The New Jersey Stallions were an American

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team, founded in 1996, which competed in various divisions of the

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until 2004, after which the team left the league and the franchise was terminated. The club originally started in 1996 as the New York/New Jersey Stallions in the original

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, before moving to

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in 2000, and then to

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in 2003, before demoting themselves to the

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for the 2004 season, their final one in competition. They played their final home games in the stadium at

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, 19 miles north of the state’s largest city,

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. The team's colors were blue, white and black.

Year-by-year

Honors

* USL D-3 Pro League Northern Division Champions 2000

Stadia

* Stadium at

2004

Notable players

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* Andrian Gómez * Juan Lo * Daniel Campos * Frantz Jean-Charles *

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Marcelo Fracchia Marcelo Wálter Fracchia Bilbao (born 4 January 1968, in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan footballer. Club career Fracchia spent most of his career in Chile, including playing for Deportes Temuco, Colo Colo, Unión Española and Everton de Vi ...

External links

Official Site
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