Mass United FC

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Mass United FC
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Full name Mass United Football Club
Nickname(s) The Riders
Founded 2009
Stadium Manning Field
Ground Capacity 4,000
Owner Jim Antonakas
Head Coach Jim Antonakas
League American Soccer League
2014-15 4th
Playoffs: DNQ

Mass United FC is an American soccer team based in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States.

History[edit]

Founded in 2009, the team made its debut in the Northeast – Atlantic Conference of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL),[1] the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in 2011. In March 2011, Mass United FC, announced[2] its 2011 NPSL schedule to be played at the City of Lynn’s Manning Field.

The club's colors are "United Blue", yellow and white.

The club also operates teams in the Bay State Soccer League (BSSL) and the Massachusetts State Soccer League (MSSL), as well as an indoor team in the MSSL.

Mass United FC declared that it will sit out the 2013 NPSL season.[3] It was later announced the club would be part of the inaugural season of the relaunched American Soccer League in 2014, signing Trinibagonian Kareem Smith.[4]

Players[edit]

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

No. Position Player
1 United States GK Steven Liecht
2 United States DF Ryan Palingo
3 Sierra Leone DF John Dumbuya
7 United States FW John Bavota (captain)
8 Brazil MF Marcus Pizzetti
9 Jamaica DF Christopher Sharpe
10 MF Romeo Zeqo
11 Brazil MF Rafael Santos
17 The Gambia GK Babs Njie
20 Brazil MF Deni DaSilva
23 England DF Benjamin Johnson
Cape Verde DF Queivon Adilson
Cameroon DF Fonta Aloysius
Colombia DF Oswaldo Alzate
Emiliano Amoroso
United States DF Daniel Antonio
The Gambia Mamadu Bah
MF Christopher Bedi
Ghana MF Baffour Boateng
El Salvador MF Miguel Castro
Brazil MF Victor Costa
No. Position Player
Brazil MF Luis DaCunha
Cape Verde FW Carlos Diniz
MF James Grant
DF Akino Gray
MF Rigoberto Jimenez
Cape Verde DF Moises Lopes
Luis Mattos
Cape Verde MF Admilson Miranda
DF Lucas Miranda
Senegal DF Babacar Ndour
United States MF Austin Reed
DF Jarod Rouleau
DF James Schrepfer
MF Kyle Sye
MF Mikhaeil Tadros
GK Andrew Trice
DF Christopher Weedon
Trinidad and Tobago DF Kareem Smith

Season-by-season[edit]

Season League Regular Season W-D-T Playoffs Open Cup Amateur Cup
2011 NPSL 6th, Atlantic 2-1-7 Did not qualify Did not enter Did not enter
2012 NPSL 5th, Atlantic 4-1-8 Did not qualify First qualifying round First qualifying round
2014-15 ASL 4th 6-9-2 Did not qualify Did not enter

Head coaches[edit]

Jim Antonakas

Stadia[edit]

Manning Field - Lynn, MA

References[edit]

External links[edit]