After a second-place finish in the Midwest-East, the club qualified for the playoffs and defeated Erie Commodores in the quarterfinals before falling to AFC Ann Arbor in the regional semifinals. The first-ever league match in CSC history took place on May 19, 2018, ending in a 2–0 victory over Rochester Lancers courtesy of goals from Declan McGivern and American futsal international Antonio Manfut. Ryan Osborne was announced as the club's first head coach and the first two matches in club history took part in April, the inaugural edition of the Cheese Barn Derby against FC Columbus. In conjunction with local designers, a crest and kits featuring an orange and black color combination were launched in mid-March, less than a month before the club's inaugural match. Prior to the season beginning, CSC announced that the club would play its inaugural season at Don Shula Stadium, located in University Heights, Ohio on the campus of John Carroll University. That announcement came just 90 days before the club was set to play its first regular season match. He went on to take the lead on the NPSL expansion process, culminating in an official announcement of Cleveland SC as an NPSL expansion club on February 19, 2018. We wrote down ideas and called teammates and others previously associated with AFC Cleveland." One of those people contacted was Samuel Seibert, a Northeast Ohio native who had been on the media relations staff for AFC Cleveland. According to Long, the two "started having a conversation in the car and talked further in a Chipotle parking lot outside the city.
The catalysts for founding Cleveland SC were two former AFC Cleveland players, Coletun Long and Chris Cvecko. Samuel Seibert, club owner and president Cleveland has the best sports fans anywhere and our opponents will learn that quickly." Cleveland has a soccer fan base that is a sleeping giant and we intend to tap into that immediately. "Cleveland SC is going to bring a fanbase filled with pride. However, the club was expelled from the NPSL due to "not in good financial standing with the league." That announcement came on December 12, 2017, just months before the new season was set to begin. That run included an NPSL national championship in 2016, as well as two appearances in the U.S. Notable players to have appeared for the club include Puerto Rico international Ryan López, as well as Ohio natives Riley Grant and Ben Fitzpatrick, while Louie Rolko served as an assistant coach.įor the previous six seasons, from 2012 to 2017, AFC Cleveland had represented the city of Cleveland in the National Premier Soccer League. Cleveland has rivalries with fellow Ohioan NPSL clubs Akron City FC and FC Columbus and previously contested the Rust Belt Derby with FC Buffalo and Detroit City FC. Through five seasons, Cleveland SC has won three conference and two region championships, has never missed the NPSL playoffs, and has appeared twice in the U.S. Vlad Muresan is the third head coach in club history and has been in charge since April 2022. Samuel Seibert, a local banker and administrator, founded the club after being approached by a group of former AFC Cleveland players who wanted to see competitive soccer retained in the Cleveland area. The club was established on February 19, 2018, taking over from the recently defunct AFC Cleveland as the city's representative in the NPSL.Ĭleveland SC (CSC) plays home matches at Drive Morris Stadium in North Olmsted, Ohio, but has played at four other stadiums during its existence: Don Shula Stadium, George Finnie Stadium, Lakewood Stadium, and Krenzler Field. Cleveland competes in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) as part of the Midwest Region's Great Lakes Conference.
Cleveland SC is an American semi-professional soccer club based in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio region.
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