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Detroit City FC

Full name	Detroit City Football Club
Nickname(s)	Le Rouge
Short name	DCFC City
Founded	2012; 12 years ago (2012)
Stadium	Keyworth Stadium Hamtramck, Michigan
Capacity	7,231
CEO	Sean Mann
Head coach	Danny Dichio
League	USL Championship
2024	3rd, Eastern Conference Playoffs: Conference Quarterfinals
Website	detcityfc.com
Home colors Away colors Pride colors
Current season

Detroit City FC (DCFC) men’s team is an American professional soccer club based in Detroit, Michigan, that competes in the USL Championship. The club played in the National Premier Soccer League from 2012 to 2019 and the National Independent Soccer Association in 2020 and 2021. Detroit City plays its home matches at Keyworth Stadium in Hamtramck, an enclave of Detroit.

The team's nickname is Le Rouge, derived from Detroit's French roots and the River Rouge that flows through Detroit and many of its suburbs. As well as fielding a men's professional team, Detroit City also fields women's senior sides in the USL W League and the Premier Arena Soccer League, a reserve and academy team competing in United Premier Soccer League and USL Academy, and various youth teams throughout Metro Detroit.

History

Early years

Detroit City FC was started by a group of five Detroit residents who wanted a club of their own that would promote the city and help build community through soccer. In their first season in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), Detroit City FC finished second in the five team Great Lakes Conference of the Midwest Region. Le Rouge went on to lose 2–1 to AFC Cleveland in the Great Lakes Conference Semi-finals, ending their season with a 5–2–5 record. In December 2012, it was announced that head coach Kylie Stannard and associate coach Cale Wassermann would not be returning for a second season with the team due to other obligations. The following month, Ben Pirmann took over as head coach and Adil Salmoni was hired as associate head coach.

In 2013, Detroit City finished first in the Great Lakes Conference of the Midwest Region and was ranked No. 1 in the NPSL following an undefeated regular season and a Rust Belt Derby Championship. After beating rival AFC Cleveland for the third time that season in the semi-finals 3–1, DCFC lost to the Erie Admirals, ending the season with a 12–1–1 record.

The club went 8–3–3 in all competitions in 2014 and finished in second place in a newly aligned Great Lakes West Conference of the Midwest Region of the National Premier Soccer League, which is one of two fourth-division soccer leagues in the United States. Detroit City FC made its Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup debut on May 7, losing to RWB Adria in penalty kicks after a 2–2 draw. In the NPSL regular season, the club claimed the Rust Belt Derby trophy for its second-straight year. Additionally, the team extended its home winning streak to 15 games, with its last home loss being in July 2013. In attendance, the club reached its Cass Tech record of 3,884 supporters for its 3–1 win against the Michigan Stars on July 11, 2015.

Move to Keyworth

The 2016 pre-season began with the Keyworth investment drive, which raised $741,250 for restorations and renovations on Keyworth Stadium. On March 10, Detroit City began roster announcements confirming the return of the 2015 Black Arrow MVP Dave Edwardson. Detroit City played its first home game in Keyworth on May 20, 2016, drawing 1–1 against AFC Ann Arbor in front of a then-record 7,410 supporters. Detroit City also saw success in the US Open Cup beating the Michigan Bucks on penalties before falling to Louisville City FC, a professional USL side, also on penalties. The 2016 NPSL season proved less successful, failing to make it to the play-offs and finishing with a 4–4–4 record. In August 2016, Detroit City confirmed Ben Pirmann would return for a fifth season with the club.

After the launch of the 2017 season tickets, the club announced from Belfast that the club would face off against Glentoran F.C. in May to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Detroit Cougars. Glentoran FC played in the United Soccer Association as the Detroit Cougars in the 1967 season when they went 3–6–3. Detroit City also had an international friendly against Venezia FC that they won 2–0. Despite starting the 2017 NPSL campaign with two points from three games, Detroit City went on a nine-game winning streak to finish second over-all in the Great Lakes Conference. The post-season included three wins, including a 3–2 win over first place Ann Arbor to win the Midwest Championship. Detroit ended its season in the NPSL national semi-finals with a loss on penalties against Midland-Odessa FC, from Texas, in front of a record crowd of 7,533.

Early in 2018, original founder Ben Steffans left the ownership group and was replaced by Mike Lasinski and Joe Richert, who was not outwardly announced or involved with running the club. Following the conclusion of the 2018 season, the club opened the Detroit City Fieldhouse in Detroit, Michigan. The Fieldhouse included a "clubhouse" bar as well as two indoor soccer fields for fans and the local residents of Detroit. It also houses the club's front office and training facilities. It was also announced that head coach, Ben Pirmann, was stepping down to join Memphis 901 FC as an assistant coach. His successor, Trevor James, a former Ipswich Town F.C. player who later was an assistant coach and scout under Bobby Robson, was announced January 4, 2019.

Detroit City finished first in the Midwest-Great Lakes conference for the 2019 season and was knocked out in the region finals by Cleveland SC on penalties. In the inaugural NPSL Members Cup, Detroit City came in first with an overall record of 8–1–1.

Moving up to professional soccer

On August 15, 2019, the National Independent Soccer Association announced that Detroit City FC would join the NISA for the 2020 season. On September 28, 2019, Detroit City FC announced that they would be adding a women's side in 2020, participating in United Women's Soccer (UWS).

The 2020 seasons were complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The NISA 2019–20 Spring season was canceled after Detroit City had only played a single match and the 2020 UWS season was canceled in the months before kickoff. On June 19, 2020, Detroit City announced that they would host a UWS Stadium Showcase at the end of July. In the showcase, the Detroit City women would compete against Lansing United, Midwest United, and Livonia FC. Detroit won their first-ever home match 2–1 against Lansing, but lost to Midwest United 1–3 in the final. NISA announced on July 1, 2020, of an Independent Cup involving 15 teams in 4 regions. Detroit City FC would compete in the Great Lakes Division with former NPSL rivals FC Buffalo and Cleveland SC.

On July 30, 2020, the front office announced the sale of non-share "units" to fans and the public at large, allowing fan investment in the club, while the newly created Board of Managers would remain in control of decisions through Class A Membership. Originally announced to run through November 20, more than 2,000 supporters pledged over $1,000,000 in five days, putting the club at the limit for investment.

Joining the USL

On November 13, 2021, it was announced that Detroit City would join the USL Championship for the 2022 season, becoming the third NISA team to join the league after Miami FC and Oakland Roots SC.

The club revealed in a May 16, 2024 announcement that they had acquired property within the Detroit city limits, with plans to build a new soccer-specific stadium as their new home. The site of the planned stadium is at the location of the abandoned Southwest Detroit Hospital, near the boundary between Corktown and Mexicantown. The target date for the move to their new home is the 2027 season.

Club culture

In the community

Since its beginning in 2012, Detroit City FC has been dedicated to supporting the city of Detroit and building community through its own partnerships and philanthropic missions, as noted in the club's motto, "Passion for our city. Passion for the game."

The club operates the Detroit City Futbol League, a recreational, community-driven adult soccer league in the summer. In 2014, the team announced its first fall recreational adult league, Soktoberfest. Detroit City FC also works with Think Detroit PAL to operate free youth soccer clinics and provide free admission to Detroit PAL participants.

Each season, one regular-season home game is dedicated as a fundraiser for a Detroit-area charity. On May 26, 2013, the club's match against Zanesville Athletic benefited the Wounded Warrior Project and Hooligans for Heroes, a nonprofit started by members of the Northern Guard Supporters. On June 6, 2014, the club became the first American sports team to wear a uniform in support of LGBTQ inclusion in a regulation match. Le Rouge dedicated the June 6 match versus Erie Admirals S.C. to inclusivity in sports, auctioning off the commemorative jerseys to benefit the Ruth Ellis Center, a Highland Park, MI., shelter for at-risk, runaway and homeless LGBTQ youth. For the 2015 season, City donned their alternate kits to support Think Detroit PAL, auctioning the game-worn kits to support youth league soccer in the city. On June 9, 2016, it was announced that the June 25 game against Dayton Dynamo would be their annual charity match, supporting Freedom House Detroit, a non-profit supporting refugees seeking asylum in the United States and Canada.

In 2014, the club announced its partnership with United Way of Southeastern Michigan to support its "Michigan No Kid Hungry" initiative and promote healthy lifestyles for youth in Detroit. On September 7, 2014, City hosted its inaugural Detroit Public Schools Showcase, which featured a friendly match for City followed by a regulation match between Cass Tech High School and Detroit Renaissance High School, with proceeds from the night going toward the boys soccer programs. The club has strong ties with Cass Tech High School, investing thousands of dollars into improving the Cass Tech field, a benefit to both the soccer and football programs. City also presented the Cass Tech girls soccer program with new uniforms early in the 2014 season.

Supporters

Detroit City has several supporter groups, with the largest and most notable being the Northern Guard Supporters. The supporter culture among all groups is very politically left-leaning. Banners and flags supporting various traditionally left-wing causes/issues can be seen throughout the stadium. Supporters support various social causes in the community such as LGBTQ+ issues, access to water resources, as well as other causes.

Rivalries

Prior to the break-up of the NPSL Midwest-Great Lakes conference, supporters of Detroit City FC, FC Buffalo, and AFC Cleveland formed the 'Rust Belt Derby'. The winner of the Derby was based on the head-to-head record of the clubs during regular season NPSL matches. These were typically high pressure games and particular fan favorites, especially by Detroit City FC supporter groups who have been known to greatly antagonize DCFC's opponents. Cleveland won the inaugural Rust Belt Derby on June 23, 2012, following a 1–1 draw with Detroit. Detroit City FC would come back and win the 2013 Rust Belt Derby trophy after beating FC Buffalo 2–1. The 2014 trophy went to Detroit on goal differential after all three teams finished with a win and a loss in Derby play, and Detroit would win again in 2015 after a 1–1 draw in the FC Buffalo-AFC Cleveland Derby match that Buffalo needed to win by more than a goal to take the trophy. The last Derby was in 2016 after the Great Lakes conference was split into East and West. FC Buffalo and Detroit City FC contested the derby without AFC Cleveland through home and away friendlies.

AFC Ann Arbor was another rival of Detroit City prior to the two clubs leaving the NPSL and joining the USL League Two and NISA respectively. The history and proximity of the two cities cause their clashes to be important to supporters. In 2017, Ann Arbor won the Midwest Conference Regular Season title over City, who finished in second. Both teams qualified for the NPSL playoffs. The two teams faced each other again in the playoffs, with the Midwest Region title on the line. City defeated 10-man Ann Arbor 3–2 to ensure their passage into the NPSL Semifinals.

A cross-league rivalry has developed with the Flint City Bucks (formerly the Michigan Bucks), the other major 4th Division team in Metro-Detroit. The two faced off in the Opening Round of the U.S. Open Cup in 2015, 2016, and 2018, with the Bucks winning the first meeting 3–0 and City taking the second two meetings in penalties (0–0, 4–3 PK) in 2016 and (1–1, 5–4 PK) in 2018. The two sides met for a friendly on May 4, 2019. Flint City won the match 1–0.

In addition, Detroit City supporters have demonstrated a proud and passionate antipathy for the U.S. professional soccer system, particularly Major League Soccer, who has long targeted Detroit for expansion. City have generally played well against MLS opposition, including a 2−1 victory over Columbus Crew in the 2022 U.S. Open Cup.

With the announcement of a women's team joining the United Women's Soccer in 2020, Detroit City would be rejoining previous rivals AFC Ann Arbor and Lansing United. They would later continue that rivalry with AFC Ann Arbor in 2021 after both teams moved to the newly returning USL W-League.

Team image

Kit

Detroit City FC home kits are predominantly a dark shade of red or maroon, referred to as "rouge" as a reference to the club's nickname. Away kits are most often white, though champagne kits have also been worn, most recently in 2021. In 2019 Detroit issued its first set of third kits, which were black. Starting in 2013 and each season afterwards, the club releases an extra kit design as a "charity kit". These kits are then auctioned off at the end of a specified match to raise funds for a local Detroit charity. In 2020 there was no charity kit given the much shorter schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sponsorship

1. Bang was also originally announced in 2022, but the partnership was ended due to fan outcry.

Players and staff

Current roster

As of December 10, 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  USA Rhys Williams 3 DF  USA Alex Villanueva 5 DF  IRL Stephen Carroll 8 MF  SEN Abdoulaye Diop 9 FW  ENG Ben Morris 11 MF  USA Connor Rutz 12 DF  USA Michael Bryant

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 FW  ECU Jeciel Cedeño 24 MF  USA Dominic Gasso 30 DF  USA Devon Amoo-Mensah 33 DF  CAN Morey Doner 91 GK  MEX Carlos Saldaña — GK  MEX Carlos Herrera — DF  USA Shane Wiedt

1. USL Academy Contract

Head coaches

• Men's: Danny Dichio
• Women's (USL W League): David Dwaihy
• Women's (Premier Arena Soccer League): Dani Evans

Sporting Director

• Trevor James

Board of Managers

• Sean Mann – CEO
• Todd Kropp – COO
• Alex Wright
• David Dwaihy
• Mike Lasinski

Managerial History

Dates	Name	Nationality
2012	Kylie Stannard	United States
2013- 2018	Ben Pirmann	United States
2019- 2023	Trevor James	England
2024-	Danny Dichio	England

MVP recipients

At the conclusion of each season fans get to vote for the team's most valuable players, the Black Arrow Award. The title of the trophy is taken from the nickname of Gil Heron, a Jamaican born player who lived in Detroit and who later became the first-ever black player for Celtic F.C.

Black Arrow Award (Men's)

• 2012: Keith Lough and Josh Rogers
• 2013: Zach Myers
• 2014: Cyrus Saydee
• 2015: David Edwardson
• 2016: Tommy Catalano
• 2017: Tyrone Mondi
• 2018: Stephen Carroll
• 2019: Shawn Lawson
• 2020: Tendai Jirira
• 2021: Connor Rutz
• 2022: Nate Steinwascher
• 2023: Devon Amoo-Mensah
• 2024: Maxi Rodriguez

Black Arrow Award (Women's)

• 2020: Sydney Blomquist
• 2021: Madison Duncan
• 2022: Shannon McCarthy
• 2023: Avery Peters
• 2024: Gabby Schriver

Honors

Detroit City FC honors

Type	Competition	Titles	Seasons
Domestic	NISA Season Championship	2	2020-21, 2021
	NISA Fall Championship	1	2020
	NISA Legends Cup	1	2021
	NISA Independent Cup: Great Lakes Region	2	2020, 2021
	NPSL Midwest Region	1	2017
	NPSL Great Lakes Conference Regular Season	2	2013, 2019
	NPSL Members Cup	1	2019
	Rust Belt Derby	6	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021

•   record
• shared record

Record

Year-by-year

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Detroit City. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Detroit City FC seasons.

Season	Record										Position		Playoffs	USOC	Avg. Attendance	Top goalscorer
	Tier	League	Conf/Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Conf	Ovr				Name	Goals
2020–21 Fall	3	NISA	Eastern	4	1	2	1	3	2	5	4th	-	W	DNQ	0	Connor Rutz Pato Botello Faz	4
2020–21 Spring		NISA		8	6	2	0	14	3	20	-	1st	Overall W	NH	N/A
2021		NISA		18	14	3	1	35	10	45	-	1st	W	NH	4,280	Maxi Rodriguez	7
2022	2	USLC	Eastern	34	14	12	8	44	30	54	7th	10th	R1	Ro32	6,118	Maxi Rodriguez	9
2023		USLC	Eastern	34	11	8	15	30	39	41	8th	18th	QF	R3	6,032	Ben Morris	7
2024		USLC	Eastern	34	15	11	8	46	32	56	3rd	4th	R1	Ro16	6,267	Maxi Rodriguez	12

1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fans were not allowed to attend
2. Detroit City already had a berth to the season final and thus was not eligible to compete in the spring final

Tournaments

Name	Year	Group	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	Pts.	Playoffs	Top goalscorer
												Name	Total
NPSL Members Cup	2019	N/A	1st	10	8	1	1	17	4	25	N/A	Yazeed Matthews	5
NISA Independent Cup	2020	Great Lakes	1st	2	2	0	0	6	0	6	N/A	Shawn Lawson Connor Rutz	2
NISA Legends Cup	2021	Group 2	3rd	2	1	1	0	2	0	4	Champions	Six players tied	1
NISA Independent Cup	2021	Great Lakes	1st	3	3	0	0	17	2	9	N/A	Yazeed Matthews	4

Yearly attendance

Source

1. Includes regular season, playoffs, U.S. Open Cup, and friendlies
2. The May 7, U.S. Open Cup match versus RWB Adria, which is not included in the source's data, has been added. The game, which was played at Stevenson High School in Livonia, Michigan with Detroit City designated as host, drew a crowd of 753.
3. Only includes Members Cup as no home games were played prior to the 2019–20 NISA season being canceled
4. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fans were not allowed to attend home matches in 2020

Record attendances

• Cass Technical High School Stadium: 3,884 (July 11, 2015, vs. Michigan Stars)
• Keyworth Stadium: 7,887 (July 31, 2018, vs. Frosinone Calcio)

International friendlies

Starting in 2016, after the move to Keyworth, Detroit City began a yearly tradition to invite at least one international club for a friendly per year. This excludes Windsor TFC, which is based just miles away in neighboring Windsor and was played yearly since the club's first season up until 2020. These invitations are often extended to a club that has a similar ethos to Detroit City, or holds historical significance to the city of Detroit. The 2018 match against Serie A side Frosinone Calcio set a new club attendance record of 7,887. In 2019, after announcing that the club was to play Lobos BUAP of Mexico, Lobos faced financial trouble and was replaced both in the Liga MX and the friendly with FC Juárez.

Year	Opponent	Result
2016	FC United of Manchester	3–3
2017	Glentoran FC	1–0
	Venezia F.C.	2–0
2018	FC St. Pauli	2–6
	Club Necaxa	1–2
	Frosinone Calcio	0–10
2019	FC Juárez	1–3
	Club Atlas	2–1
2024	Pumas UNAM	1–0

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