The Cleveland Fusion is a women's professional

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team based in

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, United States. They play in the

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. The Fusion played in the National Women's Football Association from their inception in 2002 until 2008. Home games are played at Mustang Stadium at Maple Heights High School.

History

The Cleveland Fusion were founded in 2002. They joined the

in 2009 after seven seasons in the National Women's Football Association. The team used to play at Bedford High School's Bearcat Stadium, as well as at Byers Field in

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, Ohio. A number of players have been drawn from Cleveland-area colleges, including

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. T.J. Monachino took over the team before the 2017 season. Multiple organizations have praised the Fusion for promoting

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and breaking down

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Season-by-season results

, - , colspan="6" align="center" , Cleveland Fusion (NWFA) , - , 2002 , , 6 , , 3 , , 0 , , 2nd Great Lakes , , Lost League Quarterfinal (

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) , - , 2003 , , 7 , , 3 , , 0 , , 2nd Northern Great Lakes , , Won Northern Conference Quarterfinal (

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)
Lost Northern Conference Semifinal (

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) , - , 2004 , , 3 , , 5 , , 0 , , 4th Northern Great Lakes , , – , - , 2005 , , 5 , , 3 , , 0 , , 10th Northern , , – , - , 2006 , , 8 , , 2 , , 0 , , 1st Northern North Central , , Won League Wild Card (

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Lost League Quarterfinal (

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) , - , 2007 , , 8 , , 3 , , 0 , , 3rd Northern Central , , Won Northern Conference Quarterfinal (

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Won Northern Conference Semifinal (

)
Lost Northern Conference Championship (

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) , - , 2008 , , 5 , , 3 , , 0 , , 2nd Northern Central , , – , - , colspan="6" align="center" , Cleveland Fusion (WFA) , - , 2009 , , 4 , , 4 , , 0 , , 3rd National Mid-Atlantic , , – , - , 2010 , , 6 , , 3 , , 0 , , 2nd National North Central , , Lost National Conference Quarterfinal (

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) , - , 2011 , , 5 , , 3 , , 0 , , 2nd National Mid-Atlantic , , – , - , 2012 , , 2 , , 6 , , 0 , , 2nd National Mideast , , – , - , 2013 , , 9 , , 1 , , 0 , , 1st National North Central , , Won National Conference Wild Card (

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Lost National Conference Quarterfinal (

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) , - , 2014 , , 7 , , 3 , , 0 , , 2nd National Northeast , , Won National Conference Wild Card ( Indy)
Lost National Conference Quarterfinal (

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) , - , 2015 , , 6 , , 3 , , 0 , , 2nd National Mid-Atlantic , , Lost National Conference Quarterfinal (

) , - , 2016 , , 4 , , 5 , , 0 , , 6th National , , Lost National Conference Quarterfinal (

) , - !Totals , , 85 , , 50 , , 0 , colspan="2", (including playoffs)

2015 roster

2009

Season Schedules

2010

Season Schedules

2011

Standings

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2012

Standings

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2013

Standings

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2014

Standings

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2015

Standings

Season schedule

Logos

Image:LogoFusion.png, Cleveland Fusion (2002-2007) Image:ClevelandFusion.PNG, Cleveland Fusion (2008–present)

References

Cleveland Fusion
National Women's Football Association teams American football teams in Cleveland Women's Football Alliance teams American football teams established in 2002 2002 establishments in Ohio Women's sports in Cleveland Long stubs with short prose {{Ohio-sport-team-stub