Cleveland Force (other)
Cleveland Force may refer to: *Cleveland Force (1978–1988), a defunct indoor soccer club *Cleveland Crunch The Cleveland Crunch are an American professional indoor soccer club located in Cleveland, Ohio competing in as a charter member of the Major League Indoor Soccer (MLIS). The rebranded Crunch returned to indoor play as a member of the MASL 2 i ...

Cleveland Force (1978–1988)
The original Cleveland Force was one of six charter franchises in the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). The team played from 1978 to 1988 at the Richfield Coliseum, the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and regularly drew crowds in excess of 12,000 in the mid-1980s. Akron businessman Eric J. Henderson, who had been involved in ownership of the Cleveland Cobras of the American Soccer League in 1977, was the Force's first owner. He sold controlling interest to Cleveland multi-millionaire Bert Wolstein in 1979. Under Wolstein and his son Scott's direction, the club became a rarity in America — a professional soccer team that turned a profit. The team's nickname was a reference to the Force, a mystical power used by the Jedi Knights in the then recently released film '' Star Wars''. The team theatrics originally included Darth Vader and ''Star Wars '' music until the team faced litigation and had to change the "mascot". Scott Wolstein worked out an agreement with ...
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