Central Jersey Spartans

Central Jersey Spartans was an American soccer team based in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 2009, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.

Central Jersey Spartans

Full name	Central Jersey Spartans
Nickname(s)	Spartans
Founded	2009
Dissolved	2013
Ground	Rider University Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Capacity	1,000
Owner	Sal Amato
Head Coach	James Quinn
League	USL Premier Development League
2013	8th, Mid Atlantic Playoffs: DNQ
Website	http://www.cjspartans.com
Home colors Away colors

The team played its home games at Falcon Field in nearby Hillsborough, New Jersey, where they have played since 2011. The team's colors were blue, white and gold.

History

The Central Jersey Spartans were announced as PDL expansion team in November 2009.^[1] They played their first official game on May 12, 2010, a 2–0 loss to Newark Ironbound Express.^[2]

Players

Notable former players

This list of notable former players comprises players who went on to play professional soccer after playing for the team in the Premier Development League, or those who previously played professionally before joining the team.

• R. J. Allen
• José Angulo
• Nelson Becerra
• Scott Caldwell
• Greg Cochrane
• Ryan Finley
• Antoine Hoppenot
• Ryan Kinne
• Bryan Meredith
• Jon Okafor
• Teddy Schneider
• Mark Wiltse

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2010	4	USL PDL	3rd, Mid Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2011	4	USL PDL	5th, Mid Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2012	4	USL PDL	8th, Mid Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2013	4	USL PDL	8th, Mid Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Head coaches

• Sam Nellins (2010–2012)^[3]
• John Newman (2012–2013)
• James Quinn (2013–present)^[4]

Stadia

• Stadium at Rider University; Lawrenceville, New Jersey (2010–2011)
• Stadium at The College of New Jersey; Ewing Township, New Jersey 2 games (2010)
• PDA Complex; Zarephath, New Jersey 1 game (2010)
• Falcon Field; Hillsborough, New Jersey (2011–2013)

Average attendance

Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.

• 2010: 100