The Cleveland City Stars were an American professional soccer team based in Cleveland, Ohio , United States. Founded in 2006, the team played in the USL First Division (USL-1), the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid in 2009. The club folded soon after the 2009 season.
8-553: The team played its home games at Bearcat Stadium (renamed Middlefield Cheese Stadium for sponsorship purposes) on the campus of Bedford High School in nearby Bedford, Ohio , where they played in 2009. The team's colors were green, black and white. Their final head coach was Rod Underwood . The Cleveland City Stars were founded in 2006 as a member of the USL Second Division and played their inaugural season in 2007. The team found success early on, going undefeated for
16-544: A 10–3–7 record, which proved good enough for third place in the USL Second Division, and playoff qualification. They faced the Western Mass Pioneers in the quarterfinals and won 4–2. They traveled to Richmond for the semi-final and won 1–0 after extra time. The City Stars hosted the championship game and defeated Charlotte 2–1 for the team's first championship. During 2007 & 2008 season
24-527: A half-time segment highlighting the team's weekly inner-city coaching and life-lessons program. On April 6, 2009, the City Stars announced a new deal with SportsTime Ohio to air 12 home games. Glen Duerr returned and was joined by two new TV commentators, Mark Zimmerman and Steve Bell, former A-League (USL-1) and MLS player. Bell also did play-by-play for three matches on Fox Soccer Channel . Middlefield Cheese Stadium Bedford High School
32-493: A portion of Northfield Road the "Avenue of Champions". Both schools were under construction at the same time in the 1950s. Bedford High School was erected in 1955-57, it is built in Norman Brick-style architecture with limestone and cost $ 2.1 million. The Bedford Board of Education Building at 475 Northfield Road was built on the campus in 1961 and two wings were added to the high school in 1971. They are connected to
40-588: Is a public school in Bedford, Ohio , southeast of Cleveland . Bedford High School was built in 1957, with additions in 1971, and 1994. Bedford High School is accredited by the Ohio Department of Education . Bedford High School was neighbors with St. Peter Chanel High School until Chanel High School was demolished in July 2020. With both schools winning championships in sports, The city of Bedford renamed
48-399: The City Stars announced a deal with SportsTime Ohio that saw all of the team's home games aired on the station. Each match aired tape delayed on game night with replays airing on Sundays. Play-by-play and color commentary was provided by Desmond Armstrong , 1994 World Cup TV commentator and former US national team player, and Glen Duerr, a former City Stars player. The broadcast included
56-727: The Cleveland City Stars operated a reserve team that competed against PDL, international & other U23 teams. The program was lead and coached by Kent Manson, James Jaggard and Marcelo Galvao. On December 4, 2008 the first team announced that they would compete in the USL First Division for the 2009 season. Soon after the end of the 2009 USL First Division season, the City Stars club folded due to financial issues. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. On April 7, 2008,
64-527: The first nine games before losing to the Charlotte Eagles in the tenth game of the season. They ended the regular season undefeated at home, and clinched the second seed for the USL-2 play-offs, where they progressed to the semi-final, and lost to eventual champions Harrisburg 1–0 after extra time. The team's success continued in 2008 as they finished the regular season unbeaten at home. City posted
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