Hartford City FC

Hartford City FC were one of the original five clubs of the Mount Laurel Premiership, founded in 2008. They were captained by Bobby Ross with assistant captains Joe Porco and AJ Salcedo. Their power structure was unique. Though Ross was the Captain, and handled most of the diplomacy with other clubs and the league, Porco did most of the in-game coaching. In addition to Ross, Porco and AJ Salcedo, other notable players included Alex "Salsa" Salcedo, Brian Eckenhoff, and goalkeeper Rich Wald. HCFC, as they were nicknamed, won the Evans Cup in 2009, defeating AC Hillside in the 2009 Evans Cup Final, and reached the 2010 Evans Cup Final, before falling 4-2, to Innisfree. But in 2011, the core fell apart and they finished 3rd in the MLP East and missing the playoffs, largely due to lack of player commitment. They folded following the 2011 season, and merged with Saybrooke, who also folded, forming Saybrooke-Hartford. HCFC's colors were green and white, named after Hartford School, an intermediate school in Mount Laurel serving 5th and 6th grade students from all parts of town. Their home field was Elbo Lane, before home fields were abolished in 2009.