Bavarian United SC is an American

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team based in

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, United States. Bavarian Majors of the Bavarian Soccer Club compete in the USL League 2. The team plays its home games in the athletic stadium at the Heartland Value Fund Stadium. The team's colors are blue and white. Bavarian has won six USASA

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titles as well as two National Open Cup championships and is a frequent qualifier for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

History

The original Milwaukee Bavarians club was formed by

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immigrants in 1929 as ''Fussball Club Bayern'' (Football Club Bavaria) as a multi-sports association. Their first soccer match was played on September 29, 1929 against a team from nearby Sheboygan, resulting in a 3–2 victory for Bayern. The club subsequently became very strong in its area, winning many state championships. In 1956, the team renamed to Milwaukee Bavarian SC and bought a new field on which to play home matches. They were a charter member of the

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in 2005. The team took a hiatus from the NPSL for the 2014 season to focus on completing substantial upgrades to their Heartland Value Fund Stadium. The total upgrades estimated to cost $1.1 million. At the end of that hiatus, they joined the Great Lakes Premier League, which changed its name to the Premier League of America shortly thereafter. In their first season in the PLA, the Bavarians won both the West Division and League Championships, and had five players named to the West Division Team of the Year. In 2021, Milwaukee Bavarian merged with Inter Northshore FC and renamed to Bavarian United SC. On February 7, 2023, it was announced that Bavarian would be joining

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and

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for the upcoming 2023 season.

National Championships

Bavarian Soccer Club has won nine national championships. In 1976 they won their first

, when they defeated a team from

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3–1 in the final. They repeated this success in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2018, and 2022. They have also finished as runners-up in this tournament (1983, 2016, and 2017). In 2018, the Bavarians won the

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(UPSL) national championship, defeating Sporting AZ FC 3–2 in the championship. In 2003 the Bavarians also won the USASA National Open Cup amateur championship. The club would win the competition again in 2009. USASA eliminated this national tournament in 2015. Bavarian SC competed in the 1994 U.S. Open Cup as Bavarian Leinenkugel as they were sponsored by the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company that year.

Current squad

Year-by-year

Honors

League

* UPSL National Playoffs **Winner (1): 2018 Spring * PLA Playoffs **Winner (2): 2016, 2017 * Midwest Premier League West Division **Winner (2): 2021, 2022 * UPSL Midwest Conference North Division **Winner (1): 2018 Spring * UPSL Midwest Conference Playoffs **Winner (1): 2018 Spring * UPSL Midwest Central Division **Winner (1): 2019 Spring * UPSL Midwest Conference Playoffs **Winner (1): 2019 Spring * NPSL Midwest Division **Winner (1):

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

**Runners-up (2):

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

* NPSL Midwest-Central Conference **Runners-up (2):

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

* PLA West Division **Winner (1):

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

**Runners-up (1):

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Cup

* Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup **Runners-up (1):

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* USASA Amateur Cup **Winner (6): 1976, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2018,

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**Runners-up (3): 1983, 2016, 2017 *USASA Werner Fricker Open Cup **Winner (2): 2003, 2009 (National competition ceased after 2015) * Hank Steinbrecher Cup **4th Place (1):

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Head coaches

* Tom Zaiss (1996–2006) * Jon Mroz (2007–2008) * Andreas Davi (2009–2011) * Patrick Hodgins (2012–present)

Stadium

* Heartland Value Fund Stadium;

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(1950–present)

References

External links

Official website
{{Wisconsinsports Sports in Milwaukee Soccer clubs in Wisconsin 1929 establishments in Wisconsin United Premier Soccer League teams Great Lakes Premier League teams German-American culture in Milwaukee Association football clubs established in 1929