Lansing United

Lansing United

Full name	Lansing United
Nickname(s)	LanU, The Hoops
Founded	2014;11 years ago (2014)
Dissolved	2018;7 years ago (2018)
Ground	Archer Stadium East Lansing, MI
Capacity	1,500
Owner	Jeremy Sampson
2018	2nd, Great Lakes Division Playoffs: Conference Semifinals
Website	http://www.lanunited.com/
Home colours Away colours

Lansing United was an American amateur soccer club based in East Lansing, Michigan that competed in the Premier Development League and the National Premier Soccer League. ^{[1] [2]} The club's men's team folded after the 2018 season, with Lansing Ignite FC beginning play in USL League One. The club continued to field a women's team in United Women's Soccer. ^[3]

Among their most notable alumni is USMNT and New England Revolution defender DeJuan Jones, who competed for United while playing for Michigan State in 2018.

History

Club Beginnings (2013–2017)

Lansing United was accepted into the National Premier Soccer League's Great Lakes West Conference of the Midwest Region in Fall of 2013. Ideas for names were solicited from the Greater Lansing community, and Lansing United was chosen. ^[4] The club motto is "Pride, Passion and Unity" and is reflected in the team's logo, with the star representing pride, the flame representing passion, and the gear representing unity. The club also uses the Latin phrase "Coniunctis Viribus" which means "With Connected Strength." ^[5]

Lansing United played its inaugural match in the NPSL in May 2014. ^[6] They finished the regular season by winning the Great Lakes West championship. United went on to win the NPSL's Midwest Region Playoffs before ultimately losing in the semi-finals to eventual champion, New York Red Bulls U-23s.

The following year, the club secured its first U.S. Open Cup victory over Chicago's RWB Adria, before falling 1–0 to Louisville City FC of the USL. ^[7]

Both the 2016 & 2017 seasons saw United finish mid-table despite promising starts to each campaign.

Premier Development League & United Women's Soccer (2017–2018)

Beginning in May 2018, Lansing United fielded both men's and women's squads. Lansing United men began competing in the United Soccer Leagues' Premier Development League after four years in the NPSL. ^[8] They played in the Great Lakes Division of the Central Conference. Lansing United Women also began competition in the Midwest Division of United Women's Soccer. ^[9]

Stadium

The team played its home matches at Archer Stadium located in the East Lansing Soccer Complex. On July 9, 2017, a facility-record 1,388 people watched the team take on Detroit City FC. ^[10]

United sometimes played at DeMartin Stadium on the Michigan State University campus, to facilitate larger crowds. A club-record, 2,014 people watched United secure the Great Lakes West championship over Detroit City FC on July 13, 2014. ^[11]

Head coaches

• Eric Rudland (2014–2015)
• Nate Miller (2015–2018)

Notable Lansing United Players

• Matt Brown formerly of R.C.S. Verviétois, current Youth Coach at Chelsea F.C. ^[12]
• Brian Cunningham formerly of Harbour View F.C., Waitakere United ^[13]
• Thabiso Khumalo formerly of D.C. United
• Tyler Pasher currently with Houston Dynamo
• Lewis Jones, member of British Virgin Islands national football team
• Lukas Muszong currently with Bremer SV

Honors

Domestic League

• Midwest Region – Great Lakes West Conference (NPSL)
  • Champions (1): 2014
• Midwest Region (NPSL)
  • Playoff champions (1): 2014

Team Records

As of July 20, 2018 ^[14]

Year-by-year

Year	Tier	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup
2014	4	NPSL	1st of 5, Midwest-Great Lakes West (8–2–4)	National Semifinal	Not eligible
2015	4	NPSL	6th of 13, Midwest (6–4–2)	Did not qualify	Second Round
2016	4	NPSL	4th of 7, Midwest-Great Lakes West (4–4–4)	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2017	4	NPSL	4th of 8, Midwest-Great Lakes (6–7–1)	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2018	4	PDL	2nd of 6, Great Lakes (7–2–5)	Conference Semifinals	Did not qualify

All-Time Appearances

Rank	Name	Total
1	James DeCosemo	43
2	Austin Dunn	39
3	Matt Brown	29
4	Andrew Hill	27
5	Alec Greene	26

All-Time Goals

Rank	Name	Total
1	Matt Brown	19
2	James DeCosemo	13
3	Rafa Mentzingen	9
4	Tumi Moshobane	5
5	Brian Cunningham	3
5	Gabe Matteo	3
5	Tyler Pasher	3

All-Time Assists

Rank	Name	Total
1	Tyler Pasher	6
2	Dewey Lewis	5
3	James DeCosemo	4
3	Tumi Moshobane	4

All-Time Clean Sheets

Rank	Name	Total
1	Joe White	5
2	Zach Bennett	4
3	Jimmy Hague	3
4	Wes Mink	2

Historic Record vs Opponents

Opponent	Regular Season	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Goals Scored	Goals conceded	Goal Differential	Total	Played	Win %
AFC Ann Arbor	1–3–0	*	*	4	5	−1	1–3–0	4	0.250
AFC Cleveland	0–1–1	*	*	2	7	−5	0–1–1	2	0.250
Cincinnati Saints	1–1–0	*	*	6	4	+2	1–1–0	2	0.500
Dayton Dynamo	2–0–0	*	*	4	0	+4	2–0–0	2	1.000
Detroit City FC	2–3–3	*	*	11	10	+1	2–3–3	8	0.437
Erie Commodores FC [A]	2–0–0	*	*	6	0	+6	2–0–0	2	1.000
FC Buffalo	1–1–0	*	*	2	4	−2	1–1–0	2	0.500
FC Indiana	2–0–0	*	*	6	0	+6	2–0–0	2	1.000
Fort Pitt FC Regiment	1–0–1	1–0	*	4	2	+2	2–0–1	3	0.833
Grand Rapids FC	1–2–1	*	*	6	8	−2	1–2–1	4	0.375
Indy Eleven NPSL [B]	1–0–3	*	*	3	2	+1	1–0–3	4	0.625
Kalamazoo FC	1–2–1	*	*	2	7	−5	1–2–1	4	0.375
Louisville City FC	*	*	0–1	0	1	−1	0–1–0	1	0.000
Madison 56ers	1–0–0	*	*	2	1	+1	1–0–0	1	1.000
Michigan Stars FC	5–3–1	*	*	16	9	+7	5–3–1	9	0.611
Milwaukee Torrent	1–1–0	*	*	4	3	+1	1–1–0	2	0.500
Minnesota Twin Stars	1–0–0	*	*	2	1	+1	1–0–0	1	1.000
Minnesota United FC Reserves	1–0–0	1–0	*	8	1	+7	2–0–0	2	1.000
New York Red Bulls U-23	*	0–1	*	0	2	−2	0–1–0	1	0.000
RWB Adria	*	*	0	0	0	0	0–0–1 (4–2 PKs)	1	0.500
Total	26–18–11	2–1	0–1–1	88	67	+21	28–20–12	50	0.566

Legend
0-0-0	Win–loss-draw
0–0	Win–loss
*	No games played

• Does not include friendlies
• Updated to end of 2017 season ^[15]

Notes

1. ^
   ^A formerly Erie Admirals S.C.
2. ^
   ^B formerly Indiana Fire NPSL

References

1. Edwards III, James L. (April 20, 2016). "Lansing United partners with Moneyball Sportswear, unveils 2016 jerseys". Lansing State Journal . Retrieved February 10, 2017.
2. "LANSING JOINS THE NPSL - National Premier Soccer League". Archived from the original on 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
3. "Lansing United Announces Formation of Womens Team in Uws for 2018". lanunited.com. Lansing United. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
4. "The Cold Oatmeal Podcast". reschstrategies. Resch Strategies. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
5. "TEAM".
6. "In first NPSL match, Lansing United and Indiana Fire draw 0-0".
7. "TEAM".
8. "Lansing United to Play in Premier Development League (PDL) in 2018". lanunited.com. Lansing United. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
9. "Lansing United Announces Formation of Womens Team in Uws for 2018". lanunited.com. Lansing United. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
10. "Lansing United Falls to Detroit City FC 1-2".
11. Haapala, Kelly (2014-07-14). "Detroit City FC's seasons ends with 2–2 tie to Lansing United". clickondetroit. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
12. "Coventry United Academy manager set to join Chelsea". 2016-10-11.
13. "Brian Cunningham".
14. "Lansing United Match Notes" (PDF). lanunited.com. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
15. "Lansing United Match Notes" (PDF). lanunited.com. Retrieved 20 December 2017.

External links

• Official website