May 13, 2016 Wisner Stadium, Pontiac, MI NPSL Regular Season Match Michigan Stars 2, Detroit City FC 2 DCFC Andre Morris (Ali Al-Gashamy) 5′ DCFC Tyler Stephens (Cyrus Saydee) 33′ MICH Joe Coombs (Keaton Levock) 50′ MICH Joe Coombs (Cody Archibald) 60′ Our season opened on the road, in Pontiac, where we ended last year’s …
May 11, 2016 Oakland Soccer Field Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, First Round Michigan Bucks 0, Detroit City FC 0 (3-4 PKS) For the second year in a row, two opposing soccer forces met in the First Round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The Michigan Bucks of the Premiere Development League have honed …
May 7, 2016 Hurley Field, Berkley, MI Friendly Detroit City FC 5, Muskegon Risers 1 DCFC: Zach Schewee 11′ MUSK: Daniel Luzindya 41′ DCFC: Cyrus Saydee (PK) 44′ DCFC: Tyler Moorman 61′ DCFC: Alec Lasinski 70′ DCFC: Javi Bautista 81′ The smoke. The drums. The flags. The familiar faces, reconnecting with brothers and sisters from …
2016 Season The Next Step It was time for the next phase of Detroit City FC. Having outgrown Cass Tech High School Stadium, the team needed a larger venue. In September, 2015, before the Detroit Public Schools Showcase doubleheader, the team announced that it put in a bid to renovate Keyworth Stadium in Hamtramck. After …
September 19, 2015 Detroit Public Schools Showcase Doubleheader League match: Cass Tech High School 5, Detroit Renaissance High School 2 Friendly: Detroit City FC 3, Ann Arbor FC 2 Cass Tech Stadium Attendance: 1,511 It was a full day downtown on this Saturday. First, there was the Midtown Literary Walk, featuring ten authors at four …
July 25, 2015 Detroit City FC 1, AFC Cleveland 2 Breese Stevens Stadium, Madison, WI AFCC Antonio Manfut (James Haupt) 7′ AFCC Brian Potocnik 75′ DCFC Charlie MacInnes 76′ Attendance: More of us than them. Thursday morning I packed my bag and drove the tollroad-free 475 miles, from home to the La Quinta hotel in …
July 22, 2015 Detroit City FC 0, Windsor Stars 1 Windsor 61′ Attendance: 3,485 A massive Wednesday night crowd of almost 3,500 sent Le Rouge off to Madison with encouragement to bring the division trophy home. A 1-0 win by Windsor did not quell the enthusiasm of the night. I photographed the first half, but …
July 19, 2015 Detroit City FC 2, Michigan Stars 0 Wisner Memorial Stadium DCFC Javi Bautista (Bobby Budlong) 51′ DCFC Seb Harris (Cyrus Saydee) 56′ Attendance: More Le Rouge fans than Stars fans. Final match of the regular season in Pontiac against the Michigan Stars. I arrived early, garbed in my photographer’s vest peppered with …
July 17, 2015 Detroit City FC 2, Erie Commodores 3 Cass Tech Stadium ERIE Jimmy Barrios 13′ DCFC Will Mellors-Blair (Cyrus Saydee) 21′ DCFC Will Mellors-Blair (Cyrus Saydee) 42′ ERIE Eric Campbell 68′ ERIE Austin Solomon 75′ Attendance: 3,793 Another sellout at Cass Stadium tonight as Erie came to town. Demoted from “Admirals” to “Commodores,” …
July 11, 2015 Detroit City FC 3, Michigan Stars 1 Cass Tech Stadium DCFC Will Mellors-Blair 4′ DCFC Josh Rogers 41′ (PK) MICH Alex Sertwatka (Alexander Adelabu) 62′ DCFC Will Mellors-Blair (Alex Isaevski) 78′ Attendance: 3,884 Another record-breaking crowd as Le Rouge trounce the Michigan Stars in this excellent game. Will Mellors-Blair gave City an …
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