New Jersey Teamsterz FC (known as New Jersey Teamsters FC until 2021) is an American professional

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club based in

Bayonne, New Jersey Bayonne ( ) is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Located in the Gateway Region, Bayonne is situated on a peninsula located between Newark Bay to the west, the Kill Van Kull to the south, and New York Bay to the east. As of ...

that plays in

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from 2021 and that will join the

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in 2022. The team formerly played in the United Premier Soccer League.

History

The Teamsterz were announced as a new member of the United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) on February 28, 2017. The team began play in the Northeast Conference's American Division during the

2018 Spring UPSL season The 2018 Spring United Premier Soccer League season was the 10th season of the UPSL. In some parts of the country, UPSL is organized into Pro Premier and Championships Divisions with promotion and relegation between the Pro Premier division and ...

. In its first home match on April 14, 2018, at Don Ahern Veterans Memorial Stadium, the Teamsterz overcame two one goal deficits and finished with a 2–2 draw to earn its first ever competitive point. The group went on to finish third in its division, clinching a postseason spot before falling in the semifinals of the American Division playoffs to Junior Lone Star FC II. The following Spring, New Jersey finished second within the conference, now playing within a single table, but failed to make the

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. On February 26, 2020, the Teamsterz announced it had been accepted into the

(NISA), a professionally sanctioned division 3 league, with plans to begin professional play in Spring 2021, though this was later pushed back to Fall due to then on-going COVID-19 pandemic. The organization further stated that it would not be fielding a UPSL team in 2020. In 2020, team owners Sibrena and Alex Geraldino were featured on Discovery Channel's series "I Quit," which followed entrepreneurs who quit their jobs in order to launch new businesses. The team announced that they were changing the spelling of the team name from Teamsters to Teamsterz. On 23rd August 2021, the Teamsterz announce that they would join NISA newly borned amateur league, the

as founding member for the 2021 Fall season.

Year-by-year

Logo history

File:New Jersey Teamsters FC Logo 2018.png, 2017–2019 File:New Jersey Teamsters FC Logo.png, 2019–2020 File:NJTFC 2021logo low res.png, 2021–

Honors

*Atlantic Cup Champions: 2019

NJ Teamsterz FC Reserves

The Teamsterz field a reserve team in the fully amateur Garden State Soccer League (GSSL), which is sanctioned by the

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within

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. The reserves play their home fixtures at Stephen R. Gregg Park in Bayonne, NJ, located a mile and a half north of Veterans Stadium.

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External links

* Soccer clubs in New Jersey 2017 establishments in New Jersey Association football clubs established in 2017 Sports in Hudson County, New Jersey Soccer clubs in the New York metropolitan area Bayonne, New Jersey National Independent Soccer Association teams {{NewJersey-footyclub-stub