Kingston Stockade FC

Kingston Stockade FC
Kingston Stockade FC crest
Full nameKingston Stockade Football Club
Founded2015; 9 years ago (2015)
StadiumTenney Stadium
Poughkeepsie, New York
Capacity5,000
ChairmanDennis Crowley
Head coachJamal Lis-Simmons
LeagueNational Premier Soccer League
WebsiteClub website

Kingston Stockade Football Club is an American soccer team based in Kingston, New York. The team was founded in November 2015,[1][2] and began its first season in May 2016.[3][4][5][6] The team's usual home is Dietz Stadium in Kingston,[1][6] however the team will be playing the 2023 season at Tenney Stadium in Poughkeepsie due to ongoing renovations at Dietz.[7]

The team plays in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national semi-professional league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.[8] The team competes in the North Atlantic conference of the NPSL's Northeast region.

  1. ^ a b "Soccer made in Kingston: Semi-pro Stockade FC starts play at Dietz next year". www.kingstonx.com. Kingston Times. December 1, 2015.
  2. ^ "Kingston Stockade FC to begin semi-professional soccer play in spring". Daily Freeman. November 27, 2015.
  3. ^ "Kingston getting expansion team in pro soccer league". Times Herald Record. November 27, 2015.
  4. ^ "Founder of Foursquare Launches Kingston's First Semipro Soccer Team". Hudson Valley Magazine. March 2016.
  5. ^ "Dennis Crowley: Foursquare Founder/Soccer Baron". Upstater. March 2016.
  6. ^ a b Vrusho, Spike. "Stockade Supermen: Kingston, NY welcomes its own semi-pro soccer team". Splice Today. www.splicetoday.com. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  7. ^ "Stockade FC Set to Kickoff 2023 Season at Marist College in Poughkeepsie". StockadeFC.com. Kingston Stockade. January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  8. ^ "Kingston Stockade Football Club Joins the NPSL". www.nationalpremiersoccerleague.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.