Lansing Common FC

Lansing Common FC

Full name	Lansing Common Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Robins
Founded	July 27, 2020;5 years ago (2020-07-27)
Stadium	Eastern High School Lansing, Michigan
Capacity	~2,500
Head coach	Brent Sorg
League	Midwest Premier League
Website	https://lansingcommonfc.com/
Current season

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.

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 10 goals scored for The Robins. ^[8] They followed up this performance with another second place divisional finish in 2022.

2022 season

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

2021 Fall Season

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. January 26, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
2. By, Graham Couch. "Couch: Why Lansing Ignite went belly-up – a look at what killed our pro soccer club". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
3. By, Phil Friend. "How a group of fans created Lansing Common Football Club, a team owned by its supporters". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
4. Lansing Common FC [@lansingcommonfc] (July 27, 2020). "Ugh, fine, if we have to, but only because @LansingMIFacts wouldn't let us get away with not explaining it" (Tweet). Retrieved March 23, 2023– via Twitter.
5. "NISA Grows Amateur Affiliations in Partnership with Newly-Minted Midwest Premier League". www.nisasoccer.com. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
6. "MWPL Joins Forces with NISA". Midwest Premier League. Retrieved September 3, 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
7. Vigna, Jake (May 15, 2021). "Lansing Common Football Club kicked off their first game with a win against Fort Wayne Sport Club". WILX. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
8. Midwest Premier League [@midwestpl] (September 15, 2021). "The 2021 East Division Golden Boot Winner" (Tweet). Retrieved March 23, 2023– via Twitter.

External links

• Official website