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Midwest United FC is an American soccer club based in Grand Rapids, Michigan who play in the Great Lakes Division of the USL W League. The team was founded in 2016 as the women's side to the Grand Rapids FC brand. Their first season was in 2017.[1] In December 2019, Midwest United FC assumed ownership of the team and rebranded it under their name.[2]

Midwest United FC

Founded	2016 (as Grand Rapids FC)
Stadium	Midwest United FC Soccer Complex Grand Rapids, Michigan
Head Coach	Lewis Robinson
League	USL W League
2022	Great Lakes Division: 2nd Playoffs: DNQ
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

Grand Rapids FC (GRFC) was started in 2014 by a group of Grand Rapids residents as a community-funded project. The men's team's first season was in 2015 in the newly formed Great Lakes Premier League before moving to the National Premier Soccer League. After two successful seasons that showed average attendance figures over 4,000 each season, the owners announced on November 1, 2016 that they would be adding a women's team to the Grand Rapids FC brand. Their first season was in 2017 in the United Women's Soccer league.[1][3]

The Grand Rapids FC women won the 2017 UWS Championship in their inaugural season [4] on July 22, 2017 at their home stadium, defeating the defending champions Santa Clarita Blue Heat 3 goals to 1.

In December 2019, the Grand Rapids FC brand underwent restructuring. The ownership model was changed and the men's team changed leagues. During this time, the ownership of the women's side was transferred to Midwest United FC and their name was changed to reflect this change.[2][5]

Stadium

The team's current stadium is Midwest United FC Soccer Complex in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The team's original home field was at Grandville High School in Grandville, Michigan. They have also played home matches at Aquinas College and Houseman Field.

Record attendance

• 2,814 - July 2, 2017 vs Toledo Villa FC at Houseman Field (second game of a doubleheader following GRFC men, attendance counted both games)
• 1,034 - July 22, 2017 vs Santa Clarita Blue Heat (single game record)

Players

2022 roster

[6][7] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  USA Olivia Albert — MF  USA Anna Bennett — FW  USA Emma Berdiner — DF  USA Regan Berg — FW  USA Jen Blitchok — FW  USA Olivia Brunink — DF  USA Sydney Bushman — MF  USA Marti Corby — DF  USA Raegan Cox — FW  USA Hannah Crum — FW  USA Stephanie Currie — MF  USA Regan Dalton — MF  USA Olivia Dault — MF  USA Maya Dean — FW  USA Elyse DeSchryver — DF  USA Taryn DeShane — DF  USA Matéa Diekema — GK  USA Rose Dumford — DF  ENG Paige Eli — DF  USA Emma Famulak

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  USA Isabelle Gilmore — MF  USA Macy Hollingsworth — MF  JPN Yoshiki Kitadai — DF  USA Jenna Konwerski — GK  USA Lauren Kozal — GK  USA Heather Leja — MF  USA Avery Lockwood — DF  USA Ava Metaj — DF  USA Rylee Michaels — GK  USA Isabelle Okoroafo — FW  USA Morgan Otteson — FW  USA Elle Otto — FW  USA Brittney Probst — DF  USA Bria Schrotenboer — MF  USA Heather Stainbrook — DF  USA Megan Sullivan — FW  USA Riley Tanner — MF  USA Heidi Thomasma — MF  USA Macey Wierenga

Notable former players

• Bethany Balcer (2017) now with OL Reign and called up to the United States national team
• Maddie Pogarch (2017) now with San Diego Wave FC and called up to the United States U-23 team
• Maia Perez (2018–2021) now with Angel City FC

Head coaches

• Lewis Robinson (2017, 2020–present)
• Chris Allen (2018)
• James Gilpin (2018–2019)

Honors

United Women's Soccer

• National championships (1): 2017
• Conference season championships (2)
  • Midwest Conference: 2017
  • Midwest North Conference: 2021
• Conference playoff championships (3)
  • Midwest Conference: 2017, 2018, 2021

Minor competitions

• UWS Stadium Showcase: 2020

Year-by-year

Year	Tier	League	Regular Season	Playoffs
2017	2	UWS	1st of 7, Midwest (8–1–1)	UWS champions
2018	2	UWS	2nd of 7, Midwest (7–1–2)	National semifinal
2019	2	UWS	4th of 6, Midwest (3–5–2)	Conference final
2020	2	UWS	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic[8]
2021	2	UWS	1st of 5, Midwest North (9–0–1)	National semifinal
2022	4	USLW	2nd of 8, Great Lakes (7–3–2)	DNQ

Historic record vs opponents

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

Opponent	League	Playoffs	MI Cup	Played	Total	GF	GA	GD	Win %
AFC Ann Arbor	2–2	*	*	4	2–2	7	10	–3	.500
Chicago KICS	1–0	*	*	1	1–0	3	1	+2	1.000
Connecticut Fusion	*	0–1	*	1	0–1	1	2	–1	.000
Corktown AFC	2–0	0–0–1 (1–0 PKs)	*	3	2–0–1	11	7	+4	.833
Detroit City FC	4–0	*	*	4	4–0	11	5	+6	1.000
Detroit Sun FC	4–2	1–0–1 (1–0 PKs)	*	8	5–2–1	15	11	+4	.688
FC Indiana	2–0	1–0	*	3	3–0	16	1	+15	1.000
Flint City AFC	1–0–1	*	*	2	1–0–1	12	4	+8	.750
Fort Wayne United FC	4–0	*	*	4	4–0	19	1	+18	1.000
Genesee FC	1–0	*	*	1	1–0	7	0	+7	1.000
Indiana Elite FC	1–0	*	*	1	1–0	12	0	+12	1.000
Indiana Union[B]	3–1–1	0–1	*	6	3–2–1	31	14	+17	.583
Indy Eleven	0–1	*	*	1	0–1	0	1	–1	.000
Kalamazoo FC	2–0	*	*	2	2–0	10	4	+6	1.000
Kings Hammer FC	1–0–1	*	*	2	1–0–1	3	0	+3	.750
Inferno Rush	*	0–1	*	1	0–1	3	4	–1	.000
Lansing United	1–3–2	2–0	*	8	3–3–2	18	15	+3	.500
Long Island Rough Riders	*	0–0–1 (1–0 PKs)	*	1	0–0–1	2	2	0	.500
Michigan Legends FC	2–0–3	*	*	5	2–0–3	14	7	+7	.700
Motor City FC	*	*	0–1	1	0–1	1	3	–2	.000
Muskegon Risers SC	2–0	*	*	2	2–0	8	2	+6	1.000
Racing Louisville FC	0–1	*	*	1	0–1	2	3	–1	.000
Santa Clarita Blue Heat	*	1–0	*	1	1–0	3	1	+2	1.000
St. Louis Scott Gallagher SC	*	1–0	*	1	1–0	3	1	+2	1.000
Toledo Villa FC	1–0	*	*	1	1–0	4	0	+4	1.000
Total	34–10–8	6–3–3 (3–0 PKs)	0–1	65	40–14–11	216	98	+118	.700

• Note: Table includes all competitive matches and does not include friendlies.
• Updated to end of 2022 season.

Player records

• Note: Table includes all competitive matches and does not include friendlies.
• Updated to end of 2022 season
• Reference:[9]

References

External links

• Official team site

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