Lansing United was an American amateur soccer club based in East Lansing, Michigan that competed in the Premier Development League and the National Premier Soccer League. The club's men's team folded after the 2018 season, with Lansing Ignite FC beginning play in USL League One. The club continued to field a women's team in United Women's Soccer.

Among their most notable alumni is USMNT and New England Revolution defender DeJuan Jones, who competed for United while playing for Michigan State in 2018.

History

Club Beginnings (2013–2017) Lansing United was accepted into the National Premier Soccer League's Great Lakes West Conference of the Midwest Region in Fall of 2013. Ideas for names were solicited from the Greater Lansing community, and Lansing United was chosen. The club motto is "Pride, Passion and Unity" and is reflected in the team's logo, with the star representing pride, the flame representing passion, and the gear representing unity. The club also uses the Latin phrase "Coniunctis Viribus" which means "With Connected Strength."

Lansing United played its inaugural match in the NPSL in May 2014. They finished the regular season by winning the Great Lakes West championship. United went on to win the NPSL's Midwest Region Playoffs before ultimately losing in the semi-finals to eventual champion, New York Red Bulls U-23s.

The following year, the club secured its first U.S. Open Cup victory over Chicago's RWB Adria, before falling 1–0 to Louisville City FC of the USL.

Both the 2016 & 2017 seasons saw United finish mid-table despite promising starts to each campaign.

Premier Development League & United Women's Soccer (2017–2018) Beginning in May 2018, Lansing United fielded both men's and women's squads. Lansing United men began competing in the United Soccer Leagues' Premier Development League after four years in the NPSL. They played in the Great Lakes Division of the Central Conference. Lansing United Women also began competition in the Midwest Division of United Women's Soccer.

Stadium The team played its home matches at Archer Stadium located in the East Lansing Soccer Complex. On July 9, 2017, a facility-record 1,388 people watched the team take on Detroit City FC.

United sometimes played at DeMartin Stadium on the Michigan State University campus, to facilitate larger crowds. A club-record, 2,014 people watched United secure the Great Lakes West championship over Detroit City FC on July 13, 2014.

Head coaches Eric Rudland (2014–2015) Nate Miller (2015–2018)

Notable Lansing United Players Matt Brown formerly of R.C.S. Verviétois, current Youth Coach at Chelsea F.C. Brian Cunningham formerly of Harbour View F.C., Waitakere United Thabiso Khumalo formerly of D.C. United Tyler Pasher currently with Houston Dynamo Lewis Jones, member of British Virgin Islands national football team Lukas Muszong currently with Bremer SV

Honors

Domestic League Midwest Region – Great Lakes West Conference (NPSL) Champions (1): 2014 Midwest Region (NPSL) Playoff champions (1): 2014

Team Records As of July 20, 2018

Year-by-year YearTierLeagueRegular SeasonPlayoffsU.S. Open Cup20144NPSL1st of 5, Midwest-Great Lakes West (8–2–4)National SemifinalNot eligible20154NPSL6th of 13, Midwest (6–4–2)Did not qualifySecond Round20164NPSL4th of 7, Midwest-Great Lakes West (4–4–4)Did not qualifyDid not qualify20174NPSL4th of 8, Midwest-Great Lakes (6–7–1)Did not qualifyDid not qualify20184PDL2nd of 6, Great Lakes (7–2–5)Conference SemifinalsDid not qualify

All-Time Appearances RankNameTotal1 James DeCosemo432 Austin Dunn393 Matt Brown294 Andrew Hill275 Alec Greene26

All-Time Goals RankNameTotal1 Matt Brown192 James DeCosemo133 Rafa Mentzingen94 Tumi Moshobane55 Brian Cunningham35 Gabe Matteo35 Tyler Pasher3

All-Time Assists RankNameTotal1 Tyler Pasher62 Dewey Lewis53 James DeCosemo43 Tumi Moshobane4

All-Time Clean Sheets RankNameTotal1 Joe White52 Zach Bennett43 Jimmy Hague34 Wes Mink2

Historic Record vs Opponents OpponentRegular SeasonPlayoffsU.S. Open CupGoals ScoredGoals concededGoal DifferentialTotalPlayedWin % AFC Ann Arbor 1–3–0 * * 4 5 −1 1–3–0 4 0.250 AFC Cleveland 0–1–1 * * 2 7 −50–1–1 2 0.250 Cincinnati Saints 1–1–0 * * 6 4 +21–1–0 2 0.500 Dayton Dynamo 2–0–0 * * 4 0 +4 2–0–0 2 1.000 Detroit City FC 2–3–3 * * 11 10 +1 2–3–3 8 0.437 Erie Commodores FC 2–0–0 * * 6 0 +6 2–0–0 2 1.000 FC Buffalo 1–1–0 * * 2 4 −2 1–1–0 2 0.500 FC Indiana 2–0–0 * * 6 0 +6 2–0–0 2 1.000 Fort Pitt FC Regiment 1–0–1 1–0 * 4 2 +2 2–0–1 3 0.833 Grand Rapids FC 1–2–1 * * 6 8 −2 1–2–1 4 0.375 Indy Eleven NPSL 1–0–3 * * 3 2 +1 1–0–3 4 0.625 Kalamazoo FC 1–2–1 * * 2 7 −5 1–2–1 4 0.375 Louisville City FC * * 0–1 0 1 −1 0–1–0 1 0.000 Madison 56ers 1–0–0 * * 2 1 +1 1–0–0 1 1.000 Michigan Stars FC 5–3–1 * * 16 9 +7 5–3–1 9 0.611 Milwaukee Torrent 1–1–0 * * 4 3 +1 1–1–0 2 0.500 Minnesota Twin Stars 1–0–0 * * 2 1 +1 1–0–0 1 1.000 Minnesota United FC Reserves 1–0–0 1–0 * 8 1 +7 2–0–0 2 1.000 New York Red Bulls U-23 * 0–1 * 0 2 −2 0–1–0 1 0.000 RWB Adria * * 0 0 0 0 0–0–1 (4–2 PKs) 1 0.500 Total 26–18–11 2–1 0–1–1 88 67 +21 28–20–12 50 0.566 Legend 0-0-0Win–loss-draw 0–0Win–loss *No games played Does not include friendlies Updated to end of 2017 season Notes

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