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The New Jersey Americans were an American
soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
club based in
New Brunswick, New Jersey New Brunswick is a city in and the seat of government of Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.American Soccer League. The amateur team won the ASL championship in 1977, in its second year of existence. After the 1979 season, the club moved to
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and became known as the Miami Americans.


Year-by-year


Coaches

* Rich Melvin: 1976 *
Manny Schellscheidt Manfred "Manny" Schellscheidt (born January 17, 1941) is a German-American soccer coach and former player. Born in Solingen in the Prussian Rhine Province, he emigrated to the United States in the 1970s. He spent three seasons in the North Americ ...
: 1977-1978 * Arthur Stewart: 1979 * Tom O'Dea: 1979 * Eddie Firmani: 1979


Notable players

* Juan Cano (1977–??) *
Ringo Cantillo Julio "Ringo" Cantillo is a former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He played five seasons in the American Soccer League where he was the league MVP as a rookie. He won MVP honors a total of three times in the ASL. Cantil ...
(1977) 22 Apps 7 Goals * Eusébio (1978) * Woody Hartmann (1976) * Kevin Kiernan (1976) 21 Apps 6 Goals * Jose Neto (1977–78) 39 Apps 34 Goals * Telmo Pires (1977) *
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(1978) 21 Apps 8 Goals * John Roeslein (1976–77) 20 Apps 7 Goals * Skip Roderick (1976–78) 53 Apps 1 Goal *
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(1978) * Jerry Sularz (1977–78) * Carlos Velasquez (1977–78)


Honors

ASL Season MVP * 1977
Ringo Cantillo Julio "Ringo" Cantillo is a former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He played five seasons in the American Soccer League where he was the league MVP as a rookie. He won MVP honors a total of three times in the ASL. Cantil ...
ASL Rookie of the Year * 1976: John Roeslein ASL Leading Goal Scorer'' * 1977 Jose Neto (17 Goals) ASL Leading Point Scorer * 1977 Jose Neto (36 Points) ASL All-Star Team *1977 Telmo Pires,
Ringo Cantillo Julio "Ringo" Cantillo is a former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He played five seasons in the American Soccer League where he was the league MVP as a rookie. He won MVP honors a total of three times in the ASL. Cantil ...
, Juan Cano, Jose Neto


References



New Jersey Americans (soccer), Defunct soccer clubs in New Jersey American Soccer League (1933–1983) teams 1976 establishments in New Jersey 1979 disestablishments in New Jersey Association football clubs established in 1976 Association football clubs disestablished in 1979 {{NewJersey-footyclub-stub