Syracuse FC

Soccer club

Syracuse FC

Full name| Syracuse Football Club
Founded| February 8, 2017; 8 years ago (2017-02-08)
Stadium| Chuck Wilbur Field
Syracuse, New York
Capacity| 2,000
President| Jaro Zawislan
General Manager| Matt Tantalo
Head Coach| Corey Fonseca
League| NPSL
UPSL
2019| East Conference: 5th
Playoffs: DNQ
Website| http://www.syracusefc.net
Current season

Syracuse FC is a soccer team based in Syracuse, New York. They debuted in the National Premier Soccer League in May 2017. The team colors are white, black, gold and maroon.

## History

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Syracuse FC was announced as a National Premier Soccer League expansion team on February 8, 2017.[1][2] On the day of the announcement, the leadership group was announced with former professional player and college men's soccer coach Jaro Zawislan serving as President and Matt Tantalo acting as both General Manager and the inaugural Head Coach. Former Major Indoor Soccer League goalkeeper Joe Papaleo would also serve as the team's Vice President and head of soccer operations.[3][4]

The team played its inaugural match on May 20, 2017, at home in Onondaga Community College's David W. Murphy Field (now known as Chuck Wilbur Field) against defending NPSL National Champions AFC Cleveland.[5] Forward Slavisa Ubiparipovic scored the first goal in team history via a penalty kick to tie the game in the 33rd minute, but Syracuse went on to drop the match, 5-1, in front of 2000 fans.[6][7]

In March 2020, Syracuse was announced as an expansion side in the United Premier Soccer League, a national amateur league, with plans to begin play in the Northeast Conference's Western N.Y. Division for the 2020 Spring Season.[8]

## Staff

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Position  | Staff

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President  | Jaro Zawislan
Vice President/General Manager  | Matt Tantalo
Vice President, Soccer Operations  | Joe Papaleo
Head Coach  | Corey Fonseca
Assistant Coach  | Darek Panol
Assistant Coach  | Dan Ramin

Last updated: June 16, 2020
Source: Leadership, Management, Coaching Staff

## Year-by-year

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Year  | League  | Regular Season  | Playoffs  | U.S. Open Cup | Notes

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2017 | NPSL | 7th, East Conference  | Did not qualify | Ineligible |
2018 | 6th, East Conference  | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
2019 | 5th, East Conference  | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
2020 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[9] |
2021 | 6th, Rust Belt Conference  | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
2022 | 6th, North Atlantic Conference  | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
2023 | 5th, North Atlantic Conference  | Did not qualify | Did not qualify

## References

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1. ^ Tsujimoto, Ben (February 9, 2017). "Syracuse FC joins NPSL, FC Buffalo gives statement". The Buffalo News. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
2. ^ Tsujimoto, Ben (February 9, 2017). "Syracuse FC joins NPSL, FC Buffalo gives statement". The Buffalo News. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
3. ^ "Syracuse FC Joins NPSL". National Premier Soccer League. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
4. ^ Kramer, Lindsey (February 9, 2017). "Pro soccer league expanding to Syracuse this summer". The Post-Standard. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
5. ^ Kramer, Lindsay (March 1, 2017). "New pro soccer team in Syracuse announces 2017 schedule". syracuse. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
6. ^ Sacco, Mario (May 21, 2017). "Syracuse FC drops first ever game in the NPSL to Cleveland 5-1". WSYR. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
7. ^ "Syracuse FC Falls to Defending NPSL National Champions AFC Cleveland in Entertaining Inaugural Match". Syracuse FC. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
8. ^ "UPSL Announces New York Expansion with Syracuse FC". alaskacityfc.com. United Premier Soccer League. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
9. ^ Prince-Wright, Joe (March 26, 2020). "2020 NPSL season cancelled". ProSoccerTalk. NBC Sports. Retrieved June 15, 2020.

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