Oneida
Full nameOneida Football Club
Founded2011; 13 years ago (2011)
GroundEast Boston Memorial Stadium[1]
LeagueBay State Soccer League
colours

Oneida FC (Oneida Football Club) is a soccer club based in East Boston. The organisation was established in 2011 and plays its home games at East Boston Memorial Stadium, owned by the city of Boston. The field also hosts American football and baseball games.[2]

In the past, Oneida had a rugby league team which was dissolved in 2013. It played in the USA Rugby League (USARL) from 2011 to 2012 before pausing their operations. The team played their home games at Henry G. Steinbrenner '27 Stadium on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In 2020 a separate organization, "Oneida County Football Club", was started in Utica, Oneida County, NY. They feature youth soccer teams. On June 4, 2022 the 2010 birth year team played there final tournament winning the prestigious Northstars Cup. There currently is a 2011–12 team.

History

Rugby League

The Oneida FC rugby league club was established in 2011 as a charter member of the newly announced USA Rugby League, which was formed by teams that had left the established American National Rugby League (AMNRL). The team was named in honor of the Oneida Football Club, the first ever organized football team in the United States, which operated from 1862–1865. Together with the New Jersey Turnpike Titans and the Rhode Island Rebellion, they were one of three new teams to join the league.[3][4][5]

The club operated under the leadership the USARL's other Boston-based team, the Boston Thirteens, but competed as a separate team. The establishment of Oneida FC put two USARL teams in Boston, and four in New England, an arrangement that lowered operating costs.[3][4] The team struggled on the field in their inaugural season but found success in recruiting players from other sports.[5]

Oneida finished the 2012 season in sixth place, missing the playoffs. They were initially announced to compete in 2013, but withdrew before the season, along with the New Haven Warriors.[6]

Oneida FC played all home games at Henry G. Steinbrenner '27 Stadium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Soccer

The organization also fielded an amateur soccer team under the "Oneida FC" banner in the Casa Soccer League of Boston, where they won the championship in 2011.[7] They moved to the Bay State Soccer League (BSSL) in 2013, where they currently compete in Division 2.[8]

USARL season summaries

C=Champions, R=Runners-up, F=Finished first, P=Playoff Appearance, L=Finished Last
(Brackets Represent Playoff Games)
Competition Games
Played		 Games
Won		 Games
Drawn		 Games
Lost		 Ladder
Position		 C R F P L Coach Captain Notes
2011 USARL season
 8 (0) 1 (0) 0 7 (0) 8/8
L
 Mikhael Shammas
Benjamin P. McHugh		 Clark Hoopes
Club foundation season
2012 USARL season
 8 (0) 2 (0) 0 6 (0) 6/8 Clark Hoopes

See also

References

  1. ^ 2022 results at Bay State SL
  2. ^ East Boston Memorial Park
  3. ^ a b Ian Bridge (February 18, 2011). "Inaugural USARL Line-up Announced". league13.info. Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
  4. ^ a b "USARL Constitution & Teams announced". usarl.com. USA Rugby League. February 18, 2011. Archived from the original on May 13, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
  5. ^ a b Tom Coates (October 2011). "Young Americans: Emerging from the ashes of a sporting club established over 100 years ago is a new Rugby League team from Boston, USA". Rugby League World.
  6. ^ "2013 seasons predictions – Who will win?". usarl.com. USA Rugby League. May 29, 2013. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  7. ^ "Casa Soccer League of Boston: Oneida FC". bostonsoccer.org. Casa Soccer League of Boston. 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
  8. ^ "Bay State Soccer League - Tables". www.bssl.com. Retrieved 2021-04-10.

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