Semi-pro soccer is returning to Atlantic City in 2018 with a new team set to join the National Premier Soccer League’s Keystone Conference.
Atlantic City FC is the second team this week from New Jersey - FC Monmouth being the other - to announce entry into a conference that already plays home to three other teams from the greater Philadelphia region in Junior Lone Star FC, West Chester United and Hershey FC.
While the other area NPSL teams have been an outgrowth of success at the youth and amateur levels, seasoned sports professionals Andrew Weilgus and Nicholas Bilotta III are starting fresh with a team that already has a high profile lead sponsor in Tropicana Atlantic City, which hosted a press conference to announce the team on Thursday.