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FC Minneapolis (known informally as FCM or The City Lions) is an American soccer team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 2014, the team plays in the United Premier Soccer League, a national league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.

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Full name	Football Club Minneapolis
Nickname(s)	The City Lions[1]
Founded	2014; 8 years ago (2014)
Stadium	Pride Stadium, Park Center Senior High School[2]
Capacity	4,500[3]
Sporting Director	Aaron Gastafus
Head Coach	Oluwalaanu David Adeola
League	UPSL
2021 (2021)	4th, Midwest Conference Playoffs: Division Semis
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors
Current season

History

Founded in 2014 as a member of the Minnesota Recreational Soccer League, playing in the Sunday Division One, the club's mission was to provide a quality, accessible and equitable pathway to professional football for all players in the United States. As such, in 2015, the club became one of the founding members of the now defunct American Premier League, becoming league champions in their inaugural season and finishing 5th position out of five teams in 2016. The club is partially owned by "supporter group members" who make game related decisions for the team, such as the team jersey, game day amenities, and future opponents for friendly matches.[4][5] In 2018, they joined the United Premier Soccer League.[6] In 2019, they finished their spring season of the Midwest Conference West Division at four wins, three draws and three losses, good for third place in the league.[7] Their first competitive game of the United Premier Soccer League was a 5-4 loss against Granite City FC in St. Cloud, Minnesota.[8] The club's first goal of the United Premier Soccer League was scored by Lorestho Banks in their away match, a 5–4 defeat to Granite City FC at Huskys Dome of St. Cloud State University.[9]

Honors

• 2019 U.S. National Cup Regional Quarter Finals
• 2020 Minnesota Fall Cup Finals
• 2021 U.S. National Cup Regional Finals
• 2021 UPSL Midwest Conference Division Semi Finals
• 2021 U.S. National Cup Champions of Regions Semi Finals
• 2021 U.S. National Cup Champions of Regions Third Place

Season-by-season

Season	Division	League	Wins	Draw	Losses	Regular season	Playoffs	US Open Cup	US National Cup
2014	Recreational	Minnesota Recreational Soccer League (Sunday Division)	0	0	14	8th	Did not qualify	Did not enter	Did not enter
2015	5	American Premier League	4	1	1	1st	Champions[10]	Did not enter	Did not enter
2016	5	American Premier League	0	2	6	5th	Did not qualify	Did not enter	Did not enter
2018	4	UPSL (Midwest Conference, North Division)	0	1	9	6th	Did not qualify	Did not enter	Did not enter
2019	4	UPSL (Midwest Conference, West Division)	4	3	3	3rd	Did not qualify	Did not enter	Midwest Region Quarterfinals
2021	4	UPSL (Midwest Conference, West Division)	4	3	1	4th	Division Semis[11]	Did not enter	Regional Finals[12]

Current roster

As of 2021[13]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Gafar Ayodele	Nigeria
2	GK	Tayjon Campbell	Canada
3	DF	Emmanuel Morris	Liberia
4	DF	Christopher Apparicio	Canada
5	DF	Garvin Morgan	England
6	DF	Demba Jameh	Gambia
7	MF	Ian Sendi	Uganda
8	MF	Layton Blair	Jamaica
9	MF	Luis Rodriguez	Honduras
10	MF	La'el Daniel	Eritrea
11	MF	Adil Abdirahman	Ethiopia
12	FW	Aaron Takan	Uganda
13	FW	Anthony Leo	Italy
14	FW	Anthony Huerta	Mexico
15	DF	Nalikem Fayose	Ghana
16	MF	Zachary Gerdees	United States
17	FW	Victoriano Duque	Mexico
18	FW	Malon Jorge	Colombia
19	MF	Chala Gemeda	Ethiopia
20	MF	Martin Garr	Liberia
21	FW	Brandon Laredo	Mexico
22	FW	Aerial Gbalenchey	Liberia
23	DF	Martin Blessing	Liberia

Technical Team

• Oluwalaanu David - Head Coach
• Mohammed Ulel - Assistant Coach
• Miguel Lopez - Strength & Conditioning Coach[14]
• Dave Knibbs - Head Scout
• Nicholas Moe - Team Doctor

Historic record vs opponents

Legend
0-0-0	Win–loss-draw
0-0	Win–loss
*	No games played

Opponent	Regular season	Friendly	U.S. Open	U.S National Cup	Playoffs	Total
Minneapolis City SC	0-1-0	0-2-0	*	*	0-1-0	0-4-0
Dakota Fusion	*	0-1-0	*	*	*	0-1-0
Granite City FC	3-2-0	6-0-0	*	*	*	9-2-0
FC Fargo	0-2-0	0-1-0	*	*	*	0-3-0
Minnesota Twinstars FC	0-2-0	1-1-0	*	*	*	1-3-0
Duluth FC	0-2-0	*	*	*	*	0-2-0
Lacrosse Aris FC	0-0-2	*	*	*	*	0-0-2
Green Bay United	0-1-1	*	*	*	*	0-1-1
Milwaukee Bavarian	0-2-0	*	*	1-1-0	*	1-3-0
Madison 56ers	0-2-0	*	*	*	*	0-2-0
Croatian Eagles SC	0-2-0	*	*	*	*	0-2-0
Vlora City FC	2-1-1	1-4-0	*	*	1-0-0	4-5-1
Minnesota United Reserve	*	0-1-0	*	*	*	0-1-0
St. Louis Lions FC	*	0-1-0	*	*	*	0-1-0
FC Wichita	*	0-1-0	*	*	*	0-1-0
Turbo Sports	1-0-2	3-1-0	*	*	*	4-1-2
North Central University	*	1-0-0	*	*	*	1-0-0
Minnesota Cranes	1-1-0	*	*	*	*	1-1-0
Brothers FC	1-0-1	*	*	*	*	1-0-1
Midnimo FC	2-0-0	*	*	*	1-0-0	3-0-0
Dakota Young stars FC	2-1-0	*	*	*	*	2-1-0
Rochester FC	1-1-1	*	*	*	*	1-1-1
Barron SC	*	*	*	1-0-0	*	1-0-0
Spring Field FC	*	*	*	0-1-0	*	0-1-0
ASC New Stars	*	*	*	0-1-0	*	0-1-0
Ann Arbor FC	*	*	*	0-1-0	*	0-1-0
Inter Minneapolis	0-0-1	0-0-2	*	*	*	0-0-3
Minnesota Brooklyn Knights	0-0-1	0-0-1	*	*	*	0-0-2
Total	13-19-10	12-13-4	*-*-*	3-4-0	0-1-0	28-37-14

• Updated to mid of August of 2021

References

External links

• Official website

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