Michigan Stars FC

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Michigan Stars FC
File:Michigan Stars FC logo.png
Full name Michigan Stars Football Club
Nickname(s) The Stars
Founded 1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Stadium Barnabo Field[1]
Stadium
capacity		 4,000
Owner George Juncaj
Head Coach Trevor Banks
League National Independent Soccer Association
2022 3rd Place
Playoffs: NISA Champions
Website Club home page
Current season

Michigan Stars Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in the Metro Detroit area. The team was established in 1982 and currently competes in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA). The team formerly played in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL).[2]

History

The Michigan Stars was established circa 1998 as Windsor FC Spartans, then joined the National Premier Soccer League as FC Sparta Michigan.[3] However in 2014 the team was purchased by Dearborn Sports Enterprise (DSE) in January 2014 and rebranded Michigan Stars FC.[4]

In November 2018, the team was purchased 50%[clarification needed][citation needed] and it began to rebuild operations and came back to play in the NPSL 2019 season. After the 2019 NPSL league season was over, Michigan Stars then took part in the NPSL Members Cup 2019. The Members Cup was a tournament that extended the NPSL season. The Members Cup contained six teams in total. In the beginning of September, the team was then purchased in a whole and on September 21, 2019, Michigan Stars FC were announced as a National Independent Soccer Association expansion team that would take part in the league's Spring season alongside fellow Member's Cup teams.[5]

Players and staff

Current roster

As of March 28, 2022[6]
No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper John Hollinger      United States
2 Defender Tekodah Lobsiger      United States
3 Defender Edi Mujan      United States
4 Defender Robert Juncaj      United States
5 Defender Joseph Aidoo      Liberia
6 Midfielder Bernardo Majano      El Salvador
7 Midfielder Steven Juncaj      United States
10 Forward Kyle Nuel      United States
11 Forward Bryant Nardizzi      United States
13 Forward Tom Suchecki      United States
14 Forward Alexander Satrústegui      Spain
15 Defender Andrés Chalbaud      Venezuela
16 Goalkeeper Tatenda Mkuruva      Zimbabwe
17 Midfielder Alexandre Frank      France
19 Defender David Ivezaj      United States
20 Midfielder Cyrus Tran      United States
21 Midfielder Zachary Reynolds      United States
24 Defender Israel Espinoza      United States
25 Defender James Abraham      England
27 Forward Leon Maric      Bosnia and Herzegovina
28 Defender Kyle Nelson      United States
30 Defender Devon Amoo-Mensah      United States
— Defender Vasilios Zogos      Greece
— Defender Jake Campbell      United States
— Defender Iakov Shmelev      Russia
— Midfielder Roger Rojas-Goodbold      United States
— Midfielder Nemanja Gvodzic      Serbia

Year-by-year

Year Tier League Regular season Playoffs Open Cup
2013 4 NPSL 5th of 6, Midwest-Great Lakes (2-8-2) Did Not Qualify Not Eligible[7]
2014 4th of 5, Midwest-Great Lakes West (4-9-1) Did Not Qualify
2015 9th of 13, Midwest (4-7-1)
2016 3rd of 7, Midwest-Great Lakes West (5-3-4)
2017 5th of 8, Midwest-Great Lakes (3-5-6)
2018 On Hiatus
2019 4 NPSL 6th of 8, Midwest-Great Lakes (3-6-5) Did not qualify Did not qualify
NPSL Members Cup 5th of 6, (2-6-2)
Season League Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA Pts. Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Top goalscorer Manager
Name League
2019–20 NISA Fall Did not participate Cancelled United States Travis Ward 1 Germany Alexander Strehmel
Spring[lower-alpha 1] 8th 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 Cancelled
2020–21 Fall 2nd, Eastern 4 2 2 0 6 2 8 Group stage TBD United States Kyle Nuel 2
Spring TBD
  1. ↑ Spring season cancelled before completion[8]

References

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External links

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