| Club: | Detroit City FC |
| Season: | Fall 2021 |
| Chrtitle: | CEO |
| Chairman: | Sean Mann |
| Manager: | Trevor James |
| Stadium: | |
| League: | NISA |
| League Result: | Champions (No playoffs) |
| League Topscorer: | 7 goals: Maxi Rodriguez |
| Highest Attendance: | 6,076 (Aug 7 vs. CHI) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 3,689 (Sep 25 vs. LAF) |
| Largest Win: | DET 6–1 NAFC (Sep. 29) |
| Largest Loss: | DET 0–1 STAC (Sep. 18) |
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| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 2022 |
The Fall 2021 Detroit City FC season was the club's third professional season since the club was established in 2012. It was also the team's third and final season in the National Independent Soccer Association.
As of August 7, 2021.[1]
| Name | Date of birth (age) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | data-sort-value="Steinwascher, Nathan" style="text-align:left;" | Nathan Steinwascher | 15 February 1993 | 2016 | |
| 2 | | data-sort-value="Filerman, James" style="text-align:left;" | James Filerman | 11 November 1996 | 2020 | |
| 3 | | data-sort-value="Torre, Javan" style="text-align:left;" | Javan Torre | 20 October 1993 | 2021 | |
| 4 | | data-sort-value="Manning, Anthony" style="text-align:left;" | Anthony Manning | 4 September 1992 | 2021 | |
| 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 | |
| 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[2] | 2019 | ||
| 13 | | data-sort-value="Quezada, Armando" style="text-align:left;" | Armando Quezada | 6 July 1994 | 2019 | |
| 14 | | data-sort-value="Steinwascher, Javier" style="text-align:left;" | Javier Steinwascher | 14 March 1998 | 2021 | |
| 15 | | data-sort-value="Lewis, Matt" style="text-align:left;" | Matt Lewis | 1 August 1996 | 2020 | |
| 17 | data-sort-value="Vaughan, James" style="text-align:left;" | James Vaughan | 11 December 1994 | 2021 | ||
| 19 |  | data-sort-value="Botello Faz, Pato" style="text-align:left;" | Pato Botello Faz | 8 September 1996 | 2021 | |
| 20 | data-sort-value="Matthews, Yazeed" style="text-align:left;" | Yazeed Matthews | 22 April 1996 | 2019 | ||
| 21 | | data-sort-value="Rodriguez, Maxi" style="text-align:left;" | Maxi Rodriguez | 9 August 1995 | 2021 | |
| 22 | | data-sort-value="Venegas, Kevin" style="text-align:left;" | Kevin Venegas | 29 April 1989 | 2020 | |
| 23 | data-sort-value="Espinal, Darwin" style="text-align:left;" | Darwin Espinal | 16 January 1995 | 2021 | ||
| 25 | data-sort-value="Bryan, Richard" style="text-align:left;" | Richard Bryan | 13 September 1995 | 2021 | ||
| 87 | | data-sort-value="Perilla, Eric" style="text-align:left;" | Eric Perilla | 1 January 1987 | 2021 | |
| 99 | data-sort-value="Chomakov, George" style="text-align:left;" | George Chomakov | 19 November 1990 | 2014 | ||
| Name | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Trevor James | Head coach and general manager | |
| Brie Gauna | Head athletic trainer | |
 Armen Tonianse | Assistant and goalkeeper coach |
| Date from | Position | Player | Last team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | GK | Eric Perilla | Unattached | Free transfer | |
| August 21 | DF | Richard Bryan | Unattached | Free transfer | [3] |
| August 23 | MF | James Vaughan | Eastbourne Borough F.C. | Free transfer | [4] |
| Date to | Position | Player | Next team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | FW | Max Todd | Unattached | Not re-signed | |
| February 16, 2021 | FW |  Benedek Tanyi | Unattached | Departed club | [5] |
| MF | Barnabas Tanyi | Unattached | Departed club | ||
Details for the 2021 NISA Independent Cup were released on June 10.[8] Detroit was placed in the Great Lakes Region for the second straight year along with Rust Belt Derby rivals FC Buffalo, Cleveland SC, and Midwest Premier League side Livonia City FC.
City won the regional title for a second straight season after beating Cleveland, 4–1, in its third match.
Details regarding the Fall season were released on June 16.[9]
|-! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers|-! colspan="18" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Defenders|-! colspan="18" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Midfielders|-! colspan="18" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Forwards|-|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | Regular season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | | 21 | Maxi Rodriguez | 7 | ||||||
| 2 | FW | | 11 | Connor Rutz | 5 | ||||||
| 3 | DF | | 2 | James Filerman | 4 | ||||||
| DF | | 5 | Stephen Carroll | 4 | |||||||
| FW | | 19 | Pato Botello Faz | 4 | |||||||
| FW | 20 | Yazeed Matthews | 4 | ||||||||
| 4 | DF | | 15 | Matt Lewis | 2 | ||||||
| FW | 23 | Darwin Espinal | 2 | ||||||||
| 5 | DF | | 4 | Anthony Manning | 1 | ||||||
| MF | 17 | James Vaughan | 1 | ||||||||
| DF | | 22 | Kevin Venegas | 1 | |||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Regular season | |
| 2 | | DF | James Filerman | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Javan Torre | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Stephen Carroll | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Cyrus Saydee | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Tendai Jirira | 1 | 0 | |
| 15 | | MF | Matt Lewis | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | James Vaughan | 2 | 0 | |
| 21 | | MF | Maxi Rodriguez | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | | DF | Kevin Venegas | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Richard Bryan | 1 | 0 | |