New York Cosmos U-23 is an American soccer team based in New York, New York

New York

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. Founded in 2011, the team is currently playing a schedule of exhibition games in anticipation of their entry into the USL Premier Development League

USL Premier Development League

The USL Premier Development League is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda, forming part of the American Soccer Pyramid...

 (PDL), the fourth tier of the United States soccer pyramid, in 2012.

The team plays its home games in the stadium at Monsignor Farrell High School

Monsignor Farrell High School

Monsignor Farrell High School is a Catholic secondary school located in the Oakwood section of Staten Island, New York. Opened in 1961, the school was named in honor of Monsignor Joseph Farrell, a prominent Catholic priest, as well as a religious, political and community leader on Staten Island.The...

 on Staten Island

Staten Island

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, and is coached by Giovanni Savarese

Giovanni Savarese

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.

History

The team is affiliated with the new New York Cosmos

New York Cosmos (2010)

The New York Cosmos are an American soccer club based in New York City. The team was formed in August 2010 by a consortium led by English businessman Paul Kemsley, and aspires to become a franchise of Major League Soccer, the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada...

 team, which is currently lobbying to be a Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...

 expansion franchise in the near future and which claims lineage from the original New York Cosmos

New York Cosmos

The New York Cosmos were an American soccer club based in New York City, New York and its suburbs. The team played home games in three stadiums around New York before moving in 1977 to Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, where it remained for the rest of its history...

 club which competed in the North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League

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 in the 1970s and 1980s. The team also has a formal partnership with a youth academy, Cosmos Academy, which is affiliated with the Blau Weiss Gottschee club based in Queens, New York.

The team was accepted into the USL Premier Development League

USL Premier Development League

The USL Premier Development League is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda, forming part of the American Soccer Pyramid...

 (PDL) on May 4, 2011, and will officially join before the 2012 season. In preparation for entry into the PDL, the Cosmos announced an exhibition schedule in June 2011, comprising eleven non-competitive friendly games against local PDL sides such as Jersey Express, the Long Island Rough Riders

Long Island Rough Riders

Long Island Rough Riders is an American soccer team based in South Huntington, New York, United States. Founded in 1994, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.The team plays its...

, Westchester Flames

Westchester Flames

Westchester Flames is an American soccer team based in New Rochelle, New York, United States. Founded in 1999, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.The team plays its home games...

, Ocean City Nor'easters, and Reading United.

Current roster

As of June 7, 2011.

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2011			Exhibitions only
2012	4	PDL

Stadia

• Stadium at Monsignor Farrell High School
  Monsignor Farrell High School
  Monsignor Farrell High School is a Catholic secondary school located in the Oakwood section of Staten Island, New York. Opened in 1961, the school was named in honor of Monsignor Joseph Farrell, a prominent Catholic priest, as well as a religious, political and community leader on Staten Island.The...
  
  ; Staten Island, New York (2011–present)