Lansing Ignite FC
Full name | Lansing Ignite Football Club |
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Founded | October 25, 2018; 6 years ago (2018年10月25日) |
Dissolved | October 21, 2019; 5 years ago (2019年10月21日) |
Stadium | Cooley Law School Stadium |
Capacity | 7,527 |
Owner | Tom Dickson |
President | Nick Grueser |
General Manager | Jeremy Sampson |
Coach | Nate Miller |
League | USL League One |
Lansing Ignite FC was a professional soccer team based in Lansing, Michigan, United States. The club began play in the newly-formed USL League One in 2019 and ceased operations following their inaugural season.
History
[edit ]The formation of USL League One (originally announced as USL Division III) was first announced in April 2017, and league officials began touring the country looking for candidate cities for new soccer clubs. The city of Lansing was already home to Lansing United, an amateur soccer team in the National Premier Soccer League. In 2018, United moved from NPSL to the Premier Development League, another amateur league often considered the fourth tier of American soccer. The move was seen as a step towards establishing a professional team, as the PDL is managed by United Soccer Leagues, the same organization that manages League One as well as the second-tier United Soccer League.[1]
In September 2018, the Lansing State Journal reported that the owners of the Lansing Lugnuts, a local minor league baseball team, had presented plans to Lansing City Council for a professional soccer team to play at Cooley Law School Stadium, also home to the Lugnuts.[2] On October 8, the city council unanimously approved the plans, which are expected to cost the city 1ドル million over the course of a five-year contract. This also signaled the end of the Lansing United men's team, as United owner Jeremy Sampson became the new club's general manager; however, Lansing United Women would continue to operate as planned.[3]
On October 25, 2018, USL League One officially announced Lansing Ignite FC as its ninth founding member team, to begin play in 2019.[4] On November 14, 2018, Lansing Ignite FC announced Nate Miller as the inaugural head coach.[5] On March 19, 2019, Lansing Ignite FC announced an affiliation agreement with Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer.[6]
Lansing played their first USL League One match on 30 March 2019, beating Richmond Kickers 3–2 at City Stadium, Richmond.[7] Lansing finished their first season with a 12–6–10 record, good for second place in USL League One.[8] They fell in the playoff semifinal to Greenville Triumph SC, 1–0.[9] On October 14, 2019, midfielder Marshall Hollingsworth posted on Instagram that the Ignite would be folding and that all players had been released from their contracts. Team President Nick Grueser said that the team would not give an update on the team's future until after the conclusion of the League One final.[10]
On October 21, 2019, it was officially announced by USL League One that, despite a successful first season performance-wise, the Ignite would not be returning for the 2020 season.[11]
In 2020, Lansing Common FC, was formed as a supporter-owned team. They began play in 2021 as part of the Midwest Premier League.
Sponsorship
[edit ]Season | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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2019 | Moneyball | LAFCU[12] |
Players
[edit ]First team roster
[edit ]- As of match played March 30, 2019[13]
No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed in | Previous club |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||
1 | Mike Kirk | United States | GK | (1994年02月12日) February 12, 1994 (age 31) | 2019 | United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds |
13 | Kyle Ihn | United States | GK | (1994年12月10日) December 10, 1994 (age 30) | 2019 | United States Reno 1868 |
Defenders | ||||||
2 | Rhys Williams | United States | DF | (1995年08月09日) August 9, 1995 (age 29) | 2019 | United States Real Monarchs |
4 | Grant Stoneman | United States | DF | (1995年11月27日) November 27, 1995 (age 29) | 2019 | United States Loyola Ramblers |
5 | Brandon Fricke | United States | DF | (1992年03月27日) March 27, 1992 (age 32) | 2019 | United States Des Moines Menace |
17 | Kevin Coiffic | France | DF | (1994年09月18日) September 18, 1994 (age 30) | 2019 | United States Young Harris Mountain Lions |
25 | Marshall Hollingsworth | United States | DF | (1993年08月06日) August 6, 1993 (age 31) | 2019 | United States Columbus Crew |
Midfielders | ||||||
6 | Ricardo Perez | Mexico | MF | (1995年05月30日) May 30, 1995 (age 29) | 2019 | United States Colorado Rapids |
7 | Rafael Mentzingen | Brazil | MF | (1996年05月02日) May 2, 1996 (age 28) | 2019 | United States Valparaiso Crusaders |
8 | Kyle Carr | United States | MF | (1995年01月21日) January 21, 1995 (age 30) | 2019 | United States Lansing United |
10 | Xavier Gomez | United States | MF | (1994年11月21日) November 21, 1994 (age 30) | 2019 | United States Chicago FC United |
12 | Christian Silva | United States | MF | (1989年08月02日) August 2, 1989 (age 35) | 2019 | United States Jacksonville Armada |
16 | Lewis Jones | British Virgin Islands | MF | (1994年12月25日) December 25, 1994 (age 30) | 2019 | United States Lansing United |
21 | Ivo Cerda | Chile | MF | (1995年10月31日) October 31, 1995 (age 29) | 2019 | United States Michigan Wolverines |
23 | Tumi Moshobane | South Africa | MF | (1994年09月07日) September 7, 1994 (age 30) | 2019 | United States Lansing United |
24 | Elma N'For | Cameroon | MF | 2019 | United States Asheville City | |
27 | Nathan Lewis | Trinidad and Tobago | MF | (1990年07月20日) July 20, 1990 (age 34) | 2019 | United States Indy Eleven |
— | Omar Castro | United States | MF | (1996年02月07日) February 7, 1996 (age 29) | 2019 | Germany TSC Vahdet |
Forwards | ||||||
9 | Ricky Lopez-Espin | United States | FW | (1995年12月02日) December 2, 1995 (age 29) | 2019 | United States Real Salt Lake |
11 | Steeve Saint-Duc | Haiti | FW | (2000年01月08日) January 8, 2000 (age 25) | 2019 | United States Los Angeles FC |
14 | Nick Moon | United States | FW | (1996年05月31日) May 31, 1996 (age 28) | 2019 | United States Lane United |
19 | Pato Botello Faz | Mexico | FW | (1996年09月08日) September 8, 1996 (age 28) | 2019 | United States St. Mary's Rattlers |
20 | Alex Bruce | England | FW | (1998年10月28日) October 28, 1998 (age 26) | 2019 | United States San Antonio FC (loan) |
Coaching staff
[edit ]Position | Name |
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Head coach | United States Nate Miller |
Assistant coach | United States Tim Daniels |
Assistant coach | United States Joel DeLass |
Goalkeeping coach | Egypt Wael Zenga |
2019 season
[edit ]2019 season | |
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Owner | Tom Dickson |
Head coach | Nate Miller |
Stadium | Cooley Law School Stadium |
USL League One | 2nd |
USL1 Playoffs | Semifinals |
U.S. Open Cup | 2nd Round |
Top goalscorer | Tumi Moshobane (10) |
Highest home attendance | League/All: 4,818 (June 22 vs. Orlando City B) |
Lowest home attendance | League: 1,725 (May 11 vs. Greenville Triumph) All: 100 (May 8 vs. AFC Ann Arbor (USOC)) |
Average home league attendance | 2,758 |
Biggest win | 5–0 (September 6 at FC Tucson) |
Biggest defeat | 0–3 (June 8 at Toronto FC II) |
Preseason friendlies
[edit ]- Ilić 68'
- Saint-Duc 21' (pen.)
- Mentzingen 78'
Attendance: 300
Midseason friendlies
[edit ]Saint-Duc 50'
N'For 62'
Bruce 88' Report Stanley Yellow card 54'
Pimlott Yellow card 66' Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 3,338
USL League One
[edit ]Standings
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | North Texas SC | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 56 | Playoffs |
2 | Lansing Ignite FC | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 46 | |
3 | Greenville Triumph SC | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 43 | |
4 | Forward Madison FC | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 43 | |
5 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 40 |
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
Results summary
[edit ]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 46 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
Source: USL
Results by round
[edit ]Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
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Stadium | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H |
Result | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L |
Position | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Results
[edit ]- Perez Yellow card 14' Yellow-red card 58'
- Lopez-Espin 27'
- Stoneman Yellow card 40'
- Coiffic Yellow card 32', 49'
- Moshobane Yellow card 59' Yellow-red card 62'
Attendance: 4,014
Referee: Jasmine Peralta
Shanosky Yellow card 75'
Jackson 90' Report Cerda Yellow card 24'
Stoneman Yellow card 27'
Lopez-Espin 58'
Fricke 70' Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 2,947
Referee: Matt Franz
Polak Yellow card 58'
Ward 68' Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 1,725
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
Bruce 65', Red card 90+5'
Saint-Duc Yellow card 72'
Stoneman Yellow card 89' Report Tessmann Yellow card 35'
Jatta Yellow card 51'
Pepi 83'
A. Rodríguez 87', Yellow card 90+2'
Almaguer Yellow card 89' Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 2,149
Referee: Calin Radosav
Knutson Yellow card 59' Report Cleveland Yellow card 73' Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 1,697
Referee: Joshua Encarnacion
Ovalle Yellow card 48'
Dorsey Yellow card 66'
Bunk-Andersen 80'
Perruzza 90+1' Report Stadium: BMO Training Ground
Referee: Myriam Marcotte
Montgomery 57'
Damus Yellow card 59', 73'
Rodriguez 71' Report Moon Yellow card 59'
Cleveland Yellow card 74'
Faz 83' Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 632
Referee: Marco Vega
Mentzigen Yellow card 50'
Faz 84' Report Kendall-Moullin Yellow card 10'
Pineda Yellow card 45+1' Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 2,215
Referee: José Lara
N'For 14'
Mentzingen 84' Report Tablante Yellow card 37'
Thiago Yellow card 50'
Amer Yellow card 87' Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 3,285
Referee: Carter Brochu
Tablante Yellow card 42'
Bagrou 71' Report Gomez 22', Yellow card 82'
Coiffic Yellow card 28'
Mentzingen 54' Stadium: Montverde Academy
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
Venter Yellow card 62'
Batista Yellow card 76' Report Moon Yellow card 12'
Faz 16', 26'
Moshobane 33', 90+3'
Williams 60' Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 708
Referee: Omeed Azadpour
Fricke Yellow card 59'
Moshobane Yellow card 73'
Williams Yellow card 87' Report Omsberg Yellow card 31'
Banks 43'
Núñez Yellow card 66'
Paulo Jr. Yellow card 68'
Díaz Yellow card 81'
Leonard Yellow card 90+4' Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 2,412
Referee: José Lara
USL League One Playoffs
[edit ]U.S. Open Cup
[edit ]Attendance: 100
Referee: Nicole Green
Enevoldsen Yellow card 51', 57'
Watson Yellow card 62'
Walker Yellow card 88'
Kelly Yellow card 90+2' Report Stoneman Yellow card 62' Stadium: Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl
Attendance: 853
Referee: Adam Behrens
Final roster
[edit ]Final team roster
[edit ]As of January 10, 2019.[15]
No. | Position | Player | Nation |
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1 | GK | Mike Kirk | United States |
2 | DF | Rhys Williams | United States |
4 | DF | Grant Stoneman | United States |
5 | DF | Brandon Fricke | United States |
6 | MF | Ricardo Pérez | Mexico |
7 | MF | Rafael Mentzingen | Brazil |
8 | MF | Kyle Carr | United States |
10 | MF | Xavier Gomez | United States |
11 | FW | Steeve Saint-Duc | Haiti |
12 | MF | Christian Silva | United States |
13 | GK | Kyle Ihn | United States |
14 | DF | Nick Moon | United States |
16 | MF | Lewis Jones | British Virgin Islands |
17 | DF | Kevin Coiffic | France |
19 | FW | Pato Botello Faz | Mexico |
21 | MF | Ivo Cerda | Chile |
23 | MF | Tumi Moshobane | South Africa |
24 | FW | Elma N'For | Cameroon |
25 | DF | Marshall Hollingsworth | United States |
27 | MF | Nathan Lewis | Trinidad and Tobago |
Year-by-year
[edit ]Lansing Ignite FC | ||||||||||||||
Season | USL League One | Play-offs | U.S. Open Cup | Top Scorer 1 | Head coach | |||||||||
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P | W | L | D | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | Player | Goals | |||||
2019 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 37 | 46 | 2nd | National Semifinals | 2R | South Africa Tumi Moshobane | 10 | Israel Nate Miller |
^ 1. Top Scorer includes statistics from league matches only.
Head coaches
[edit ]- Includes USL Regular Season, USL Playoffs, U.S. Open Cup. Excludes friendlies.
Coach | Nationality | Start | End | Games | Win | Loss | Draw | Win % |
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Nate Miller | Israel | November 14, 2018 | Present | 31 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 041.94 |
Average attendance
[edit ]Year | Reg. Season | Playoffs |
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2019 | 2,758 | 2,340 |
References
[edit ]- ^ Couch, Graham (May 1, 2018). "Lansing United's move to PDL comes with new rivalries, USL dreams". Lansing State Journal . Gannett Company. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ^ Couch, Graham (September 24, 2018). "Lansing Ignite USL pro soccer team likely to begin in downtown Lansing". Lansing State Journal. Gannett Company. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ^ Couch, Graham (October 8, 2018). "Lansing Ignite, new USL soccer club, gets go-ahead to play downtown". Lansing State Journal. Gannett Company. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ^ "Lansing Ignite FC Unveiled as USL League One Founding Member". USLLeagueOne.com (Press release). USL League One. October 25, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ^ Friend, Phil (November 14, 2018). "Lansing Ignite Soccer's First Coach, Nate Miller, Ready to Bring Championships to the City". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ Friend, Phil (March 19, 2019). "Lansing Ignite forms alliance with Chicago Fire, will host MLS team at Cooley Stadium". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ^ Friend, Phil (March 30, 2019). "Lansing Ignite wins inaugural match, 3–2, over Richmond Kickers in USL League One". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- ^ "Lansing Ignite FC". uslleagueone.com. USL League One. Archived from the original on October 15, 2019.
- ^ Friend, Phil (October 12, 2019). "Lansing Ignite falls to Greenville Triumph, 1–0, in USL League One semifinals". Lansing State Journal. Gannett Company. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- ^ Friend, Phil (October 14, 2019). "Lansing Ignite president: 'No further updates' about club's future until next week". Lansing State Journal. Gannett Company. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- ^ "Lansing Ignite FC Ceases Operations". USLLeagueOne.com (Press release). October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ "LAFCU Named Official kit sponsor of Lansing Ignite". Lansing Ignite. February 12, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Richmond Kickers roster". RichmondKickers.com. Richmond Kickers. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- ^ "LIFC to Host Livonia City FC in Final 2019 Exhibition Match". LansingIgnite.com. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
- ^ "Club News". Lansing Ignite FC. lansingignite.com. Retrieved December 3, 2018.