2018 Summary 2018. The summer of the World Cup, where thirty-one nations traveled to Russia to compete in the biggest international sporting event in the world. But not the United States. In Detroit, we didn’t let the U.S. National team’s failure prevent us in participating with the international community. Instead, we hosted teams from four …
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′ …
July 17, 2017 Amnesia, Motor City Casino, Detroit, MI International Meet & Greet An International Friendly! Who doesn’t like that? But this one, when it was announced on May 16th, raised eyebrows and concerns. Venezia FC is a Serie B Italian football club, owned by Joe Tacopina and other American investors. They purchased the Venice-based …
July 14, 2017 Keyworth Stadium, Hamtramck, MI NPSL Regular Season Match Detroit City FC 3, Lansing United 3 Attendance: 6,310 LANU Morris Kamara (Farai Mutatu) 39′ LANU James DeCasemo 65′ LANU Tumi Moshobane 68′ DCFC Shawn Lawson 71′ DCFC Seb Harris 79′ DCFC Owain Hoskins 86′ It was a soiree, this evening, as the classy …
July 11, 2017 Keyworth Stadium, Hamtramck, MI NPSL Regular Season Match Detroit City FC 1, AFC Ann Arbor 3 Attendance: 6,972 DCFC Elijah Rice (Kervin Kenton) 44′ AFCAA James Vaughan 57′ AFCAA Alec Lasinski 64′ AFCAA James Vaughan (PK) 90+ This was the continuation of the much-hyped, much-anticipated AFC Ann Arbor match which was rained-out …
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