New Jersey Wildcats

New Jersey Wildcats

Full name	New Jersey Wildcats
Nickname(s)	The Wildcats
Founded	1996
Stadium	Mercer County Community College Stadium
Chairman	Kevin McDermott
Manager	Socrates Nicolaidis
League	USL W-League
2008	8th, Northeast Division
Home colors Away colors

The New Jersey Wildcats are an American women’s soccer team, founded by Vincent Baldino in 1996. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference against the D.C. United Women, New Jersey Rangers, Long Island Rough Riders, New York Magic and North Jersey Valkyries.

The team plays its home games in the stadium at Mercer County Community College in West Windsor, New Jersey, 11 miles northeast of downtown Trenton, New Jersey. The club's colors are white and blue.

Players

2012 roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 19 MF Yael Averbuch 23 MF Rachel Breton 20 MF Amber Brooks DF Lauren Budzinski 16 DF Catherine Chukuka 11 FW Grace Correll 8 DF Brittany Cummins GK Sage Dovale 12 MF Kristen Edmonds 9 DF Kaitlyn Fare 5 FW Maya Hayes 13 FW Rachael Ivanicki 2 MF Andie Lakin

No. Position Player 22 FW Meghan Ledwith 18 DF Tori Leigh 22 FW Andrea Lopez Jesse McDonough 7 DF Taylor Mims 10 FW Esmeralda Negron 10 MF Kylee Rossi 99 GK Chante Sandiford 21 DF Daryl Schwenck 0 GK Lauren Smedley 6 DF Morgan Stith 1 GK Faith Sugerman 4 DF Elizabeth Troutman

Roster 2009

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Robyn Jones 3 DF Morgan Golden 4 MF Michelle Verzi 5 MF Nicole Canning 6 DF Chelsea Regan 7 MF Ashley Lunemann 8 FW Amy Hoyer 9 DF Corinne Bildstein 10 MF Aimee Bresani 11 MF Lisa Chinn 13 FW Jill Camburn 14 DF Ali Kliment 16 FW Kaila Sciascia 17 DF Su-Lin DelGuercio 18 MF Stephanie Maurer 21 MF Kimberly Lisun 22 MF Daniella Alizzo

No. Position Player 23 DF Lissette Brandao 24 MF Kaylyn Mahon 41 GK Elizabeth Cook MF Stephanie Covello MF Samantha Germano MF Ashley Jones DF Abby Lambert DF Kristie Lang MF Kerry Little MF Valentina Montero MF Esmeraldo Negron DF Casey Ramirez MF Leia Rispoli 12 FW Rachel Breton FW Kylee Rossi FW Lauren Ruta DF Jennie Vartebedian DF Amanda Wheeler

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
2003	2	USL W-League	3rd, Northeast
2004	1	USL W-League	1st, Northeast	W-League Runners-Up
2005	1	USL W-League	1st, Northeast	Champions
2006	1	USL W-League	1st, Northeast	Conference Finals
2007	1	USL W-League	5th, Northeast	Did not qualify
2008	1	USL W-League	8th, Northeast	Did not qualify

Notable former players

The following former players have played at the professional and/or international level:

• Jenny Benson^[1]
• Kimberly Brandão^[2]
• Lara Dickenmann^[3][4]
• Formiga^[5][6]
• Kendall Fletcher^[7][8]
• Tobin Heath^[9]
• Christine Latham
• Karina LeBlanc^[10]
• Carli Lloyd^[11]
• Anne Mäkinen^[12]
• Heather O'Reilly^[13]
• Kelly Smith^[14]
• Lindsay Tarpley^[15]
• Christie Welsh^[16]
• Cat Whitehill^[17]
• Rachel Unitt^[18]
• Rachel Yankey^[19]
• Esmeralda Negron ^[20]

Honors

• USL W-League Northeast Division Champions 2006
• USL W-League Champions 2005
• USL W-League Northeast Division Champions 2005
• USL W-League Northeast Division Champions 2004

Coaches

• Socrates Nicolaidis 2007–2008
• Mike Barroqueiro 2008
• Dave Barbour – Present

Stadiums

• Stadium at Robbinsville High School, Robbinsville, New Jersey 2008–present
• Stadium at Paul VI High School, Haddon Township, New Jersey 2008 (1 game)
• Stadium at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, New Jersey 1999–2009
• Field 1 at Mercer County Park, West Windsor, New Jersey 1996–1998

References

1. "Former WUSA Standouts Join Wildcats". New Jersey Wildcats. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Kimberly Brandao". State University of New York Buffalo. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
3. "Wildcats Cruise Past Magic". New Jersey Wildcats. July 8, 2006. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
4. "Lara Dickenmann". Olympique Lyonnais. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
5. "Formiga leads Wildcats to 5-0 rout of Magic". Big Apple Soccer. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
6. Almond, Elliott (3 February 2009). "FC Gold Pride signs No. 1 pick Formiga". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
7. "Wildcats Fall to US U-21s". New Jersey Wildcats. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
8. "Kendall Fletcher agrees to Canberra move". Football Federation Australia. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
9. "Tobin Heath". U.S. Soccer Federation. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
10. "Wildcats Land Another International Star". New Jersey Wildcats. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
11. "Carli Lloyd". U.S. Soccer Federation. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
12. "Anne Mäkinen". New Jersey Wildcats. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
13. "Heather O'Reilly". U.S. Soccer Federation. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
14. Green, Lauren. "From Pretty Good to Undefeated". New Jersey Wildcats. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
15. "Lindsay Tarpley". U.S. Soccer Federation. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
16. "Freedom sign forward Christie Welsh". ESPN. March 14, 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
17. "Cat Whitehill". Boston Breakers. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
18. "Wildcats Welcome Unitt". New Jersey Wildcats. July 13, 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
19. "Arsenal Ladies' Rachel Yankey signs new two-year deal". BBC. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
20. "USWNT: Esmeralda Negron". US Women's Soccer. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

External links

• New Jersey Wildcats website
• New Jersey Wildcats on USL Soccer