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FA Euro New York
Full nameEuro Youth Football Association
Nickname(s)FA Euro
Founded2013; 11 years ago (2013)
StadiumPoly Prep Country Day School
Brooklyn, New York
Capacity3,500
OwnersJoe Balsamo, Marco Balsamo
Head CoachJoe Balsamo
LeagueUSL League Two
20239th, Metropolitan Division
Playoffs: DNQ
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Euro Youth Football Association (FA Euro or FA Euro New York) is a soccer team based in Brooklyn, New York that plays in USL League Two. The club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit youth soccer organization. Established in 2013, FA Euro New York focuses on providing prospective youth players with a pathway to play at the professional and/or collegiate levels.

In order to prepare players for the transition to higher level soccer institutions, FA Euro New York combines a player-centered, player-development-based training model with resources and connections to NCAA programs and professional clubs around the world. FA Euro’s Senior Team competes in the USL League Two, which provides Club players with the opportunity to continue developing and growing their games with the Club even while playing at the collegiate level. USL League Two competition also provides players with exposure to USL and MLS scouts from across the country.

History

For the past decade, Joe Balsamo has been running summer soccer camps and international tours. Originally known as FA Eurocamp, the goal of the program was to bring top European coaches to the United States to train American players and to expose them to the European soccer model. After expanding the program to include camps in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Florida, Balsamo began offering tours for youth players. On these tours, FA Eurocamp escorted American teams through Europe and South America as they played exhibition matches against youth teams at the world’s top clubs. Since the Club's birth in 2013, FA Euro has grown from a small organization consisting of three staff members and only one team into a household name in US Youth Soccer. FA Euro New York was announced as a semi-professional men's team when the PDL released its 2013 schedule.[1]

Stadium

FA Euro New York's USL League Two team played its home matches at Belson Stadium, on the campus of St. John's University in Queens, New York from 2013 to 2018. For the 2018 season, the club moved its home matches to the Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn.[2] In 2019, the Club moved to the Dyker Heights campus of Poly Prep Country Day School.[3]

In 2021, the club played the majority of their home games at Calvert Vaux Park, though their first home game was played at Central Park's Field #2.[4]

Year-by-year

Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs Open Cup
2013 4 USL PDL 6th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2014 4 USL PDL 7th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2015 4 USL PDL 8th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2016 4 USL PDL 8th, Northeast did not qualify did not qualify
2017 4 USL PDL 5th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2018 4 USL PDL 5th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2019 4 USL League Two 7th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2020 4 USL League Two Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 4 USL League Two 7th, Metropolitan did not qualify did not qualify
2022 4 USL League Two 5th, Metropolitan did not qualify did not qualify
2023 4 USL League Two 9th, Metropolitan did not qualify did not qualify

References

  1. ^ PDL Regular Season Schedule Released Archived 2013-06-20 at archive.today (18 January 2013)
  2. ^ "FA Euro New York". Premier Development League. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  3. ^ Balsamo, Marco (August 1, 2019). "Club Announces Partnership with Poly Prep". www.faeuro.com/. Retrieved March 2, 2020. In addition to being the focal training & match site for the club's entire youth sector, the 25-acre Dyker Heights campus will be the new home field for the USL League Two First Team after spending the last two seasons at Belson Stadium of St. John's University (2017) and at Aviator Sports Complex (2018).
  4. ^ "FA Euro New York 2021 Schedule". USLLeagueTwo.com. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
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