ABOUT CLEVELAND SOCCER GROUP

Soccer has been played in Northeast Ohio for generations, across neighborhoods, cultures and friends.

Professional soccer belongs here.

We're trained and focused on bringing professional men's and women's soccer teams, the world's best athletes and elite competition here.

Cleveland: we're in the game!

There's something magical about that dream of playing pro in your hometown. 

Cleveland Pro Soccer will build better pathways for soccer players in Northeast Ohio to pursue this dream. We have so much talent in this region, but too often the dream stops in U15 or high school. 

Sure, only a small percentage of athletes make it, period. But being able to dream that BIG motivates us to find our inner best, to work harder and to love the sport more.

We're in it for the players going pro and the dreamers raring to cheer them on.

But in the end, that daydream isn't simply about making teams, scoring goals or blocking them. It's about pursuing and growing into the best version of ourselves.

We think having professional men's and women's soccer teams in town can help inspire exactly that.

Forget Cleveland Against the World.

Sports have this powerful way of helping people see and understand the world outside their own. Even realizing there's this magical place called Cleveland on the North Coast of the U.S.

We want our men's and women's professional soccer teams to connect Cleveland to the World. 

By bringing the world's best athletes to play here and making a name for our place in soccer (on and off the pitch), we want people all over the world to know where Cleveland is and why it's a great place to be.

Soccer is the world's sport. But too often it's gatekept, pushed out of reach and made inaccessible — to watch or play — by distance and dollars.

We're going to build a new pathway for soccer players in Northeast Ohio, and provide greater access to the sport through programs, like the mini-pitch initiative and scholarships for our academy. 

Also: by bringing professional men's and women's soccer to Cleveland, we're bringing the ability to watch professional soccer closer to home. 

Having a local pro soccer team to fall in love with is a privilege. And we'd like to afford that privilege to all of Northeast Ohio (and beyond).

Diversity is the essence of what makes soccer the beautiful game. It's the one sport the WHOLE planet shares. Differences in the way we play makes the game that much better and more interesting.

We don't all play it the same way, but we play it together.

Across the globe, soccer is the most diverse sport. But we have work to do in the U.S.

We want to help lead that charge.

We're committed to being intentional in our efforts to build diversity on the field, on the sidelines, in the stands and in the front office.

Championships look good on us.

It's not just about hoisting trophies and throwing parades (remember the parade?). 

Winning championships inspires people to dream bigger, hope more and work to rise up the people around them. Sports are so much bigger than games. And Cleveland is a city of champions.

Let's go!