Toledo Villa FC is a pre-professional soccer club in

Toledo, Ohio Toledo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. A major Midwestern United States port city, Toledo is the fourth-most populous city in the state of Ohio, after Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, and according ...

competing in the Valley Division of the Central Conference in

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. They previously played in the

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, United Premier Soccer League, and

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History

Founded in 2017, through a partnership of Pacesetter Soccer Club, Northaven Group (both from

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), Total Sports, Inc. (from Wixom, Michigan), and a private, Michigan-based group. The club joined the

for its 2017 season, playing in the East Division. The club joined the United Premier Soccer League for the 2018 season in the East Division, after the Premier League of America folded following the 2017 season and 11 of the 12 member clubs moved to form the Midwest Conference in the UPSL. They won their division in their debut season, before falling in the first round of the Midwest Conference playoffs. In April 2018, a new ownership group, consisting of Aaron Swiggum, Brett Stamats, and David Hammack, purchased the club. Their goal was to join the

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divisions by 2020. For the 2019 season, the club moved to the

, joining the Great Lakes Conference. In 2021, the club announced they would join

, where they will play in the Great Lakes Division.

Year-by-year

References

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