Season passes available for 2024 Ocean City Nor'easters games at Beach House
Two-time defending Mid-Atlantic Division champs kick off 27th season May 25
The Ocean City Nor'easters, one of the longest-running clubs in USL League Two, will kick off the club's 27th season on Saturday, May 25. The two-time defending Mid-Atlantic Division champions will begin the campaign at home against the Philadelphia Lone Star Football Club. The Storm enter its 21st season in the league with goals of bringing a championship to South Jersey.
The Nor'easters' home opener, and all home games, will take place at Carey Stadium, also known as "The Beach House", in "America's Greatest Family Resort" in Ocean City, N.J. All but one home game will kick off at 7 p.m. (June 28 vs. West Chester United kicks off at 7:30 p.m.)
Single-game tickets for Nor'easters home games can be purchased for $10 each. Season memberships, which include all seven regular season home games and any potential exhibition games, are $50. The easiest way to purchase tickets is to buy them online through the Nor'easters website (OceanCityFC.com). Tickets can also be purchased at the Carey Stadium gate either with cash or with a smartphone.
Continuing in 2024, in an effort to connect with the local soccer community and pay tribute to the men and women who help the sport grow in and around the state of New Jersey, the Nor'easters are offering season tickets to all soccer coaches. The club is expanding its reach throughout the state of New Jersey and beyond by inviting local coaches to the Jersey Shore to experience one of the country’s best minor league soccer teams. Any youth, high school or college soccer is entitled to a free season ticket for all regular season home games at Carey Stadium.
Coaches interested in season tickets just have to register and fill out a short survey by clicking HERE. Once a coach is registered, they just need to show their photo ID at the box office to use their season pass..
Since 2003 (when Ocean City joined USL League Two), the Nor'easters have the third-best overall record (173-71-60) and the fourth-best home record (95-29-30) of any team in USL League Two. Despite joining eight years after the league started, the Nor'easters have the fifth-most wins of any club in USL League Two history.
The Nor'easters will be led by Matt Perrella who was promoted to head coach prior to the 2023 season. Last year, in his first year in charge of the team, he fell one game short of an undefeated regular season (8-1-5) and won two playoff games before falling in extra time in the national quarterfinals. Perrella led the team to a club record 28-game regular season unbeaten streak, and enters 2024 riding a club record 21-game road unbeaten streak. (Check out the 2023 Season Review).
After playing a 14-game regular season for the last 10 seasons, the Mid-Atlantic Division will play a 12-game regular season schedule in 2024. The teams in the division will remain the same as last year: West Chester United, Lehigh Valley United, Philadelphia Lone Star FC, Real Central New Jersey, as well as long-time rival, Reading United AC.
Since there are only five opponents in the division, the Nor'easters will play each opponent twice, with the exception of three games each against West Chester United (2 home, 1 away) and Philadelphia Lone Star FC (2 home, 1 away). The Storm were originally scheduled to play two road games against Philadelphia but Lone Star FC was unable to secure a home field for the game, so Ocean City will host a second game instead.
Below is the complete 2024 schedule (click here for an updated version)
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Sat. May 25, 2024 |
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Wed., May 29, 2024 |
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Ben Cohen Field (Rider Univ.) - Lawrence Township, NJ |
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Sat., June 1, 2024 |
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John Makuvek Field (Moravian Univ.)- Bethlehem, PA |
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Sat., June 8, 2024 | 7:00 |
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Alvernia University - Reading, PA |
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Tue., June 11, 2023 | 7:30 |
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YSC Sports - Wayne, PA |
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Sat., June 15, 2024 | 7:00 |
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Fri. June 21, 2024 |
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Sun., June 23, 2024 | 7:00 |
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Fri., June 28, 2024 | 7:30 | Ocean City Nor'easters |
West Chester United SC |
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Wed., July 3, 2024 | 2:00 |
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Leslie C. Quick Jr. Stadium (Widener Univ.) - Chester, PA |
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Sun., July 7, 2024 | 7:00 |
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Sat., July 13, 2024 | 7:00 | Ocean City Nor'easters |
West Chester United SC |
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