Last week was a busy one. If you happened to blink, you may have missed our community investment milestone, our 2016 schedule release or our third-consecutive U.S. Open Cup berth.
But don’t fret, we’re here to review the “fleury” of news that broke in the past week.
HEAD COACH BEN PIRMANN WILL RETURN IN 2016
Le Rouge announced its leader, Ben Pirmann, will be back for his fourth year at the helm. Pirmann has amassed a 28-6-7 National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) record in three seasons with the club and sits high above the competition as the best dressed coach in U.S. Soccer. Read more about him here.
CITY HITS COMMUNITY INVESTMENT MILESTONE
With 12 days to go in Le Rouge’s community investment campaign to fund renovations at its new home ground at Keyworth Stadium, DCFC announced it had reached its campaign minimum of $400K, which is the amount the team needed to start the rehabilitation work.
Now with the campaign closing to investors at 11:59 p.m. on February 15, you still have time to join more than 350 supporters who’ve already invested, earn a meaningful financial return and help turn Keyworth into a stadium the soccer community and residents of Hamtramck deserve. If you’re a Michigan resident, you can become a City investor here.
LE ROUGE RELEASES 2016 SCHEDULE
City announced its schedule for the 2016 season, featuring a 12-week regular season in addition to five friendly matches. The NPSL Midwest Region has been realigned into a two-division format, with City sitting in the West Division with AFC Ann Arbor, Dayton Dynamo, Grand Rapids FC, Kalamazoo FC, Lansing United and Michigan Stars FC. View more information on the 2016 schedule here.
With the schedule set, make sure you are there for every second of the action. Season tickets are still available for 2016. You can purchase them here.
2016 Detroit City FC Schedule
| Friday, May 13 | at Michigan Stars FC | 7 PM EST |
| Sunday, May 15 | at Dayton Dynamo | 2 PM EST |
| Friday, May 20 | vs AFC ANN ARBOR | 7:30 PM EST |
| Sunday, May 22 | at Kalamazoo FC | 6:05 PM EST |
| Saturday, May 28 | vs FC UNITED OF MANCHESTER (friendly) | 3 PM EST |
| Friday, June 3 | vs FC BUFFALO (friendly) | 7:30 PM EST |
| Sunday, June 5 | at FC Buffalo (friendly) | 2 PM EST |
| Friday, June 10 | at Grand Rapids FC | 7:45 PM EST |
| Sunday, June 12 | vs LANSING UNITED | 5 PM EST |
| Sunday, June 19 | vs KALAMAZOO FC | 5 PM EST |
| Saturday, June 25 | vs DAYTON DYNAMO | 7:30 PM EST |
| Friday, July 1 | vs GRAND RAPIDS FC | 7:30 PM EST |
| Sunday, July 3 | at AFC Ann Arbor | 1 PM EST |
| Wednesday, July 6 | vs COLUMBUS CREW COLLEGE PROGRAM (friendly) | 7:30 PM EST |
| Sunday, July 10 | at Lansing United | 12 PM EST |
| Friday, July 15 | vs MICHIGAN STARS FC | 7:30 PM EST |
| Wednesday, July 27 | vs WINDSOR STARS (friendly) | 7:30 PM EST |
CITY RECEIVES LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP BERTH
The United States Soccer Federation announced Detroit City received an at-large bid for the 103rd edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. This is the third straight year Le Rouge will be participating in the tournament. While its match is set for Wednesday, May 11, location and opponent will be unveiled in April.
DETROIT HOLDS TRYOUTS FOR THE 2016 SEASON
On Friday, February 5, Le Rouge held tryouts for the upcoming season, hosting more than 60 players at Oakland Yard Athletics. The night was full of good competition and fervent support from the City faithful who cheered on the Le Rouge hopefuls all night (early morning) long. The open tryout will be the ONLY tryout for the new season.
