Lansing Common FC

Lansing Common Football Club is a Midwest Premier League expansion team that began play in Spring 2021.[1] As a result of Lansing Ignite FC being dissolved in October 2019 due to the ownership's financial strain,[2] a group of fans led by Eric Walcott and Geoff Sykes formed a plan to create the supporter-owned team.[3] They are one of twelve Michigan-based teams playing in the Eastern Division.

Lansing Common FC
Full nameLansing Common Football Club
Nickname(s)The Robins
FoundedJuly 27, 2020 (2020-07-27)
StadiumEastern High School
Lansing, Michigan
Capacity~2,500
Head coachBrent Sorg
LeagueMidwest Premier League
WebsiteClub website

The team plays its home games at Eastern High School in Lansing, Michigan.

Colors and crest

The club colors are brown, red-orange, and turquoise. The club crest was designed by founder Sykes, who is also the director of team branding and design for Lansing-based Moneyball Sportswear.[3] The crest is a roundel featuring an American Robin, the Michigan state bird, standing in front of Lansing's famous three smoke stacks known as Wink'n, Blink'n, and Nod.[4]

History

Lansing Common FC joined the Midwest Premier League (MWPL), a semi-professional and amateur league who operates under a partnership agreement with the National Independent Soccer Association, a USSF Division 3 professional league, which includes pathways for both players and clubs to go fully pro.[5][6] Lansing Common FC played their first game on May 15, 2021, ending in a 3-1 win over Fort Wayne Sport Club.[7] Lansing Common FC finished their inaugural season second in their division, with Eastern Illinois University forward Shady Omar winning the 2021 Golden Boot with 8 goals scored for The Robins.[8] They followed up this performance with another second place divisional finish in 2022.

Eastern Division

This division contained 11 teams for the 2022 season.

Pos Team P GP GD
1 Inter Detroit (C) 21 10 5
2 Lansing Common 20 10 10
3 Tulip City United 20 10 10
4 Michigan Jaguars 18 10 9
5 Cedars FC 16 10 0
6 Grand Haven Admirals 14 10 4
7 Michigan Stars U23 14 10 1
8 Livonia City 12 10 -1
9 West Michigan Bearings 9 10 -7
10 Detroit Union 6 10 -17
11 BiH Grand Rapids 5 10 -15

Rules for classification: P) points; (GP) games played; (GD) goal differential; (C) Champion

East Division

This division contained 8 teams for the 2021 season.

Pos Team P GP GD
1 Detroit City U23 (C) 39 14 29
2 Lansing Common 31 14 21
3 West Michigan Bearings 27 14 15
4 BiH Grand Rapids 20 14 7
5 Michigan Stars U23 19 14 1
6 Livonia City 9 14 -18
7 Inter Detroit 8 14 -18
8 LK St Clair 5 14 -37

Rules for classification: P) points; (GP) games played; (GD) goal differential; (C) Champion

References
  1. "New soccer club Lansing Common F.C. coming spring 2021". WILX. 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  2. By, Graham Couch. "Couch: Why Lansing Ignite went belly-up – a look at what killed our pro soccer club". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  3. By, Phil Friend. "How a group of fans created Lansing Common Football Club, a team owned by its supporters". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  4. "https://twitter.com/lansingcommonfc/status/1287794883328192514?s=20". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-03-23. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  5. "NISA Grows Amateur Affiliations in Partnership with Newly-Minted Midwest Premier League". www.nisasoccer.com. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. "MWPL Joins Forces with NISA". Midwest Premier League. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  7. Vigna, Jake (2021-05-15). "Lansing Common Football Club kicked off their first game with a win against Fort Wayne Sport Club". WILX. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  8. "https://twitter.com/midwestpl/status/1438185850865532932?s=20". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-03-23. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
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