Oneida FC
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| Full name | Oneida FC | ||
| Nickname(s) | OFC, Fire Dogs | ||
| Colours | White Crimson Silver |
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| Founded | 17 March 2011 | ||
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| Ground(s) | Henry G. Steinbrenner '27 Stadium MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts (600) |
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| CEO(s) |  Andrew Laine |
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| Coach(s) |  Jim Walker John Scaife |
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| Captain(s) |  Dustin Cooper |
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| Competition | USA Rugby League | ||
| 2012 | 6th | ||
Oneida FC (Oneida Football Club) are a semi-professional football organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts in Greater Boston that manages rugby league and soccer teams. The rugby league team currently competes in the USA Rugby League (USARL), which they joined for its inaugural 2011 season. They play their home games at Henry G. Steinbrenner '27 Stadium on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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History [edit]
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 is 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.[1][2][3] The organization also fields an amateur soccer team in the Casa Soccer League of Boston.[4]
Initially, 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 lowers operating costs.[1][5] The team struggled on the field in their inaugural season but found success in recruiting players from other sports.[3]
Oneida FC play all home games at Henry G. Steinbrenner '27 Stadium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
USARL season summaries [edit]
| Competition | Games Played |
Games Won |
Games Drawn |
Games Lost |
Ladder Position |
C | R | F | P | L | Coach | Captain | Notes |
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8 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 | 7 (0) | 8/8 |
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Benjamin P. McHugh |
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8 (0) | 2 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 6/8 |
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2012 squad [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ a b Ian Bridge (February 18, 2011). "Inaugural USARL Line-up Announced". league13.info. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ^ "USARL Constitution & Teams announced". usarl.com. USA Rugby League. February 18, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Casa Soccer League of Boston: Oneida FC". bostonsoccer.org. Casa Soccer League of Boston. 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
- ^ "USARL Constitution & Teams announced". usarl.com. USA Rugby League. February 18, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ^ a b [http://www.usarugbyleague.com/2012/04/oneida-fc-aiming-high-in-2012/ "Oneida FC aiming high in 2012" at USARL, 23 April 2012
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