New Jersey Wildcats

New Jersey Wildcats

Full name	New Jersey Wildcats
Nickname(s)	The Wildcats
Founded	1996
Stadium	Mercer County Community College Stadium (Capacity: ????)
Chairman	Kevin McDermott
Manager	Socrates Nicolaidis
League	USL W-League
2008	8th, Northeast Division
Home colors Away colors

New Jersey Wildcats is an American women’s soccer team, founded by Vincent Baldino in 1996. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference against the D.C. United Women, New Jersey Rangers, Long Island Rough Riders, New York Magic and North Jersey Valkyries.

The team plays its home games in the stadium at Mercer County Community College in Princeton Junction, New Jersey, 11 miles northeast of downtown Trenton, New Jersey. The club's colors are white and blue.

Players

Current Roster 2009

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Robyn Jones 3 DF Morgan Golden 4 MF Michelle Verzi 5 MF Nicole Canning 6 DF Chelsea Regan 7 MF Ashley Lunemann 8 FW Amy Hoyer 9 DF Corinne Bildstein 10 MF Aimee Bresani 11 MF Lisa Chinn 13 FW Jill Camburn 14 DF Ali Kliment 16 FW Kaila Sciascia 17 DF Su-Lin DelGuercio 18 MF Stephanie Maurer 21 MF Kimberly Lison 22 MF Daniella Alizzo

No. Position Player 23 DF Lissette Brandao 24 MF Kaylyn Mahon 41 GK Elizabeth Cook MF Stephanie Covello MF Samantha Germano MF Ashley Jones DF Abby Lambert DF Kristie Lang MF Kerry Little MF Valentina Montero MF Esmeraldo Negron DF Casey Ramirez MF Leia Rispoli FW Kylee Rossi FW Lauren Ruta DF Jennie Vartebedian DF Amanda Wheeler

Notable former players

• Jenny Benson
• Kimberly Brandão
• Lara Dickenmann
• Formiga
• Kendall Fletcher
• Tobin Heath
• Christine Latham
• Karina LeBlanc
• Carli Lloyd
• Anne Mäkinen
• Jill Oakes
• Heather O'Reilly
• Jessica O'Rourke
• Kelly Smith
• Lindsay Tarpley
• Christie Welsh
• Cat Whitehill
• Rachel Unitt
• Rachel Yankey

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
2003	2	USL W-League	3rd, Northeast
2004	1	USL W-League	1st, Northeast	W-League Runners-Up
2005	1	USL W-League	1st, Northeast	Champions
2006	1	USL W-League	1st, Northeast	Conference Finals
2007	1	USL W-League	5th, Northeast	Did not qualify
2008	1	USL W-League	8th, Northeast	Did not qualify

Honors

• USL W-League Northeast Division Champions 2006
• USL W-League Champions 2005
• USL W-League Northeast Division Champions 2005
• USL W-League Northeast Division Champions 2004

Coaches

• Socrates Nicolaidis 2007 - 2008
• Mike Barroqueiro 2008
• Dave Barbour - Present

Stadiums

• Stadium at Robbinsville High School, Robbinsville, New Jersey 2008-date
• Stadium at Paul VI High School, Haddon Township, New Jersey 2008 (1 game)
• Stadium at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, New Jersey 1999-2009
• Field 1 at Mercer County Park, West Windsor, New Jersey 1996-1998

External links

• New Jersey Wildcats website
• New Jersey Wildcats on USL Soccer