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Cleveland City Stars
The Cleveland City Stars were an American professional soccer team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Founded in 2006, the team played in the USL First Division (USL-1), the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid in 2009. The club folded soon after the 2009 season. The team played its home games at Bearcat Stadium (renamed Middlefield Cheese Stadium for sponsorship purposes) on the campus of Bedford High School in nearby Bedford, Ohio, where they played in 2009. The team's colors were green, black and white. Their final head coach was Rod Underwood. History The Cleveland City Stars were founded in 2006 as a member of the USL Second Division and played their inaugural season in 2007. The team found success early on, going undefeated for the first nine games before losing to the Charlotte Eagles in the tenth game of the season. They ended the regular season undefeated at home, and clinched the second seed for the USL-2 play-offs, where they progressed to the semi- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middlefield Cheese Stadium
Bedford High School is a public school in Bedford, Ohio, southeast of Cleveland. Background Bedford High School was built in 1957, with additions in 1971, and 1994. Bedford High School is accredited by the Ohio Department of Education. Bedford High School was neighbors with St. Peter Chanel High School until Chanel High School was demolished in July 2020. With both schools winning championships in sports, The city of Bedford renamed a portion of Northfield Road the "Avenue of Champions". Both schools were under construction at the same time in the 1950s. Bedford High School was erected in 1955-57, it is built in Norman Brick-style architecture with limestone and cost $2.1 million. The Bedford Board of Education Building at 475 Northfield Road was built on the campus in 1961 and two wings were added to the high school in 1971. They are connected to the rest of the building by two glass-enclosed walkways. The school's current football facility, Bearcat Stadium, opened in 1994. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahim Kante
Ibrahim Kanté (born July 20, 1981, in Bamako) is a Malian soccer player, a member of the Missouri Comets, a MISL (Major Indoor Soccer League) team. Career Kante made two appearances as a rookie in 2003 with New England Revolution of Major League Soccer, before moving on to Milwaukee Wave United of the USL A-League in 2004. He played several seasons of indoor soccer with Baltimore Blast, the Kansas City Comets and the St. Louis Steamers of the Major Indoor Soccer League before signing with Crystal Palace Baltimore of the USL Second Division in 2007. He scored Baltimore's first ever professional goal, a thunderbolt free kick from the edge of the box in a pre-season friendly. Kante signed to play with Cleveland City Stars in their inaugural season in the USL First Division on April 20, 2009. 2010–2011 saw him battle through an injury-plagued season with the Omaha Vipers, only starting ten games. Fully recovered, he signed with the Missouri Comets Missouri is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Gillespie
Steve Gillespie (born August 2, 1985 in Brecksville, Ohio) is an American soccer player who most recently played on the Cleveland Freeze in the Professional Arena Soccer League, PASL. Gillespie has experience playing in the Major League Soccer, MLS, United Soccer Leagues First Division, USL First Division, Professional Arena Soccer League, PASL Pro and the USL Premier Development League, PDL. Career College and amateur Gillespie attended Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School and played college soccer at Mount Union College, where he was the 2007 Ohio Athletic Conference Midfielder of the Year, was named to All-Great Lakes Region First Team & All-Ohio Athletic Conference First Teams in 2007, the All-Ohio Athletic Conference Second Team in 2006, and was a two-time Mount Union soccer MVP in 2006 and 2007. In 2007, Gillespie was nominated for All-American. During his college years he also played with Cleveland Internationals in the USL Premier Development League. Professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Cruickshank
Stephen Cruickshank (born September 10, 1983 in Bointcumana) is a Trinidadian soccer player, currently without a club. Career Professional Cruickshank began his professional career in Trinidad with Caledonia AIA in 2006. He first moved to the Cleveland City Stars in 2007, playing in two matches and recording 18 minutes of USL Second Division play, but missed much of the season with a high ankle sprain. He returned to Trinidad in 2008, playing for St. Ann's Rangers and Ma Pau, before re-joining the Cleveland City Stars in the USL First Division in 2009. International Cruickshank has been capped four times by the Trinidad and Tobago national football team. Personal Cruikshank is greatly involved with Athletes in Action, a Christian sports ministry organization associated with the Campus Crusade for Christ Cru (until 2011 known as Campus Crusade for Christ—informally "Campus Crusade" or simply "crusade"—or CCC) is an interdenominational Christian parachurch organizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Guillaume
Stéphane Guillaume (born February 9, 1984) is a Haitian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent most of his career playing in the MLS. At international level, he represented the Haiti national team. Career Club Guillaume began his professional career with Aigle Noir AC in Ligue Haïtienne, before moving to MLS team Colorado Rapids in 2005. However, Guillaume was unable to play due to regulatory matters, and moved to Miami FC for its inaugural season in February 2006. He played in Miami for two years then He had a big right knee surgery which kept him out of the field for the 2008 season. He signed with Cleveland City Stars on May 16, 2009, and made his debut for the team the same day, against Minnesota Thunder. Guillaume returned to the United States in 2013, signing professional terms with Fort Lauderdale Strikers on March 29, 2013. International Guillaume played for all the youth Haitian teams U-17, while playing for U-20 and U-23 teams Stephane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Stewart (soccer)
Ryan Stewart (born December 5, 1982 in Mayaro) is a Trinidadian footballer, currently without a club. wired868.com Career College and amateur Stewart attended in his native Trinidad before coming to the United States in 2003. He played at |
Warren Kanu
Warren Kanu (born January 1, 1983 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean association football, football player, currently without a club. Career Professional Kanu began his career with the Mighty Blackpool team in his native Sierra Leone, before moving to the Birinci Lig in Northern Cyprus in 2006 to play for Bostancı, and then Küçük Kaymaklı. He was voted Midfielder of the Year in 2006-07. Kanu joined the Cleveland City Stars of the USL First Division in 2009. Arrest and deportation incident On January 23, 2002, Kanu was one of three Sierra Leonean home based footballers (the others were Mohamed Kamara and Abdulai Kalouga Conteh) arrested by immigration officials in Cyprus when they flew to that country from Russia to find a professional football club. The three footballers were deported after being held by the Cyprus police for several days. They left Sierra Leone to have professional football trials with a Russian football club, through the help of former Cameroon goalkee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alioune Gueye
Alioune Gueye (born February 25, 1987) is a Senegalese footballer. Career Africa Gueye began his professional career in his native Senegal, playing for his hometown team Casa Sport in the Senegal Premier League, before moving to Nigeria in 2006 to playing with Dolphins in the Nigerian Premier League. He helped Dolphins win the Nigerian FA Cup in 2006 and 2007, and played in the CAF Confederation Cup in 2007 and 2008. North America Gueye joined the Cleveland City Stars of the USL First Division in May 2009, and made his debut for the team on May 16, 2009, against the Minnesota Thunder. Gueye appeared in 21 matches and scored one during the 2009 season. When the season came to a conclusion the Cleveland franchise folded after one season in the USL First Division, thereby resulting in the club releasing all its players from their contracts. On March 3, 2010, Charleston announced the signing of Gueye to a contract for the 2010 season. Gueye was not listed on the 2011 Charleston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Stovall
Anthony Stovall (born February 21, 1982) is a former professional American soccer player. Career College and Amateur Stovall grew up in Columbia, South Carolina, attended Ridge View High School, and played college soccer at the University of South Carolina. During his college years he also played with both Greenville Lions and the Southern California Seahorses in the USL Premier Development League. Professional Stovall began his professional career in 2005 after the conclusion of 2005 PDL season signing a development contract with Chivas USA. He was signed after an standout performance in a reserve match against Chivas USA. He made appearances in 6 matches and was released due to a shoulder injury suffered in a reserve match. He then joined the Charlotte Eagles of the USL Second division in 2006. The next season, he made the move to the Cleveland City Stars of the USL First Division in 2007. After two successful seasons in Cleveland he made the move to Europe play with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troy Roberts (soccer)
Troy Roberts (born September 18, 1983 in San Jose, California) is a former American soccer player. Career College and Amateur Roberts attended Washington High School in Fremont, California, and played college soccer at UC Berkeley, and was named All-Pac-10 his junior and senior seasons. He also played in the National Premier Soccer League with Sonoma County Sol in its inaugural season in 2004. Professional Roberts was drafted in the first round (8th overall) in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft by Los Angeles Galaxy, and although he saw limited action with the team in his rookie season, went on to play 61 games in his four years with the club, winning both the MLS Cup and the US Open Cup in 2005. Roberts was waived by Galaxy in February 2009, and joined the Cleveland City Stars of the USL First Division in April 2009. In March 2010, Roberts signed with the Rochester Rhinos of the USSF 2nd Division. He re-signed for 2012, his third season with Rochester, on October 25, 2011. Personal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Pierre-Louis
Ricardo Pierre-Louis (born November 2, 1984) is a Haitian soccer player, currently playing for Magic Soccer Academy Verrettes in 3rd division in Haiti. He is also the club owner. Career College and amateur Pierre-Louis played college soccer at Lee University, where he was a three-time all-Southern States Athletic Conference selection in 2005, 2006 and 2007, the SSAC Newcomer of the Year in 2005, a two-time NAIA Region XIII Player of the Year in 2006 and 2007, a two-time NAIA first team all-American in 2006 and 2007, a NAIA Player of the Year in 2007, and Lee University's Athlete of the Year in 2005, 2006 and 2007 . In 2007, he also played for the Cape Cod Crusaders in the USL Premier Development League. Professional Icon at Cavaly as Club Leogane Haiti. scored 34 goals, in 54 games with Cavaly. Ricardo is scary to rivalry Valencia defenders like Massillon, Smith Charmand and so forth. Pierre-Louis was drafted in the second round (22nd overall) in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Boateng
Joshua Boateng (born 2 January 1987) is a Ghanaian former footballer. Career Youth and Amateur Boateng attended Nkwatia Presbyterian School in his native Ghana, and played club football for the Accra-based Liberty Colts, before going to the United States in 2004 to attend college. He played college soccer at Virginia Tech and Liberty University, where he was named a member of the All-Big South First Team in 2007, and honoured as the Big South Player of the Year and was named to the Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy Watch List for the best player in the NCAA in 2008. He was also an All American player. Prior to his senior year at Liberty University, Boateng trialed in Europe with French club Strasbourg and Spanish club Gimnastic, and was offered a contract but declined to sign in order to finish his collegiate career. Professional Boateng was chosen in the third round (33rd overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by Los Angeles Galaxy, and played four months but was not offer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |