The Boston Tea Men were an American soccer team based in North Andover, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 2009, the team played in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Northeast Atlantic Division.

Boston Tea Men
Full nameBoston Tea Men
Nickname(s)Tea Men
Founded2009
GroundMerrimack College
North Andover, Massachusetts
OwnerCheryl Stokes
Head CoachTony Martone

The team played its home games in the stadium on the campus of Merrimack College. The team's colors are white, blue and red.

As of February 2011 the team appears to have folded, with the NPSL website no longer listing it nor its own website being active. [citation needed]

History edit

The Tea Men are a quasi-reincarnation of the former New England Tea Men, who played in the old North American Soccer League from 1978 to 1980 and still have a strong recognition in the Boston soccer community.[1]

Players edit

2010 Roster edit

Source: [1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   USA Michael Allen
GK   USA Taylor Bracken
FW   USA Ben Brewster[2]
DF   USA Jonathan Brockway[3]
GK   USA Doug Carvalho[4]
MF   USA Mark Cotton[5]
DF   USA Paul D'Angelo[6]
DF   USA Michael Doherty[7]
FW   USA Paul Fomenky
MF   USA Joey Hattis[8]
DF   USA Drew Holland[9]
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   USA Grayson Holland[10]
FW   USA Jared Joaquin[11]
FW   IRL Christopher Nugent[12]
MF   USA Shane O'Neill
MF   USA Russell Oost-Lievense[13]
DF   USA John O'Reilly[14]
MF   USA Vincent Papageorgiou
FW   USA Emmanuel Paye
DF   USA James Pelletier[15]
MF   USA Christian Rodriguez
FW   USA Lee Russo[16]

Year-by-year edit

Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs Open Cup
2010 4 NPSL 6th, Atlantic Did not qualify Did not enter

Head coaches edit

Stadia edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Boston Tea Men Debut in NPSL in 2010". Archived from the original on 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
  2. ^ "Player Bio: Ben Brewster - RICHMOND OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  3. ^ "Southern New Hampshire University Athletics -". Archived from the original on 2009-09-15. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  4. ^ "Doug Carvalho - Merrimack". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  5. ^ "Southern New Hampshire University Athletics -". Archived from the original on 2009-09-15. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  6. ^ "Southern New Hampshire University Athletics -". Archived from the original on 2009-09-15. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  7. ^ "Player Bio: Michael Doherty - University of Massachusetts Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  8. ^ "Player Bio: Joey Hattis - LAFAYETTE COLLEGE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  9. ^ "Johns Hopkins Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2011-07-12. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  10. ^ "Holland, Grayson | Amherst College". Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-08-31. Retrieved 2010-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "Rivier".
  13. ^ "Hartwick". Archived from the original on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  14. ^ https://www.lehighsports.com/sports/msoccer/rosters/displayPlayer.asp?PLAYER_ID=2182[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "James Pelletier: Harvard Athletics - GoCrimson.com". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  16. ^ "Brandeis".

External links edit