Kingston Stockade Football Club (Stockade FC)
 Kingston Stockade FC crest | |||
| Full name | Kingston Stockade Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 2015 | ||
| Stadium |
Dietz Stadium Kingston, NY | ||
| Stadium capacity | 1,500 | ||
| Chairman | Dennis Crowley | ||
| Head Coach | George Vizvary | ||
| League | National Premier Soccer League, North Atlantic conf | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Kingston Stockade Football Club is an American soccer team based in Kingston, New York. The team was founded in 2016 and will begin their first season in May 2016.[1][2][3][4][5] The team plays its home games at Dietz Stadium in Kingston, NY.
The team plays in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national semi-professional league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.[6] They compete in the North Atlantic conference of the NPSL's Northeast region.
In February 2016, George Vizvary was named Head Coach, Rory Becker was named Assistant Coach, and Chuck Wilder was named Goalkeeper Coach for the club's inaugural season. Dan Hoffay and Nick Hoffay were named the club's lead scouts.[7][8]
The team is named after the stockade fortification that protected the original Dutch settlement of Kingston back in the 1700s.[9] Dietz Stadium is a short walk from the historic Kingston Stockade District. The stockade fortification is also referenced in the team's crest. The name of the team's first supporters group, Dutch Guard,[10] is also a reference to this historical period.
References
- ↑ "Soccer made in Kingston: Semi-pro Stockade FC starts play at Dietz next year". www.kingstonx.com. Kingston Times. December 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Kingston Stockade FC to begin semi-professional soccer play in spring". Daily Freeman. November 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Kingston getting expansion team in pro soccer league". Times Herald Record. November 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Founder of Foursquare Launches Kingston’s First Semipro Soccer Team". Hudson Valley Magazine. March 2016.
- ↑ "Dennis Crowley: Foursquare Founder/Soccer Baron". Upstater. March 2016.
- ↑ "Kingston Stockade Football Club Joins the NPSL". www.nationalpremiersoccerleague.com. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
- ↑ "George Vizvary named head coach of new Stockade semi-pro team". Daily Freeman. February 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Stockade FC taps local soccer giant Vizvary to coach team". Kingston Times. February 27, 2016.
- ↑ "Stockade FC "About" page". Stockade FC.
- ↑ "Dutch Guard Facebook Page". Dutch Guard.