Paterson True Blues was a professional U.S. soccer team founded in 1887 and disestablished after 1915.
In the late 19th century, the northern New Jersey area of Paterson, Kearny and Newark began producing dozens of talented teams which drew their rosters from the region's textile mills, the True Blues themselves were born in 1887.
Paterson immediately established itself as the best in the league, taking the championship in its first season.
Paterson won its second league title the next season, but around the start of the 20th century, soccer in the U.S. went into a brief decline.
[1] After finishing the 1914-1915 NAFBL season at the bottom of the standings with an 0-14-2 record, Paterson withdrew from the league.