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New York Centaurs

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fullname	New York Centaurs (1995)
New York Fever (1994–96)
nickname	Centaurs, Fever
founded	1994
dissolved	1996
stadium	Downing Stadium
Randall's Island, New York
capacity	22,000
owntitle	Owner(s)
owner	USA Roger Gorevic
ENG Bob Butler
chrtitle	General Manager
chairman	USA Len Roitman
mgrtitle	Coach
league	USL A-League
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New York Fever (1994–96) Randall's Island, New York ENG Bob Butler

The New York Centaurs were an A-League professional soccer club, based in New York City. The team played only one season in 1995. The New York Fever of the USISL Pro League, debuted in 1994, playing two seasons in the league before merging with the Centaurs organization in 1996. The unified New York Fever team competed in one season in the A-League in 1996 before folding.

The Fever originally played out of Barrett Stadium on the campus of Westchester Community College in Valhalla, New York.

The Centaurs played their games at Downing Stadium on Randall's Island, the former home of the New York Cosmos.

History

The saga of the New York Centaurs/Fever began in 1994 when English businessman Bob Butler launched the first pro soccer club in the New York City area since the NASL New York Cosmos of the 1970s and 1980s. Butler founded the New York Fever as a USISL Pro League team in 1994 with the objective of building a robust franchise and soccer training center for the large and untapped population and youth of New York City. The team's coach was George Vizvary.{{cite news

The New York Centaurs, owned by Roger Gorevic, debuted in 1995 at Downing Stadium to considerably small fanfare.{{cite news The team would absorb the lower tiered New York Fever for the 1996 season and compete under the Fever name. For the 1996 season, Goervic brought in Tom Neale to be the team's General Manager. Neale in turn brought in Mike Winograd, his college roommate and teammate at Lafayette College, to head up ticket sales, marketing and team development. After one season, Gorevic moved the franchise to Staten Island and tapped Neale and Winograd to start up a new team there. The franchise was named the Staten Island Vipers, which began play in the A-League in 1998. Neale ultimately went on to be General Manager of the San Jose Earthquakes and COO of the MetroStars of MLS. Winograd, a former professional soccer player in Kfar Saba, Israel and assistant soccer coach at the University of Richmond, went on to law school at the University of Pennsylvania.

Players

Fever	Centaurs

Ownership and staff

USA Len Roitman – General Manager (1995–96)
USA Howard Rubenstein – Director of Field Operations

Head coaches

USA Len Roitman (1995)
YUG Vladislav Bogićević (1995–96)

A-League New York Centaurs/Fever year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1995	2	A-League	6th	Did not qualify	Quarterfinals
1996	2	A-League	6th	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Ownership and staff

USA Roger Gorevic
ENG Bob Butler

Head coaches

USA George Vizvary

USISL New York Fever year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1994	N/A	USISL	6th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not enter
1995	N/A	USISL Pro League	1st, Capital	Sizzling Nine	Did not qualify

References

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