Bavarian United SC

Bavarian United SC is an American soccer team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 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 National Amateur Cup 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 German American 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 National Premier Soccer League 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 USL League Two and USL W League for the upcoming 2023 season.

National Championships

Bavarian Soccer Club has won nine national championships. In 1976 they won their first National Amateur Cup, when they defeated a team from Trenton, New Jersey 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 United Premier Soccer League (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

As of March 2023

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

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 Runners-up (2): 2005, 2007
• NPSL Midwest-Central Conference Runners-up (2): 2012, 2013
• PLA West Division Winner (1): 2016 Runners-up (1): 2017

Cup

• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Runners-up (1): 1994
• USASA Amateur Cup Winner (6): 1976, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2018, 2022 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): 2019

Head coaches

• United States Tom Zaiss (1996–2006)
• United States Jon Mroz (2007–2008)
• Germany Andreas Davi (2009–2011)
• United States Patrick Hodgins (2012–present)

Stadium

• Heartland Value Fund Stadium; Glendale, Wisconsin (1950–present)

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