The New Jersey Pride were a men's professional

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team in the

Major League Lacrosse Major League Lacrosse (MLL) was a men's field lacrosse league in the United States. The league's inaugural season was in 2001. Teams played anywhere from ten to 16 games in a summertime regular season. This was followed by a four-team playoff ...

formerly based in Piscataway, New Jersey,

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from 2001-2008.

Franchise history

In 2001, the first year of the league’s existence, the Pride played its games at

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but TD Bank Park in

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in 2002 to 2003. For 2004 to 2005, the Pride played its home games on Sprague Field at

. The Pride made the league's playoffs in 2002 and 2003. For the 2006 season, the Pride moved to the 5,000 seat stadium on the campus of

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...

which houses the Scarlet Knights’ soccer and lacrosse teams and is officially named The Soccer/Lacrosse Stadium at Yurcak Field in honor of Ronald N. Yurcak, a 1965 All-American Rutgers lacrosse player. The team suspended operations after the 2008 season.

Season-by-season

Former Stars

Jesse Hubbard Jesse Hubbard (born September 18, 1975) is a former professional lacrosse player who played professional box lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and professional field lacrosse in the Major League Lacrosse (MLL). Background Hubbard st ...

. Princeton, 1998; 3-time NCAA National Champion, Princeton University with Jon Hess; Leading all-time scorer at Princeton; All NCAA Tournament Team, 1997 and 1998; All Ivy, 1997 and 1998. Hubbard was traded to the Los Angeles Riptide prior to the 2008 Season. * Scott Urick. Georgetown, 2000; 2-time NCAA All-American and Captain; Georgetown’s all-time Leading Scorer; Georgetown’s All-Time Single Season and Career Leader in ground balls; Played on four NCAA Tournament Teams; NCAA North-South All-Star, 2000. * Adam Doneger. Johns Hopkins, 2000-2003; two-time First Team All-American and co-captain; Scored a career-high 28 goals and seven assists in 2003; NCAA All-Tournament Team, 2002. * Kyle Harrison. Johns Hopkins, 2005; National Player-of-the-Year, 2005

Tewaaraton Trophy The Tewaaraton Award is an annual award for the most outstanding American college lacrosse men's and women's players, since 2001. It is the lacrosse equivalent of football's Heisman Trophy. The award is presented by The Tewaaraton Foundation and th ...

Winner; 2005 National Champion and 1st overall selection in the 2005 College Draft. Harrison was also traded to the Los Angeles Riptide for the 2008 season. * Matt Danowski. Duke, 2008;

Winner 2007; Acquired Second in the lacrosse draft. Took option of an extra year at Duke. Was expected to go first 2007

Award winners

* 4-time All-Star

* 2-time All-Star Scott Urick * 3-time All-Star

Jay Jalbert Jay Jalbert (born October 6, 1977) is an American Hall of Fame lacrosse player who had a standout collegiate career at the University of Virginia and then went on to play professional lacrosse in Major League Lacrosse and the National Lacrosse L ...

* 3-time All-Star

David Curry David Maurice Curry (born 13 June 1944) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Skipton and Ripon from 1987 to 2010. Early life Curry, the son of teachers, was educated at the Ripon Grammar School ...

* 1-time All-Star Jon Hess * 2003 Rookie of the Year and All-Star Adam Doneger * 2005 Community Service Award Winner

Ryan McClay Ryan McClay (August 6, 1981 ) is an American lacrosse player. He plays defense for the New Jersey Pride in Major League Lacrosse since he was drafted by the team in the first round in the 2003 college draft. He played his college lacrosse at Co ...

* 2006 All-MLL Team Andy Corno

Coaches and others

* Ted Georgalas 2001-05 (24-35) * Brian Silcott 2005 (1-4) * Peter Jacobs 2006- (15-21) * Charlie Shoulberg 2001-2002 (General Manager) * Bob Turco 2003-2004 (General Manager) * Trey Reeder 2005-2007 (General Manager) * Steve Ferretti 2002-2008 (Assistant General Manager, General Manager) * Robert Brown 2005-2008 (President)

External links

New Jersey Pride Official Website
{{Lacrosse topics Defunct Major League Lacrosse teams Lacrosse clubs established in 2001 Sports clubs disestablished in 2008 Defunct sports teams in New Jersey Lacrosse teams in New Jersey Sports teams in the New York metropolitan area 2001 establishments in New Jersey 2008 disestablishments in New Jersey