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| Full name | Jacksonville Tea Men | ||
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| Founded | 1980 | ||
| Dissolved | 1984 | ||
| Stadium | Gator Bowl Stadium, Jacksonville Coliseum (indoor) | ||
| Capacity | 70,000 9,200 (indoor) | ||
| Coach | Noel Cantwell | ||
| League | NASL (1980–1982) American Soccer League (1983–1984) United Soccer League (1984) | ||
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The Jacksonville Tea Men were a soccer team based in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Overall, the Tea Men played a total of four years in Jacksonville, first in the major league-level North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1980–1982, then in the lower level American Soccer League in 1983 and United Soccer League in 1984. The NASL incarnation of the club was Jacksonville's first professional soccer team, and the first major league-level sport franchise ever based in the city.