Greater Binghamton FC (GBFC) was an American
soccer team located in
Binghamton, New York. The team was established in 2012.
The team played its home games out of the
Greater Binghamton Sports Complex
The Greater Binghamton Sports Complex was an air-supported dome in Union, New York. With over in enclosed area, it was the largest air-supported dome in the United States. The complex was located on Airport Road off Route 17 near the city of Bing ...
.
History
Greater Binghamton Futbol Club (GBFC) was founded in 2012 in
Binghamton, New York to compete in the
National Premier Soccer League
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's soccer league. The NPSL is a semi-professional league, comprising some teams that have paid players and some that are entirely amateur. The league is officially affiliated to the Uni ...
(NPSL), the fourth tier of the
American soccer pyramid and roughly equivalent with 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 syst ...
(PDL). The team played their first game on May 13, 2012 a 2-2 draw away against
AFC Cleveland.
In their second season, GBFC finished 1st in the Keystone Conference during the regular season with a record of 10-2-2, going on to defeat the
New York Red Bulls NPSL squad 2-1 in Binghamton, but ultimately losing to defending NPSL champions,
Lehigh Valley United, 1-0 in the Northeast Region finals.
Year-by-year
Stadium
* The Dome at
Greater Binghamton Sports Complex
The Greater Binghamton Sports Complex was an air-supported dome in Union, New York. With over in enclosed area, it was the largest air-supported dome in the United States. The complex was located on Airport Road off Route 17 near the city of Bing ...
;
Binghamton, New York
References
External links
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National Premier Soccer League teams
Amateur soccer teams in the United States
Defunct soccer clubs in New York (state)
2012 establishments in New York (state)
Association football clubs established in 2012
Sports in Binghamton, New York
Association football clubs disestablished in 2018
2018 disestablishments in New York (state)
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