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| Stadium: | St. Joseph High School Metuchen, New Jersey |
| Capacity: | 1,000 |
| Clubname: | New Jersey Copa FC |
| Fullname: | New Jersey Copa Futbol Club |
| Mgrtitle: | General Manager |
| Manager: | Jef Thiffault |
| Coach: | TBD |
| Owner: | Roberto Aguas[1] |
| League: | USL League Two |
| Season: | 2023 |
| Position: | 4th, Metropolitan Division Playoffs: DNQ |
| Website: | https://www.fccopa.com |
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New Jersey Copa FC are an American pro-am soccer club fielded by the soccer academy FC Copa Academy from Metuchen, New Jersey. It was founded in 2004 and fields men's, women's, and youth teams in a number of different amateur and semi-professional leagues, in addition to yearly academy teams which compete in various state, regional, and national competitions sanctioned by United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA).
One team competes in USL League Two, one of two fourth-tier soccer league in the United States, within the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference.[2]
It formerly competed in the National Premier Soccer League between 2016 and 2019. The organization also field's a women's team in the Eastern Conference of United Women's Soccer (UWS).
New Jersey Copa FC finished 2nd in the NPSL's Keystone Conference in 2016 and reached the regional semifinals with a 1–0 win over defending National Champions New York Cosmos B.[3] [4] [5] The team fell to eventual National semifinalist Clarkstown SC Eagles, 0–2, in the next round.[6]
The team qualified via an at-large bid for the U.S. Open Cup tournament in 2017 based on its 2016 league results. In the first round, the team fell to local qualifier FC Motown, 2–0, at home.[7]
| Year | League | Regular Season | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | align=center rowspan=4 | NPSL | 2nd, Keystone | Regional semifinals | Did not enter |
| 2017 | 1st, Keystone | Conference Final | First round | ||
| 2018 | 5th, Keystone | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | ||
| 2019 | 9th, Keystone | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | ||
| 2020 | align=center rowspan=4 | USL League Two | align=center colspan=4 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |
| 2021 | 6th, Metropolitan | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | ||
| 2022 | 4th, Metropolitan | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | ||
| 2023 | 4th, Metropolitan | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Clubname: | New Jersey Copa FC |
| Fullname: | New Jersey Copa Football Club |
| Founded: | 2015 |
| American: | yes |
| Stadium: | St. Joseph High School Metuchen, New Jersey |
| Capacity: | 1,000 |
| Mgrtitle: | General Manager |
| Manager: | Jef Thiffault |
| Coach: | TBD |
| League: | United Women's Soccer |
| Website: | https://www.fccopa.com/uws |
New Jersey Copa FC Women's Team reached the inaugural 2016 UWS National Championship, hosted in California, in their first year competing in the league, where they eventually fell to Santa Clarita Blue Heat 1–2 in double-overtime.
The UWS is the second-tier of professional women's soccer in the United States, below the NWSL.
| Year | League | Regular Season | Playoffs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | align=center rowspan=9 | UWS | 1st, East Conference | bgcolor=silver | Runner up |
| 2017 | 1st, East Conference | Conference Playoff | |||
| 2018 | 8th, East Conference | Did not qualify | |||
| 2019 | 7th, East Conference | Did not qualify | |||
| 2020 | align=center colspan=2 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic[8] | |||
| 2021 | 6th, East Conference | Did not qualify | |||
| 2022 | 3rd, Mid-Atlantic Division | Did not qualify | |||
| 2023 | 12th, East Conference | Did not qualify | |||
| 2024 | 8th, East Conference | Did not qualify |