Season: | 2019–20 |
Manager: | Trevor James |
Chairman: | Sean Mann |
Chrtitle: | CEO |
League Result: | Fall: N/A Spring: 3rd |
Cup1: | Playoffs |
Cup1 Result: | Fall N/A |
Cup2 Result: | Cancelled |
Largest Win: | 0–2 (against LA Force)[1] |
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The 2019–20 season was Detroit City FC's first professional season since the club was established in 2012 and their first in the National Independent Soccer Association.
Detroit City FC was accepted in the National Independent Soccer Association on December 11, 2019, and began competing in the 2020 Spring season.[2] After playing a single match, the NISA season was postponed and then ultimately canceled on April 27, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] [4] [5]
As of March 25, 2020.[6]
Name | Date of birth (age) | |||||
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1 | data-sort-value="Steinwascher, Nathan" style="text-align:left;" | Nathan Steinwascher | 15 February 1993 | 2016 | ||
5 | data-sort-value="Carroll, Stephen" style="text-align:left;" | Stephen Carroll (captain) | 30 November 1993 | 2017 | ||
7 | data-sort-value="Green, Roddy" style="text-align:left;" | Roddy Green | 26 September 1997 | 2017 | ||
8 | data-sort-value="Goodman, Bakie" style="text-align:left;" | Bakie Goodman | 28 February 1995 | 2019 | ||
9 | data-sort-value="Lawson, Shawn" style="text-align:left;" | Shawn Lawson | 13 January 1994 | 2017 | ||
10 | data-sort-value="Saydee, Cyrus" style="text-align:left;" | Cyrus Saydee | 21 March 1992 | 2012 | ||
11 | data-sort-value="Rutz, Connor" style="text-align:left;" | Connor Rutz | 9 April 1997 | 2020 | ||
12 | data-sort-value="Jirira, Tendai" style="text-align:left;" | Tendai Jirira | 12 November 1991[7] | 2019 | ||
14 | data-sort-value="Kafari, Michael" style="text-align:left;" | Michael Kafari | 30 October 1991 | 2020 | ||
17 | data-sort-value="Vaughan, James" style="text-align:left;" | James Vaughan | 11 December 1994 | 2019 | ||
20 | data-sort-value="Matthews, Yazeed" style="text-align:left;" | Yazeed Matthews | 22 April 1996 | 2019 | ||
22 | data-sort-value="Venegas, Kevin" style="text-align:left;" | Kevin Venegas | 29 April 1989 | 2020 | ||
23 | data-sort-value="Capozucchi, Sebastian" style="text-align:left;" | Sebastian Capozucchi | 23 December 1995 | 2020 | ||
30 | data-sort-value="Frimpong, Evans" style="text-align:left;" | Evans Frimpong | 8 August 1989 | 2019 | ||
31 | data-sort-value="Rogers, Austin" style="text-align:left;" | Austin Rogers | 10 August 1995 | 2020 | ||
57 | data-sort-value="Bautista, Javier" style="text-align:left;" | Javier Bautista | 22 March 1993 | 2015 | ||
99 | data-sort-value="Chomakov, George" style="text-align:left;" | George Chomakov | 19 November 1990 | 2014 | ||
Name | Position | |
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Trevor James | Head coach and general manager | |
Brie Gauna | Head athletic trainer | |
Armen Tonianse | Assistant and goalkeeper coach |
Date from | Position | Player | Last team | ||
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February 4, 2020 | MF | Cyrus Saydee | Detroit City FC (NPSL) | Free transfer | [8] [9] |
February 4, 2020 | FW | Shawn Lawson | Detroit City FC (NPSL) | Free transfer | |
February 11, 2020 | MF | Bakie Goodman | Detroit City FC (NPSL) | Free transfer | [10] |
February 11, 2020 | MF | George Chomakov | Detroit City FC (NPSL) | Free transfer | |
February 13, 2020 | DF | Tendai Jirira | Detroit City FC (NPSL) | Free transfer | [11] |
February 13, 2020 | DF | Evans Frimpong | Detroit City FC (NPSL) | Free transfer | |
February 14, 2020 | DF | Kevin Venegas | New York Cosmos | Free transfer | [12] [13] |
February 17, 2020 | DF | Stephen Carroll | Detroit City FC (NPSL) | Free transfer | [14] |
February 20, 2020 | MF | Salvatore Barone | New York Cosmos | Loan for Spring Season | [15] |
February 20, 2020 | DF | Matt Lewis | New York Cosmos | Loan for Spring Season | |
February 24, 2020 | MF | Roddy Green | Detroit City FC (NPSL) | Free transfer | [16] [17] |
February 25, 2020 | FW | Yazeed Matthews | Detroit City FC (NPSL) | Free transfer | [18] |
February 25, 2020 | MF | James Vaughan | Detroit City FC (NPSL) | Free transfer | |
February 26, 2020 | DF | Sebastian Capozucchi | Milwaukee Torrent | Free transfer | [19] |
February 26, 2020 | MF | Michael Kafari | New York Cosmos | Free transfer | |
February 27, 2020 | GK | Nathan Steinwascher | Detroit City FC (NPSL) | Free transfer | [20] |
February 27, 2020 | DF | Connor Rutz | Cincinnati Dutch Lions | Free transfer | [21] |
February 27, 2020 | GK | Austin Rogers | KF Tërbuni | Free transfer | |
February 28, 2020 | FW | Isaac Acuña | New York Cosmos | Loan for Spring Season | [22] |
February 28, 2020 | FW | Javier Bautista | Detroit City FC (NPSL) | Free transfer | [23] |
March 11, 2020 | FW | Darwin Espinal | New York Cosmos | Loan for Spring Season | [24] |
Date to | Position | Player | Next team | ||
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March 24, 2020 | DF | Matt Lewis | New York Cosmos | Loan terminated | [25] |
March 24, 2020 | MF | Salvatore Barone | New York Cosmos | Loan terminated | |
March 24, 2020 | FW | Darwin Espinal | New York Cosmos | Loan terminated | |
March 24, 2020 | FW | Isaac Acuña | New York Cosmos | Loan terminated | |
Detroit City did not take part in the 2019 NISA Fall season in an official capacity. On August 15, the NISA Board of Governors announced Detroit, along with Chattanooga FC and Oakland Roots SC, had been accepted into the league but would not begin full league play until Spring 2020.[26] The team did play a friendly match against then NISA member Philadelphia Fury on Saturday, August 31 at home.[27] City also hosted a friendly against Liga MX side Atlas F.C. in September and earned the upset win, 2–1, in-front of a sold-out crowd.[28] [29] [30]
Details for the 2020 NISA Spring showcase were announced January 27, 2020.[31] On February 4, 2020, Detroit City FC announced a TV deal with local WMYD TV20 Detroit[32] and the spring season home kickoff times.[33]
See main article: 2020 U.S. Open Cup. Detroit will enter the 2020 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of the National Independent Soccer Association teams in the Second Round.[34] It was announced on January 29 that their first opponent would be USL Championship side El Paso Locomotive FC.[35]
|-! colspan="16" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers|-! colspan="16" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Defenders|-! colspan="16" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Midfielders|-! colspan="16" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Forwards|-|}
width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | Spring Season | width=150 | U.S. Open Cup | width=80 | Total |
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1 | DF | 3 | Matt Lewis | 1 | - | 1 | |||||||||
MF | 7 | Roddy Green | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||||
Number | Nation | Position | Name | Spring Season | U.S. Open Cup | Total | |||
5 | DF | Stephen Carroll | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
14 | MF | Michael Kafari | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
1. Only includes matches played during the 2020 spring leg of the 2019–20 NISA season.
2. Only includes competitive matches played after January 1, 2020.