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LANSING UNITED vs. LIVONIA CITY FC • MAY 8, 2018 • EAST LANSING SOCCER COMPLEX • EAST LANSING, MICH. 2018 SCHEDULE THE LATEST ON LANSING... MAY UP NEXT Tue. 8 Livonia City FC [1] 7 p.m. Lansing United begins its fifth season with a match against the Michigan Sat. 12 Michigan Bucks * 7 p.m. Premier Soccer League’s Livonia City FC in the first round of the 2018 Michigan Tue. 15 @ Livonia City FC [1] 6:30 p.m. Milk Cup. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET at the East Lansing Soccer Complex. Fri. 18 Derby City Rovers * 7 p.m. Sun. 20 @ Cincinnati Dutch Lions * 4 p.m. CUP COMPETITION Sat. 26 @ Michigan Bucks * [2] 12 p.m. United will compete in the Michigan Milk Cup for the second consecutive Wed. 30 @ West Virginia Chaos * 7:30 p.m. season. Now an eight-team, knockout-style tournament, Lansing will play a home-and-home with Livonia City FC in the first round. The second leg JUNE is scheduled for May 15 in Livonia. Last season, United went 3-5-0 in the Sun. 3 Cincinnati Dutch Lions * 4 p.m. Michigan Milk Cup, which was awarded based on total points earned against Sat. 9 @ Dayton Dutch Lions * 7 p.m. other Michigan-based clubs in the NPSL regular season. Sat. 16 Dayton Dutch Lions * 7 p.m. Fri. 22 Michigan Bucks * 7 p.m. ABOUT LIVONIA CITY FC Sun. 24 West Virginia Chaos * 4 p.m. Livonia City FC competes in the 10-team Michigan Premier Soccer League and Fri. 29 @ Cincinnati Dutch Lions 7 p.m. plays its home matches at the Total Sports Complex in Wixom. Livonia won the MPSL League Cup last summer and lost, 5-2, in its first league match of 2018. It also played a friendly against NPSL side Grand Rapids FC on May 4, losing 4-3. JULY Sat. 7 Derby City Rovers * 7 p.m. NEW LEAGUE Fri. 13 @ Derby City Rovers * 7 p.m. After spending its first four seasons in the National Premier Soccer League, Sun. 15 @ Dayton Dutch Lions * 4 p.m. Lansing United will play in the Premier Development League in the summer of 2018. The PDL is the highest level of pre-professional soccer in North America All times are Eastern. and is an important stepping-stone for asipring professionals. United, which announced the league switch in October, will compete against 73 other squads [1] Michigan Milk Cup match – 12 of which hold a partnership with an MLS or USL club – for the PDL title. [2] Match will be played during 2018 Canton Cup * Great Lakes Division match NEW OPPONENTS Lansing’s move to the PDL means it will take on five new opponents for the first time in league play. Joining United in the Great Lakes Division of the PDL’s Central Conference are: the Cincinnati Dutch Lions, Dayton Dutch Lions, Derby City Rovers, Michigan Bucks and the West Virginia Chaos. United will play road matches in Kentucky and West Virginia for the first time and will also take two GREAT LAKES DIVISION trips to Dayton during the regular season. GP W L D PTS KNOW THE NEW FOES Lansing United 0 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati Dutch Lions – Highland Heights, Ky. (NKU Soccer Stadium) Cincinnati Dutch Lions 0 0 0 0 0 Dayton Dutch Lions – West Carrollton, Ohio (DOC Stadium) Derby City Rovers – Jeffersonville, Ind. (Woehrle Field) Dayton Dutch Lions 0 0 0 0 0 Michigan Bucks – Pontiac, Mich. (Ultimate Soccer Arenas) Derby City Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 West Virginia Chaos – Charleston, W.Va. (Schoenbaum Stadium) Michigan Bucks 0 0 0 0 0 HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE West Virginia Chaos 0 0 0 0 0 Lansing United will call the East Lansing Soccer Complex home for the fifth 2018 SEASON MATCH NOTES consecutive season. The complex, located just north of Michigan State University, has hosted United matches since their inaugural season in 2014. 2018 QUICK FACTS Lansing is 15-6-7 all-time in home league matches at the ELSC. Lansing United CHECK THE DATES All-Time Record (W-L-D) 26-18-11 Lansing makes its PDL debut on Saturday, May 12 against the Michigan Bucks at Location East Lansing, Mich. the East Lansing Soccer Complex. United will play its first PDL match away from Field East Lansing Soccer Complex home on Sunday, May 20 in Cincinnati against the Dutch Lions. Capacity 800 Additionally, United’s match against the Bucks on Saturday, May 26 will Established 2014 take place at the Canton Cup, one of the Midwest’s premier youth soccer League Premier Development League tournaments. Lansing will again host the Bucks on Friday, June 22. Conference/Division Central/Great Lakes Colors Light Blue/Red MILLER TIME…AGAIN Jeremy Sampson Head Coach/GM Nate Miller will return for his third season at the helm of Owner Lansing United. He owns a 10-11-5 record in league play with United and guided the Spring Arbor University men’s soccer team to its first-ever NAIA Coaching Staff Crossroads League regular season championship in the fall. Miller – the second Nate Miller head coach in United history – also led Spring Arbor to a 16-4-1 record, the Head Coach team’s most victories in a season since 2012. Career Record (W-L-D) 10-11-5 Assistant Coach Paul Gilbert KEY NEWCOMERS Assistant Coach Daniel Price DeJuan Jones: The Lansing native comes back to United after he appeared Assistant Coach Tim Daniels in two matches with the club in 2016. The speedy winger finished second Darus Ward on Michigan State in goals with seven last fall in his junior year, establishing Assistant Coach himself as a potential pro prospect. Jones has one season of PDL experience – he scored four goals in eight matches for the Myrtle Beach Mutiny last summer. Team/Media Relations Ebenezer Ackon: A native of Cape Coast, Ghana, the center back appeared in Manager Jeremy Sampson five matches for Bowling Green in 2017, his first season of NCAA soccer. He PA/Play-by-Play Dave Ellis tallied two assists for the Falcons and played the full 90 minutes in four of his Intern Sidney Binger five matches. Intern Carson Fick Intern Hannah Holiday Michael Wetungu: Jones’ teammate at Michigan State, the 6-foot-1 center back played nearly every minute for the Spartans last fall after starting all 20 Intern Ben Lewis matches. He was part of an MSU back line that posted 11 shutouts in 2017 and Intern Victoria Bell was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team two seasons ago. Intern Griffin Wasik LOCAL FLAVOR Nine Michigan natives are on United’s 2018 roster, which features two Lansing- area natives in DeJuan Jones (Lansing) and Farai Mutatu (Haslett). Additionally, many Michigan schools are represented on Lansing’s roster, including Michigan MEDIA INFORMATION State (5 players), Western Michigan (2), Spring Arbor (2), Oakland (1) and CREDENTIALING Davenport (1). Media members with interview requests or seeking access to cover Lansing United home matches or SEASON TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE training sessions should contact Jeremy Sampson at Fans can witness Lansing’s historic first season in the PDL by purchasing [email protected] for more information. season tickets at www.lanunited.com/tickets. United is offering three exciting ticket packages for club supporters this season: catch all eight men’s home HOME MATCHES/TRAINING SESSIONS matches for $100; all five women’s matches for $50; or a combined package with entrance to all 13 United matches this summer for $150. Lansing United All United home matches will take place at the East season-ticket holders receive the 2018 team scarf and exclusive invitations to Lansing Soccer Complex. Team training sessions will meet the team night and the postseason awards celebration. be located at the East Lansing Soccer Complex or Lansing Catholic High School. LANSING LIVE ON YOUTUBE For the second straight season, all seven PDL home matches will be streamed MATCH NOTES/STATS live on Lansing United’s YouTube channel, with play-by-play voice Dave Ellis United match notes and statistics are available upon calling the action from the East Lansing Soccer Complex. request and will be posted on social media and www.lanunited.com prior to each match. 2018 SEASON MATCH NOTES BY POSITION LANSING UNITED ROSTER Goalkeepers (3): Miller, Mwembia, No. PLAYER POS. HT HOMETOWN PREVIOUS TEAM White 0 Anthony Mwembia GK 6-2 Toulouse, France Bowling Green 1 Joe White GK 6-3 London, England Hastings Defenders (8): Ackon, Corrigan, Freitag, Pimlott, Ruddock, Sokalski, 2 Bay Kurtz M 5-11 Crown Point, Ind. Virginia Strack, Wetungu 3 Connor Corrigan D 5-9 Fishers, Ind. Michigan State 4 Ebenezer Ackon D 5-11 Cape Coast, Ghana Bowling Green Midfielders (9): Carr, Conti, L. Jones, 5 Nick Strack D 6-3 Fort Wayne, Ind. Oakland Kurtz, McNitt, Moni, Mutatu, Pouna, 6 Michael Pimlott D 6-0 Farmington Hills, Mich. Michigan State Tom 7 DeJuan Jones F 5-8 Lansing, Mich. Michigan State Forwards (5): Enzugusi, Ifaturoti, 8 Kyle Carr M 6-0 Indialantic, Fla. Liberty Storm, Wright, D. Jones 9 Kosti Moni M 6-0 Grand Rapids, Mich. Western Michigan 10 Danny Wright F 5-10 Wixom, Mich. Duke BY LOCATION 11 TJ Ifaturoti F 5-7 Lagos, Nigeria Davenport United States 12 John Freitag D 6-1 Arlington Heights, Ill. Michigan State Michigan (9): D. Jones, McNitt, 13 Leroy Enzugusi F 5-10 Marion, Iowa Drake Moni, Mutatu, Pimlott, Ruddock, 14 Brayden McNitt M 5-11 Brighton, Mich. Wright State Storm, Wetungu, Wright Indiana (4): Corrigan, Kurtz, Strack, 15 Stevee Pouna M 6-0 Douala, Cameroon Baker Tom 16 Lewis Jones M 5-10 Liverpool, England Spring Arbor Florida (1): Carr 17 Michael Wetungu D 6-1 Rochester Hills, Mich.