The players of Dorchester City FC meet up twice a week at various city parks to prep for their weekend game days. Above, they are shown at Almont Park in Mattapan. Cassidy McNeeley photo

A newly-formed semi-professional men’s soccer team has high hopes for repping Boston’s biggest neighborhood while offering young athletes a new route to compete in “the beautiful game.”

Dorchester City Football Club— or Dot City FC for short— is nearing the end of their debut season in the United Premier Soccer League’s (UPSL) Division I.

Founded by Dorchester native Filipe Oliveria, the team currently holds a record of 2-6 with two more games on the schedule, including an Oct. 25 finale against the Fall River Marksmen at Moakley Park in South Boston.

The California-based UPSL, considered the fourth ti

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