Elm City Express is a men's

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club based in

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that most recently competed in the

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. The club's colors are blue and white, and plays its home matches at Jess Dow Field at

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. The ownership group of Elm City Express also owns and operates

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, a Brazilian soccer club based in Santa Catarina, which competes in the lower levels of Brazil's pyramid.

History

Elm City Express was founded in 2017 by Zack Henry. In their inaugural season, The Express won the 2017 NPSL Championship by defeating

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5–0 on August 12, 2017, at Reese Stadium in New Haven. In January 2019, Elm City announced they would be taking a hiatus for the 2019 season and Zack Henry would no longer be president of the team.

Front office

* Luiz Henrique Martins Ribeiro – vice president * Brian Neumeyer – general manager * Eric Da Costa – technical director

Year-by-year

Honors

*National Playoffs **''Champions'': 2017 *Northeast Region **''Champions'': 2017 *Atlantic Blue Conference **''Champions'': 2017

Notable players

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, defender; Puerto Rico men's national team * Matt Jones; goalkeeper; assistant coach of the

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References

External links

* 2017 establishments in Connecticut Association football clubs established in 2017 Defunct soccer clubs in Connecticut National Premier Soccer League teams Sports in New Haven, Connecticut {{Connecticut-footyclub-stub