Elm City Express
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| Full name | Elm City Express | |
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| Short name | Professional Team | |
| Founded | January 9, 2017 [1] | |
| Dissolved | 2019 [2] | |
| Stadium | Jess Dow Field New Haven, Connecticut[1] | |
| Capacity | 6,000 | |
| Owner | Zack Henry | |
| Head coach | Teddy Haley[1] | |
| League | NPSL | |
| 2018 | 4th, North Atlantic Conference | |
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Elm City Express was a men's soccer club based in New Haven, Connecticut that most recently competed in the National Premier Soccer League.[3] The club's colors are blue and white, and plays its home matches at Jess Dow Field at Southern Connecticut State University.[4] The ownership group of Elm City Express also owns and operates Clube Atlético Tubarão, a Brazilian soccer club based in Santa Catarina, which competes in the lower levels of Brazil's pyramid.[5][6][7]
Front office
Elm City Express was founded in 2017 by Zack Henry.[1][8][9]
In their inaugural season, The Express won the 2017 NPSL Championship by defeating Midland-Odessa FC 5–0 on August 12, 2017, at Reese Stadium in New Haven.[10]
In January 2019, Elm City announced they would be taking a hiatus for the 2019 season and Zack Henry would no longer be president of the team.[2][11]
- Luiz Henrique Martins Ribeiro – vice president
- Brian Neumeyer – general manager
- Eric Da Costa – technical director[12]
Year-by-year
Honors
Notable players
- Joshua Calderón, defender; Puerto Rico men's national team
- Matt Jones; goalkeeper; assistant coach of the Quinnipiac Bobcats
