Joe Van Cleave’s Sixteenth Typing Assignment was a fun one. “Write about a personal artifact in your possession. Fiction, nonfiction – use the object in your piece however you wish.” It didn’t take me long to decide which personal artifact to write about. I’ve had it for close to forty years, and its history prior …
2017 Summary A Season in Three Acts Act I April 15, 2017: at Saginaw Valley State University (Friendly). April 30, 2017: at Lawrence Tech (Friendly). May 6, 2017: vs Dayton Dynamo (Friendly). May 12, 2017: vs Milwaukee Torrent (NPSL Regular Season). May 14, 2017: at Michigan Stars FC (NPSL Regular Season). May 21, 2017: …
August 5, 2017 Keyworth Stadium, Hamtramck, MI NPSL National Semi-Final Detroit City FC 0, Midland/Odessa FC 0 (2-4) Attendance: 7,533 At 2:00 in the afternoon, the match was sold out. Prior to the march, tickets were being scalped for three-to-five times face value. The line-up on Conat was larger than I had ever seen it. …
August 2, 2017 Keyworth Stadium, Hamtramck, MI Friendly Detroit City FC 0, Windsor TFC 0 Attendance: 4,132 This match just felt…weird. A storm had come through during the afternoon, with serious lightning and thunder, then cleared up as game time approached. This friendly has annually been the final match of the season in Detroit. But …
July 29, 2017 Keyworth Stadium, Hamtramck, MI NPSL Midwest Regional Playoff Final Detroit City FC 3, AFC Ann Arbor 2 Attendance: 6,409 DCFC Jordan Tyler (Zach Bock) 35′ DCFC Omar Sinclair 45′ AFCAA Tendai Jirira 75′ AFCAA Alec Lasinski 81′ DCFC Tyrone Mondi (Bakie Goodman) 90+ Twenty-one matches: Three pre-season friendlies. Two international friendlies. Fourteen …
July 28, 2017 Keyworth Stadium, Hamtramck, MI NPSL Midwest Region Semi-Final Detroit City FC 5, Duluth FC 2 Attendance: 6,989 Detroit Tyrone Mondi (Shawn Lawson) 18′ Duluth Kyle Farrar 25′ Duluth Ben Phillips 27′ Detroit Tyrone Mondi 32′ Detroit Dave Edwardson (Tyrone Mondi) 35′ Detroit Tyrone Mondi 45′ Detroit Omar Sinclair 69′ After City’s victory …
July 22, 2017 Keyworth Stadium, Hamtramck, MI NPSL Midwest Region Playoffs Detroit City FC 5, Dakota Fusion FC 1 Attendance: 6,672 Dakota Zuheer Al Abase 19′ Detroit Shawn Lawson (Cyrus Saydee) 25′ Detroit Seb Harris (PK) 35′ Detroit Roddy Green (Bakie Goodman, Shawn Lawson) 47′ Detroit Shawn Lawson (PK saved, put in the rebound) 76′ …
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