born March 15, 1991) is an American professional soccer player who plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.
Career
Youth, college and amateur
Caldwell spent a year with the New England Revolution academy, making six app ...
Greg Cochrane
Gregory Cochrane (born November 1, 1990) is an American former professional soccer player.
Career
Early career
Born in Babylon, New York, and moved to Holland, Pennsylvania, Cochrane attended Council Rock High School South in his hometown befo ...
Antoine Hoppenot
Antoine Laurent Hoppenot (born 23 November 1990) is a French footballer who currently plays for Hartford Athletic in the USL Championship.
Career
College and amateur
Hoppenot played college soccer at Princeton University between 2008 and 2011. ...
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Ryan Kinne
Ryan Kinne (born August 31, 1989 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States) is a former American soccer player.
Career College and amateur
Kinne played his college career at Monmouth University where he was an NSCAA All-American, Hermann Trophy ...
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Bryan Meredith
Bryan Meredith (born August 2, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper.
Early life
Raised in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, Meredith attended top public program Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School and achieved the ...
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Jon Okafor
Jon Okafor (born August 25, 1989) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder.
Career
College and amateur
Okafor played four years of college soccer at Brown University between 2007 and 2010. Brown soccer team won the Ivy League C ...
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Teddy Schneider
Teddy David Schneider (born November 23, 1988, in Califon, New Jersey) is an American soccer player.
Career
College and amateur
Schneider attended Delbarton School, and played four years of college soccer at Princeton. He initially began his ca ...
Rider University
Rider University is a private university in Lawrence Township, New Jersey. It consists of four academic units: the Norm Brodsky College of Business, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Education and Human Services, and West ...
;
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Lawrenceville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Lawrence Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
(2010–2011)
* Stadium at
The College of New Jersey
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;
Ewing Township, New Jersey
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Zarephath, New Jersey
Zarephath (, ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) and located in Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, about north of Princeton.Falcon Field;
Hillsborough, New Jersey
Hillsborough Township is a township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The township is centrally located in the Raritan Valley region within the much larger New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the tow ...
(2011–2013)
Average attendance
Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.
* 2010: 100