Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-NJ) bribery and corruption trial has not only exposed the seedy side of politics but has also highlighted some quirks held by the once-powerful Democratic senator and his wife, Nadine.
Both are accused of accepting bribes from three New Jersey businessmen in the form of 13 gold bars, a Mercedes-Benz convertible, and $500,000 in cash. In exchange, federal prosecutors allege Menendez greased the wheels in deals that benefited co-defendants Wael Hana and Fred Daibes.
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) leaves the Manhattan federal court after the second day of jury selection in his trial on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in New York. The Democrat has pleaded not guilty to bribery, extortion, fraud, and obstruction of justice, along with acting as a foreign agent of Egypt. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
A third businessman, Jose Uribe, has already pleaded guilty and is expected to be sentenced Friday.
He testified that he offered to buy Nadine Menendez a car in exchange for the sitting senator to make fraud investigations into his family and friend’s insurance businesses go away.
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Uribe spent four days on the stand and lifted the veil on some of the Menendez family quirks, including the senator ringing a small silver bell to summon his wife of two years and the couple’s penchant for hoarding gold bars.
Menendez, Hana, and Daibes have all pleaded not guilty and are on trial together. Nadine Menendez was supposed to be tried alongside her husband but had her court date pushed back to at least August following a cancer diagnosis that required immediate medical attention.
The trial taking place in a Manhattan federal courtroom isn’t Menendez’s first rodeo.
In 2017, he dodged conviction on a laundry list of other corruption charges. That trial also revealed some oddities surrounding the senator who was forced last year to resign as head of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Here is a list of just a few of those learned over the course of two federal corruption trials.
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The bell
On his third day on the stand, Uribe testified that he had been trying to score a sit-down with the senator for months and, after much wrangling, finally had a face-to-face in September 2019.
Uribe and Menendez were seated outside at a patio table in the backyard of Nadine Menendez’s New Jersey home. After a brief chat, the senator allegedly asked Uribe for the names of the people who were being targeted by investigators, Uribe said.
Menendez realized he had nothing to write on and rang a tiny bell on the table that summoned his wife, who appeared from inside the home with paper. Uribe scribbled down the details and handed over the paper to the senator.
At trial, Menendez’s lawyer, Adam Fee, took issue with the bell, grilling Uribe over how it looked, sounded, and if it even existed. Fee told jurors Uribe stopped at a bar before the meeting, had been known to use Xanax without a prescription, and got Uribe to admit he couldn’t remember if Nadine Menendez brought the paper immediately or if she came out and then went back inside to get it.
Fee also asked Uribe if he shared the “super weird” incident with anyone before he became the government’s star witness against Menendez.
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Fee also suggested that prosecutors pushed back on the bell story but Uribe didn’t back down. After Uribe finished his testimony, prosecutors called a paralegal to read two text messages Nadine Menendez sent to someone saying she was “looking for the perfect bell.”
‘Mon amour’
Uribe also said the senator called out, “Mon amour, mon amour, please come here,” before ringing the bell to summon Nadine Menendez, who was his then-girlfriend.
The scene he painted could have been one out of a mob movie. Uribe said the senator was drinking a glass of Grand Marnier and smoking a cigar when he rang the bell for her.
After she rushed in, he asked for paper. Uribe wrote down the names of people being investigated, Menendez took a puff from his cigar, folded the piece of paper with the names, and put it into his pants pocket.
The bell and the “mon amour” underscored the peculiar relationship between the now-married couple.
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Menendez’s defense strategy has largely been to blame his wife. His lawyers claim he was lovestruck and didn’t know what she was up to.
Morton’s
FBI investigative specialist Terry Thompson testified that she was eavesdropping on one of Menendez’s frequent dinners at the uber-expensive Morton’s steakhouse in Washington when she heard Nadine Menendez tell an unidentified diner, “What else can the love of my life do for you?”
Menendez is infamous for holding court at the steakhouse, where a 16-ounce New York strip steak goes for $64, and billing it to his political action committee.
Menendez has spent almost $40,000 at Morton’s, according to Federal Election Commission filings. Since 2003, he’s spent $386,000 at Morton’s for meals, catering, and fundraising events.
Before the jury was even seated in his trial, his attorney argued that prosecutors were unfairly painting the dinner as something nefarious. Instead, they argued that the upscale hot spot was his local haunt and that he goes there 250 nights out of the year.
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“There is nothing unusual about having dinner there with a diplomat or with a friend,” Fee told Judge Sidney Stein.
Prosecutors argued that just because Menendez went there a lot, it didn’t mean all the dinners were above board.
Gold bars
Investigators found more than a dozen gold bars during a June 2022 search of Menendez’s home.
Menendez claimed he had them because his Cuban heritage has given him PTSD. Specifically, he suffered from “intergenerational post-traumatic stress disorder” because of his parents’ experience in Cuba, with confiscated property, before he was born.
He also said they were tied to his father’s death.
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Menendez “experienced trauma when his father, a compulsive gambler, died by suicide after Senator Menendez eventually decided to discontinue paying off his father’s gambling debts,” a court filing reads.
The senator, after charges were filed against him last year, said stashing gold bars and cash was common among immigrant families in case of “emergencies.”
Juror talks
At Menendez’s first trial in 2017, juror Evelyn Arroyo-Maultsby told the judge in August that she had a long-scheduled family vacation to the Bahamas in mid-November. The judge told her she could go if the trial was still going on, which it was, and he excused her.
Arroyo-Maultsby promptly left the courtroom and told reporters what had been happening inside the secret jury room.
A year later, Arroyo-Maultsby showed up at a Menendez political rally and then again at his election night victory party.
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“I never really knew anything about him before the trial,” she told Northjersey.com. “He’s a good man. I was in that jury room, and I know he didn’t do anything wrong.”
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Menendez was accused of using his power to help South Florida doctor Salomon Melgen obtain visas for his foreign girlfriends. Prosecutors also alleged the senator intervened in a port security contract in the Dominican Republic and a multimillion-dollar Medicare dispute.
Melgen was sentenced to 17 years in prison. Former President Donald Trump pardoned him and commuted his sentence in what federal prosecutors called one of the biggest Medicare fraud cases in U.S. history.
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Conditions worsened by a drought last year, which continues in 2026, had a dramatic impact on wildfires in New Jersey, according to the state’s inaugural wildfire report.
However, of 1,322 wildfires that burned 27,229 acres statewide in 2025, nearly all were caused by humans, according to the report. That includes the massive Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County that took 20 days to contain as the result of a bonfire set by youth.
» READ MORE: N.J.’s biggest fire in more than a decade started in area known for illegal bonfires
The figures represent a 22% increase in the number of wildfires and an eye-popping 116% increase in acreage burned compared with the 20-year average.
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To date in 2026, New Jersey has logged 589 wildfires that burned 648.5 acres.
Overall, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service’s first wildfire report details a historic, challenging, and highly destructive 2025 for the state’s wildlands.
That came after a demanding fall fire season in 2024. Severe blazes in 2025 not only stretched firefighting resources but also forced thousands of residents from their homes.
“Our wildland firefighters responded to an increased number of wildfires and spent weeks at a time battling fires, often under challenging weather conditions,” Bill Donnelly Sr., chief of the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, wrote in the report, which was released Thursday.
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A major wildfire in New Jersey is classified as any blaze reaching or exceeding 100 acres. While the state typically averages 4.75 major fires annually, crews battled nine major wildfires in 2025.
The drought had a big impact as it created tinderboxes in areas such as the Pinelands. Not only did the dryness help spread fires, but it also forced the forest fire service to drastically reduce the amount of acres it intentionally burns in advance.
Firefighters use those prescribed fires, or controlled burns, in strategic areas to reduce dry brush and other vegetation, thus denying future fires fuel.
The drought continues into this June despite some recent heavy downpours. Data from the National Weather Service’s Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center show that Camden County is running a 13-inch rain deficit over the last 12 months.
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Residents of the state are living amid a prolonged drought warning — the third of four levels of dryness monitored by officials. Parts of South Jersey have been under a drought warning since fall 2024.
But the biggest issue has been people.
Human activity was responsible for an overwhelming 99.6% of New Jersey’s wildfires in 2025, stemming from both accidental and intentional acts, according to the report.
“Whether through accident, carelessness, or even at times intentional acts, human behavior continues to be the primary driver of wildfire activity in our state,” Donnelly said.
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Equipment use was the leading cause of fires by volume, sparking 486 individual wildfires that collectively burned 527.5 acres. Lawnmowers, weed trimmers, chain saws, welding tools, grinders, and agricultural harvesting machinery can all create sparks that ignite brush.
However, illegal and improperly managed campfires were responsible for the most devastating destruction, scorching a massive 15,263.75 acres statewide.
The largest incident of the year, the Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean and Lacey Townships, burned 14,949 acres and prompted the evacuation of 7,000 people.
Triggered by an illegal bonfire, the massive blaze threatened more than 1,300 structures and forced the closure of major thoroughfares, including the Garden State Parkway and Route 9. It destroyed a commercial building and triggered power outages affecting 30,000 residents.
Other large incidents included the Mines Spung Wildfire in Burlington County, which consumed 6,610 acres and closed portions of the Batona Trail, and the California Branch Wildfire in Camden County, which burned 2,336 acres.
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Firefighters faced increasingly difficult environmental conditions throughout 2025. The report noted a growing trend of prolonged emergency operations, stating that 44% of the major wildfires in 2025 required more than five days to contain due to persistently dry weather.
In response to the escalating wildfire threat, the state’s fiscal year 2026 budget allocated an additional $1 million to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, funding that is expected to be maintained in future budgets. That allowed the addition of six full-time positions.
The remaining $700,000 was used to buy equipment, including a bulldozer and fire engines, and to expand air base operations. The service is also upgrading its communication network by transitioning to a 700 MHz radio system to improve coordination with local and state agencies.
Additionally, the state opened the new Veterans Fire Tower in Jackson Township.
The $2 million, 133-foot structure replaces the decommissioned Lakewood tower and will serve as a vital vantage point to protect nearly 200,000 homes and more than 516,000 residents across Ocean and Monmouth Counties.
Brazil selected the Red Bulls’ new Morris Township complex as its World Cup base
Facility unites Red Bulls first team, academy and Red Bulls II operations
RWJBarnabas Health partnership adds advanced sports medicine resources
Center strengthens NJ’s role in the global soccer landscape
The RWJBarnabas Health Red Bulls Performance Center is more than a training facility. It is where Red Bull New York‘s first team, Red Bulls II and academy system now operate under one roof, creating a centralized hub for player development, performance, recovery and innovation. The complex will also serve as the home-away-from-home for one of the top national teams competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Officially opened in April, the 80-acre Morris Township campus represents the culmination of a yearslong effort to build an environment capable of supporting every stage of a player’s journey — from academy prospect to first-team player.
The team held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the facility and provided tours of the newly completed complex, where club officials, healthcare leaders and other key stakeholders described a project designed not only to support today’s players but also to shape the future of the organization.
“The RWJBarnabas Health Red Bulls Performance Center will serve as a centerpiece for the continued growth of the game in our region and across the country,” said Marc de Grandpré, president and general manager of Red Bull New York.
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de Grandpré
For de Grandpré, an NJBIZ Power 100 honoree, the project represents more than a new home for the organization. “This facility brings our entire pathway together, from academy to first team, and creates an environment where players can train, develop, and compete at the highest level every day,” said de Grandpré. “It reinforces our commitment to building from within and developing the next generation of players.”
That sentiment echoed throughout the debut event. While the facility’s scale is immediately apparent, executives repeatedly emphasized that the true value lies not in the buildings or fields themselves, but in what they are designed to produce: healthier athletes, stronger player development and a clearer pathway from the club’s already robust academy system to the professional ranks.
Years in the making
The opening of the performance center marked the completion of a vision Red Bull New York leaders spent years pursuing.
Construction began in 2024 on the Morris Township property, but club officials noted during the ribbon cutting that the effort to identify, secure and develop a permanent home for the organization’s soccer operations stretched back far longer – around a decade.
The project brought together a team that included Gensler Architects, March Construction, The LandTek Group and interior design agency Drive21.
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The RWJBarnabas Health Red Bulls Performance Center sits on 80 acres in Morris Township. – PROVIDED BY RED BULL NEW YORK
The result is an 88,400-square-foot main building spread across two levels and anchored by eight full-size soccer pitches. Six are Kentucky Bluegrass fields grown in New Jersey, one is a Tahoma 31 Bermuda grass field and another is a turf surface. Five of the fields are heated to allow year-round use, while four are illuminated for evening training sessions.
The facility now serves as the permanent home for the club’s first team, Red Bulls II, academy and youth programs.
Main objective
For de Grandpré, bringing the entire organization together was always the objective. “At its core, this facility is about more than infrastructure. It’s about what happens inside – and on these pitches,” he said. “It’s where our first team will prepare to compete at the highest level, where our second team and academy players will develop with a real pathway ahead, and where we will create an environment for people to grow and reach their full potential.”
At its core, this facility is about more than infrastructure. It’s about what happens inside – and on these pitches. – Marc de Grandpré, president and general manager, Red Bull New York
A walk through the campus reveals a complex designed around virtually every aspect of athlete performance (see more in the slideshow above). The building houses multiple gyms serving both professional and academy players, team meeting rooms, educational spaces, dining facilities, medical areas and recovery resources. Dedicated academy spaces include classrooms, study areas and coaching clinic rooms, allowing youth players to balance their athletic development with educational responsibilities.
Nutrition also plays a prominent role. A full-service kitchen was designed to provide high-performance meals for players, while a demonstration kitchen allows chefs and nutrition specialists to provide meal preparation education to both academy and professional athletes.
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High-tech campus
Outside, the fields are equipped with multi-angle camera tracking systems that allow coaches and analysts to monitor performance and support player development.
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In fact, technology is embedded throughout the campus. The entire property is covered by high-speed Wi-Fi, allowing staff to collect and analyze performance data through platforms such as Kinexon, which tracks player movement and workload, and GameOn, a video analysis platform used by coaches and performance staff.
The recovery resources are equally extensive. The first-team locker room connects directly to hydrotherapy areas that include hot and cold plunge pools, a temperate treatment and physical therapy pool and a sauna. Players throughout the organization have access to resources designed to support preparation, rehabilitation and recovery.
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Taken together, the facility reflects the growing role sports science plays in modern professional athletics. “I can see how impressive this building is, how big the statement is,” said Jürgen Klopp, Red Bull’s head of global soccer. “This is not about the role soccer played in the past in this country, it’s about the role soccer will play in the future.” Klopp is a renowned former player and coach who led Liverpool to English Premier League and UEFA Champions League titles.
Under one roof
Throughout the ribbon-cutting ceremony, speakers returned repeatedly to one theme: development. The facility was intentionally designed to bring players at every stage of the Red Bulls pipeline into the same environment.
Academy prospects now train, learn and develop just steps away from professional players. Coaches, analysts, trainers and medical staff operate within the same ecosystem, creating what club officials view as a clearer pathway to the first team.
Red Bull New York cut the ribbon on the RWJBarnabas Health Red Bulls Performance Center in Morris Township on April 22. – PROVIDED BY RED BULL NEW YORK
Red Bull New York Head of Sport Julian de Guzman said that connection is critical. “Every player’s journey looks different. It’s our job to create the best environments and scenarios for each of them to grow, to develop into their strengths, to understand that there is a real road from where they are to that first team,” said de Guzman. “This facility is that road.”
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber described the complex as a resource for the next generation of players. “The future of this game and the people here – this is for you,” said Garber while addressing academy players attending the event. “We expect you to win trophies, to represent our country and your countries.”
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Garber then offered perhaps the strongest endorsement of the project delivered during the ceremony. “This building is not just one of the best ones in North America,” said Garber. “This rivals the best development cities of any football soccer club in the world.”
Partnership on display
The facility also stands as the most visible symbol of Red Bull New York’s growing relationship with RWJBarnabas Health. Announced in January, the long-term partnership made RWJBarnabas Health the naming-rights partner of the performance center while also establishing the health system as the official hometown health care system and EMS provider of Sports Illustrated Stadium, Red Bull New York, Red Bulls II, academy programs and youth initiatives.
At the ribbon cutting, RWJBarnabas Health President and CEO Mark Manigan said the collaboration reflects a shared commitment to performance, innovation and community impact. “This is a partnership built on shared values and common cultures, a belief in innovation and a simple desire to be the very best,” Manigan said.
“This is a partnership built on shared values and common cultures, a belief in innovation and a simple desire to be the very best,” RWJBarnabas Health President and CEO Mark Manigan said at the ribbon cutting for the RWJBarnabas Health Red Bulls Performance Center. – PROVIDED BY RED BULL NEW YORK
RWJBarnabas Health is not only the naming-rights partner of the performance center but also of the RWJBarnabas Health Athlete Wellness Lab, a 5,000-square-foot gym and recovery space that serves as a focal point for athlete care throughout the facility. Designed for daily recovery, rehabilitation and preventative care, the wellness lab is used by players, athletic trainers, team physicians and performance staff as part of routine preparation and maintenance. The space supports a range of treatment protocols, including manual therapy, soft tissue work, recovery modalities and return-to-play programming.
The performance center also includes a comprehensive medical suite, innovation lab, physiotherapy spaces and wellness resources designed to support injury prevention, rehabilitation and long-term athlete health.
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The RWJBarnabas Health Athlete Wellness Lab is a 5,000-square-foot gym and recovery space that serves as a focal point for athlete care throughout the facility. – PROVIDED BY RED BULL NEW YORK
Additional features include aquatic therapy spaces, fatigue-detection tools, advanced diagnostic resources and orthobiologic capabilities intended to support advanced treatment and clinical care.
Healthy, fueled and well-rested
Manigan argued that top performances begin long before kickoff. “For the Red Bulls, success means winning. And that’s how we at RWJBarnabas Health measure success, too. But here, success isn’t just what occurs on the pitch – it’s all the things that happen before they walk on and after they walk off,” said Manigan.
He added: “Making sure the players are checked and healthy. Making sure they’re properly fueled. Making sure they rest and recover. And, when an injury does happen, making sure they get back out there stronger than before. When you put it all together, the RWJBarnabas Health Red Bulls Performance Center is purpose-built for success.”
Manigan described the opening as an exciting milestone. “What began as a shared vision is now a world-class facility that will support elite athlete performance, advance innovation in sports health and serve as a source of pride for community,” said Manigan.
From left: Marc de Grandpré, president and general manager, Red Bull New York, and Mark Manigan, president and CEO, RWJBarnabas Health at the April ribbon cutting for the performance center. – MATTHEW FAZELPOOR/NJBIZ
Dr. Gerardo Chiricolo, the Red Bulls’ chief medical officer who works closely with the club’s training staff and athlete care team, said the facility represents a significant advancement in athlete care. “The RWJBarnabas Health Red Bulls Performance Center represents a major step forward in how we care for professional athletes and the next generation,” said Chiricolo. “This facility isn’t just about treating injuries; it’s about preventive care, optimizing recovery and supporting each athlete’s long-term well-being.”
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On the ‘World’ stage
The facility’s quality has already attracted attention well beyond Major League Soccer – globally.
Brazil, five-time World Cup winners, reportedly selected the Morris Township venue earlier this year, and the decision was officially announced in May when the Brazilian Football Confederation confirmed it would use the complex as its Team Base Camp training site during the 2026 tournament, which kicked off over the weekend. The team arrived in New Jersey June 2 and have been practicing at the facility, which will operate under the name Columbia Park Training Center.
Pictures and videos of Brazil and its many star players, such as Neymar, practicing at the center and being spotted around New Jersey, have been making the rounds on social media.
“We are proud to welcome the Brazilian National Team to Columbia Park as they prepare for the 2026 World Cup,” said de Grandpré when the selection was announced. “Our Performance Center was built to serve the highest levels of the global game. Brazil’s decision to base here reflects the quality, innovation, and competitive standards embedded in this facility.”
Brazil Head Coach Carlo Ancelotti said the team was drawn to the facility’s modern design and amenities. “We are very pleased with this decision,” said Ancelotti. “The Training Center is new, modern and offers all the conditions for our work, before and during the World Cup. I want to thank Red Bulls for welcoming us and showing us all the space, which was also sought after by other teams.”
Hosting 4 national teams
The selection also represents a win for New Jersey as it takes on a leading role in the world’s largest sporting event, hosting eight matches – including the Final on July 19 – and serving as base camps for four national teams, including Brazil.
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“New Jersey is excited to welcome the world to our state for eight World Cup matches, including the World Cup Final,” said Gov. Mikie Sherrill. “We are thrilled that Brazil, Haiti, Morocco, and Senegal have decided to call the Garden State home.”
Team Morocco’s base camp site for the FIFA World Cup 2026 is located at The Pingry School in Basking Ridge. At the May 5 announcement are (from left) Alex Lasry, CEO, FIFA World Cup 26 NYNJ Host Committee, Gov. Mikie Sherrill, Moroccan Ambassador Youssef Amrani and Tim Lear, head of The Pingry School. – PROVIDED BY NJ GOVERNOR’S OFFICE/TIM LARSEN
During the facility’s ribbon-cutting ceremony, NYNJ Host Committee Board Chair and former First Lady Tammy Murphy pointed to both Sports Illustrated Stadium and the new performance center as assets that helped elevate the region’s standing within the global soccer community.
“I will tell you that without the participation of Red Bull, I’m not sure we would have landed a lot of the games we did here in New Jersey,” said Murphy. “I can tell you that Red Bull, the quality of the stadium, Sports Illustrated Stadium, and now this incredible venue. Those are two really important factors that are attractive to Gianni Infantino and many at FIFA, and it’s one of the big reasons I really do believe that we are awarded with the Final.”
The future of soccer
For Red Bull New York, Brazil’s selection serves as an early endorsement of a facility built to compete with the best in the world. The facility also represents a foundational shift — bringing every level of the organization into a single environment designed to streamline development and elevate performance. For RWJBarnabas Health, it extends a growing footprint in professional sports here in New Jersey that connects clinical expertise with high-performance athletics.
And for Morris Township, it anchors one of the most advanced training complexes in North America — a facility already attracting global attention, and one that will continue to shape how the club develops players for years ahead.
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“This partnership reflects our deep commitment to building a healthier New Jersey—on and off the field—and we are proud to invest in a state-of-the-art facility that will inspire excellence for generations to come,” said Manigan.
Said de Grandpré, “This is where the future of our club takes shape.”
