AFC Cleveland

AFC Cleveland
Full nameAFC Cleveland
Nickname(s)Royals
FoundedNovember 11, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-11-11)
DissolvedDecember 12, 2017; 6 years ago (2017-12-12)
GroundStan Skoczen Stadium, Independence, OH
Capacity2,200[1]
Websitehttps://www.afccleveland.com/

AFC Cleveland was an American semi-professional soccer club based in the Cleveland suburb of Independence, Ohio. Founded in 2011 and playing its first season in 2012, the team spent six years in the fourth-tier National Premier Soccer League.[2] After being expelled from the NPSL at the end of the 2017 season,[3] AFC Cleveland folded and was replaced by Cleveland SC, who began play in the NPSL in 2018.[4]

  1. ^ "STAN SKOCZEN STADIUM AT INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL". AFCCleveland.com. Retrieved January 5, 2018.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Cleveland join revamped Midwestern NPSL". TheSoccerRoom.com. Archived from the original on April 22, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  3. ^ @NPSLSoccer (December 12, 2017). "NEWS: The #NPSL today announced the termination of the memberships of AFC Cleveland (@AFCCleveland) and Sports Club Corinthians USA (@SCorinthiansUSA) in line with the NPSL Bylaws for teams not in good financial standing with the league" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "New Cleveland semipro soccer team is off to a hot start". CrainsCleveland.com. Retrieved June 28, 2018.