Dayton Dutch Lions F.C.

About Dayton Dutch Lions F.C.

Dayton Dutch Lions FC was founded in 2009 and currently has a men’s team and a women’s team. The men’s team plays in the USL League Two (USL2), which is the highest amateur division in the US Soccer and considered the 4th division. The men’s team began to play in 2010 in the USL PDL (now called USL2). The club also added a women’s team in 2011 that played in the W-League of the USL. After the W-league folded, the team started playing in the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL), which is considered the 2nd division in US Soccer. The men’s team started in USL PDL as one of the few teams with a professional status (USL PDL PRO), and was awarded the “USL Progress of the Year Award”, averaging 1,200 fans per home game. The season opener in 2010 vs Global United, a team of former World Cup stars, had 3,400 fans attending in Bellbrook High School Stadium. The club was asked to join USL PRO (2nd division, now called USL Championship) in their second year, where they played for four years before returning to USL PDL in 2015. Highlights were making the playoffs in 2013 after a winning record, and qualifying for the final eight in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup in 2012 after beating Chicago Fire (USL PDL), Columbus Crew (MLS) and Michigan Bucks (USL PDL) on the road. In the quarterfinal the team travelled to Kansas where they played eventual champions Sporting Kansas City of MLS in front of 17,000 fans. Another highlight was an exhibition game vs England’s FC Cup winners Wigan Athletic in from to 2,000 fans. The club also had a formal partnership with Columbus Crew with Head Coach Greg Berhalter. Ben Sweat was one of the players from the Crew that played for DDL FC, he later payed two games in the US National Team. In 2018, the team won the USL2 Conference Championship. The women’s team was successful with two Conference Championships and also being awarded “USL Organization of the Year Award” in 2013. Several players (Claire Falknor, Emilie Fillion, Brittany Persaud, Alex Warren)

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