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Cleveland Pro Soccer is the ownership group co-founded by Michael Murphy and Nolan Gallagher, based in Cleveland, Ohio. The group owns an independent men's professional soccer team that plans to participate in MLS Next Pro. The group is also presenting a bid in 2024 for the 16th expansion team in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
In October 2023, Cleveland Pro Soccer announced the group was preparing to present a bid for the 16th NWSL expansion team. [17] The team would be the first and only professional women's soccer team in the state of Ohio. As of April 2024, 12,000 fans had made ticket pledges to support the bid for an NWSL team in Cleveland.
Cleveland Soccer Group plans to build a stadium for a proposed $150 million if the NWSL approves the bid. The stadium itself is planned for 12,500 fans, with the possibility of expanding to 20,000.
In May 2024, Cleveland Soccer Group released the location and initial renderings of the soccer-specific stadium. [116] In September 2024, Cleveland Soccer Group announced a partnership with Cleveland Metroparks and that they had completed a $4.2 million deal to purchase 14 acres of land for a future NWSL soccer stadium. [117]
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. Vlad Muresan is the third head coach in club history and has been in charge since April 2022.
Nov. 11—The team to beat was a team that couldn't be beat. Wouldn't be beat. A year after a crushing loss on its home field in the state final, the Cleveland Storm regrouped, refocused and put a ...
Nov. 15—NOTE — ALL-OHIO BOYS DIVISION I Second team: F Luka Dedic, Sr., North, MF Aiden Ptacek, Jr., University DIVISION II Second team: F Alexander Beedles, Sr ...
Cleveland Stokers, North American Soccer League (1967–68) Cleveland Stars, American Soccer League (1972–73) (name change from Cleveland Stars to Cleveland Cobras before 1974 season commenced) Cleveland Cobras, American Soccer League (1974–81) Cleveland Force, MISL (1978–88) Cleveland Force, MISL (2002–2005) (name change from Cleveland ...