| Clubname: | Lansing Common FC |
| Fullname: | Lansing Common Football Club |
| Stadium: | Eastern High School Lansing, Michigan |
| Capacity: | ~2,500 |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Brent Sorg |
| League: | Midwest Premier League |
| Website: | https://lansingcommonfc.com/ |
| Current: | 2023 MWPL season |
| Upright: | 0.8 |
| Season: | 2nd in Eastern Division |
| Nickname: | The Robins |
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.
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. 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]
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.
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 |
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 |