2019 Lansing Ignite FC season

The 2019 Lansing Ignite FC season was the only season for the club. The Ignite played in USL League One, the third division of American soccer. The team folded after the season ended.[1]

Lansing Ignite
2019 season
OwnerTom Dickson
Head coachNate Miller
StadiumCooley Law School Stadium
USL League One2nd
USL1 PlayoffsSemifinals
U.S. Open Cup2nd Round
Top goalscorerTumi Moshobane (10)
Highest home attendanceLeague/All: 4,818
(June 22 vs. Orlando City B)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 1,725
(May 11 vs. Greenville Triumph)
All: 100
(May 8 vs. AFC Ann Arbor (USOC))
Average home league attendance2,758
Biggest win5–0
(September 6 at FC Tucson)
Biggest defeat0–3
(June 8 at Toronto FC II)

Background

In September 2018, the Lansing State Journal reported that the owners of the Lansing Lugnuts, a local minor league baseball team, had presented plans to Lansing City Council for a professional soccer team to play at Cooley Law School Stadium, also home to the Lugnuts.[2] On October 8, the city council unanimously approved the plans, which are expected to cost the city $1 million over the course of a five-year contract. This also signaled the end of the Lansing United men's team, as United owner Jeremy Sampson became the new club's general manager; however, Lansing United Women would continue to operate as planned.[3]

On October 25, 2018, USL League One officially announced Lansing Ignite FC as its ninth founding member team, to begin play in 2019.[4]

On November 14, 2018, Lansing Ignite FC announced Nate Miller as the inaugural head coach.[5]

Club

First team roster
As of match played March 30, 2019[6]
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed in Previous club
Goalkeepers
1Mike KirkGK (1994-02-12) February 12, 19942019 Pittsburgh Riverhounds
13Kyle Ihn GK (1994-12-10) December 10, 19942019 Reno 1868
Defenders
2Rhys Williams DF (1995-08-09) August 9, 19952019 Real Monarchs
4Grant Stoneman DF (1995-11-27) November 27, 19952019 Loyola Ramblers
5 Brandon Fricke DF (1992-03-27) March 27, 1992 2019 Des Moines Menace
17 Kevin Coiffic DF (1994-09-18) September 18, 1994 2019 Young Harris Mountain Lions
25 Marshall Hollingsworth DF (1993-08-06) August 6, 1993 2019 Columbus Crew
Midfielders
6Ricardo Perez MF (1995-05-30) May 30, 19952019 Colorado Rapids
7 Rafael Mentzingen MF (1996-05-02) May 2, 1996 2019 Valparaiso Crusaders
8 Kyle Carr MF (1995-01-21) January 21, 1995 2019 Lansing United
10 Xavier Gomez MF (1994-11-21) November 21, 1994 2019 Chicago FC United
12 Christian Silva MF (1989-08-02) August 2, 1989 2019 Jacksonville Armada
16 Lewis Jones MF (1994-12-25) December 25, 1994 2019 Lansing United
21 Ivo Cerda MF (1995-10-31) October 31, 1995 2019 Michigan Wolverines
23 Tumi Moshobane MF (1994-09-07) September 7, 1994 2019 Lansing United
24 Elma N'For MF 2019 Asheville City
27Nathan Lewis MF (1990-07-20) July 20, 19902019 Indy Eleven
— Omar Castro MF (1996-02-07) February 7, 1996 2019 TSC Vahdet
Forwards
9Ricky Lopez-Espin FW (1995-12-02) December 2, 19952019 Real Salt Lake
11Steeve Saint-Duc FW (2000-01-08) January 8, 20002019 Los Angeles FC
14 Nick Moon FW (1996-05-31) May 31, 1996 2019 Lane United
19 Pato Botello Faz FW (1996-09-08) September 8, 1996 2019 St. Mary's Rattlers
20 Alex Bruce FW (1998-10-28) October 28, 1998 2019 San Antonio FC (loan)

Coaching staff
Position Name
Head coach Nate Miller
Assistant coach Tim Daniels
Assistant coach Joel DeLass
Goalkeeping coach Wael Zenga

Non-competitive

Preseason friendlies
February 27 Indy Eleven1–2Lansing IgniteWestfield, Indiana
2:00 PM EST
Report
Stadium: Grand Park Indoor Arena
Attendance: 300
March 3 Pittsburgh Riverhounds2–0Lansing IgnitePittsburgh, Pennsylvania
12:00 PM EST
Report Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: Closed door
March 8 Lansing Ignite7–0Davenport PanthersBrighton, Michigan
1:00 PM EST
Report Stadium: Legacy Center
Attendance: 200
March 15 Lansing Ignite3–0Western Michigan BroncosBrighton, Michigan
1:00 PM EST
Report Stadium: Legacy Center
Attendance: 418

Midseason friendlies
April 16 Capital CupLansing Ignite4–0Michigan State SpartansLansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EST Botello Faz  28'
Saint-Duc  50'
N'For  62'
Bruce  88'		 Report Stanley  54'
Pimlott  66'		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 3,338
September 24 Lansing IgnitevChicago Fire SC ReservesLansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
September 28 Lansing IgnitevLivonia City FCLansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Note: Originally scheduled to play Grand Rapids FC. Change announced on September 4.[7]

Competitive

USL League One

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 North Texas SC (X, C) 28 17 5 6 53 31 +22 56 Playoffs
2 Lansing Ignite FC 28 12 10 6 49 37 +12 46
3 Greenville Triumph SC 28 12 7 9 32 22 +10 43
4 Forward Madison FC 28 12 7 9 33 26 +7 43
5 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 28 10 10 8 35 37 −2 40
Source: 2019 USL League One standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champion; (X) Regular Season League Champion.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
28 12 10 6 49 37  +12 46 8 4 2 28 16  +12 4 6 4 21 21  0

Source: USL

Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
StadiumAAHHAAHHAAAAHHAAHHAAHHAHAHHH
ResultWLWLLDDDDWLDWWLDWDDDWWWWWWDL
Position4544989784775466456653222222
Source: USL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results
March 30 1Richmond Kickers2–3Lansing IgniteRichmond, Virginia
5:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 5,936
Referee: Danielle Chesky
April 6 2Greenville Triumph SC2–1Lansing Ignite FCGreenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Legacy Early College
Attendance: 4,014
Referee: Jasmine Peralta
April 13 3Lansing Ignite3–1Richmond KickersLansing, Michigan
5:00 PM EDT Report Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 3,369
Referee: Danielle Chesky
April 26 4Lansing Ignite0–2Toronto FC IILansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT Stoneman  45+1'
Moshobane  80'		 Report Petrasso  11'
Mohammed  24'
Campbell  39'
Okello  53'
Ovalle  85' (pen.)		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 1,895
Referee: Nickrod Fateh
April 30 5FC Tucson2–0Lansing IgniteTucson, Arizona
9:00 PM Jambga  27'
Somersall  38'
Spencer  49'
Vega  57'  62'		 Report Fricke  49' Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 702
Referee: Karen Abt
May 4 6Richmond Kickers2–2Lansing IgniteRichmond, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT Chin  32'
Shanosky  75'
Jackson  90'		 Report Cerda  24'
Stoneman  27'
Lopez-Espin  58'
Fricke  70'		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 2,947
Referee: Matt Franz
May 11 7Lansing Ignite1–1Greenville Triumph SCLansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT Lopez-Espin  76' Report Boland  36'
Polak  58'
Ward  68'		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 1,725
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
May 18 8Lansing Ignite2–2North Texas SCLansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT Mentzigen  54',  56'
Bruce  65',  90+5'
Saint-Duc  72'
Stoneman  89'		 Report Tessmann  35'
Jatta  51'
Pepi  83'
A. Rodríguez  87',  90+2'
Almaguer  89'		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 2,149
Referee: Calin Radosav
May 25 9Tormenta FC0–0Lansing IgniteStatesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT Miccaletto  42'
Knutson  59'		 Report Cleveland  73' Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 1,697
Referee: Joshua Encarnacion
June 1 10Forward Madison FC0–1Lansing IgniteMadison, Wisconsin
8:00 PM EDT Banks  39'
Núñez  90+7'		 Report Moon  47'
Stoneman  51'
Cerda  80'		 Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Attendance: 4,271
Referee: Brad Jensen
June 8 11Toronto FC II3–0Lansing IgniteToronto, Ontario
4:00 PM EDT Hundal  29'
Ovalle  48'
Dorsey  66'
Bunk-Andersen  80'
Perruzza  90+1'		 Report Stadium: BMO Training Ground
Referee: Myriam Marcotte
June 15 12Greenville Triumph SC1–1Lansing IgniteGreenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Seiler  66' Report Moon  30'
Saint-Duc  90+3'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,715
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
June 19 13Lansing Ignite1–0Toronto FC IILansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT Saint-Duc  28',  61'
Bruce  87'		 Report Mingo  27'
Srbely  89'		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 2,287
Referee: Becky Pagan
June 22 14Lansing Ignite2–0Orlando City BLansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT Moshobane  28'
Moon  51'
Bruce  59'
Coiffic  68'		 Report Bagrou  30' Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 4,818
Referee: Chris Ruska
June 29 15North Texas SC3–1Lansing IgniteFrisco, Texas
7:00 PM EDT Tessmann  43'
Montgomery  57'
Damus  59',  73'
Rodriguez  71'		 Report Moon  59'
Cleveland  74'
Faz  83'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 632
Referee: Marco Vega
July 6 16Chattanooga Red Wolves1–1Lansing IgniteChattanooga, Tennessee
7:00 PM EDT Cisse  12'
Walls  55'		 Report N'For  25'
Fricke  30'
Coiffic  45'
Moon  57'		 Stadium: David Stanton Field
Attendance: 1,766
Referee: Michael Smith
July 9 17Lansing Ignite3–2Forward Madison FCLansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT N'For  17'
Mentzigen  90+2',  90+3'
Bruce  90+5'		 Report Smart  32',  50'
Bennett  63'
Banks  90+4'		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 1,871
Referee: Kevin Fikar
July 13 18Lansing Ignite2–2FC TucsonLansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT Moshobane  26' (pen.),  49'
Williams  50'		 Report Howell  34'
Jones  52' (pen.)
Hauswirth  73'		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 4,348
Referee: Gabriele Giusti
July 19 19Toronto FC II3–3Lansing IgniteToronto, Ontario
4:00 PM EDT Perruzza  35'
Dorsey  38'
Bunk-Andersen  78'
Romeo  81',  84'		 Report Faz  41' (pen.)
Fricke  51'
Gomez  54'		 Stadium: BMO Training Ground
Referee: Giancarlo Pavone
July 27 20Tormenta FC1–1Lansing IgniteStatesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT Knutson  16'
Saint-Vil  21'
Kadono  88'
Micaletto  90'
Morrell  90+3'		 Report Mentzingen  12',  45+3'
Coiffic  35'
Stoneman  60'
Carr  90+3'		 Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 1,785
Referee: Nickrod Fateh
July 31 21Lansing Ignite2–0Chattanooga Red WolvesLansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT Moshobane  32'
Mentzigen  50'
Faz  84'		 Report Kendall-Moullin  10'
Pineda  45+1'		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 2,215
Referee: José Lara
August 3 22Lansing Ignite3–0Orlando City BLansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT Moshobane  8'
N'For  14'
Mentzingen  84'		 Report Tablante  37'
Thiago  50'
Amer  87'		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 3,285
Referee: Carter Brochu
August 16 23Orlando City B1–2Lansing IgniteMontverde, Florida
7:30 PM EDT Forbes  13'
Tablante  42'
Bagrou  71'		 Report Gomez  22',  82'
Coiffic  28'
Mentzingen  54'		 Stadium: Montverde Academy
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
August 22 24Lansing Ignite4–1North Texas SCLansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT Faz  8',  69'
Moon  31'
N'For  50'
Moshobane  71'		 Report Rayo  65'
Rodriguez  76'
Romero  86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 2,757
Referee: Luis Arroyo
September 6 25FC Tucson0–5Lansing IgniteTucson, Arizona
10:30 PM EDT Wheeler-Omiunu  28'
Venter  62'
Batista  76'		 Report Moon  12'
Faz  16',  26'
Moshobane  33',  90+3'
Williams  60'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 708
Referee: Omeed Azadpour
September 14 26Lansing Ignite4–3Chattanooga Red WolvesLansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT Mentzingen  8'
Moshobane  18',  90'
Moon  30',  79'
Gomez  60'
Carr  77'		 Report Zguro  3',  60'
Hurst  17',  54'
Amponsah  35'
Beattie  43'		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 2,994
Referee: Calin Radosav
September 21 27Lansing Ignite1–1Tormenta FCLansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT Moon  45+1' Report Dennis  19'
Arslan  34'
Rowe  67'		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 2,489
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
October 5 28Lansing Ignite0–1Forward Madison FCLansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT N'For  20'
Fricke  59'
Moshobane  73'
Williams  87'		 Report Omsberg  31'
Banks  43'
Núñez  66'
Paulo Jr.  68'
Díaz  81'
Leonard  90+4'		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 2,412
Referee: José Lara

USL League One Playoffs
Main article: 2019 USL League One Playoffs
October 12 SemifinalsLansing Ignite FC0–1Greenville Triumph SCLansing, Michigan
7:00pm (EDT) Coiffic  70'
Cerda  74'
Cleveland  87'		 Report Clowes  37'
Mohamed  45+2'
Polak  46'
Bermudez  59'
Gómez  79'		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 2,340
Referee: Matthew Thompson

U.S. Open Cup
Main article: 2019 U.S. Open Cup
May 8 1st RoundLansing Ignite FC 2–1 AFC Ann ArborLansing, Michigan
7:00 pm EDT N'For  29',  72' Report Alexis  40',  66' Stadium: Lansing Catholic High School
Attendance: 100
Referee: Nicole Green
Note: Kickoff time and venue changed from 7:00pm at Cooley Law School Stadium due to inclement field conditions.
May 15 2nd RoundIndy Eleven 1–0 Lansing Ignite FCIndianapolis, Indiana
7:00 PM EDT Newton  21'
Enevoldsen  51',  57'
Watson  62'
Walker  88'
Kelly  90+2'		 Report Stoneman  62' Stadium: Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl
Attendance: 853
Referee: Adam Behrens

Transfers

Statistics

References
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  3. Couch, Graham (October 8, 2018). "Lansing Ignite, new USL soccer club, gets go-ahead to play downtown". Lansing State Journal. Gannett Company. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  4. "Lansing Ignite FC Unveiled as USL League One Founding Member". USLLeagueOne.com. USL League One. October 25, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  5. Friend, Phil (November 14, 2018) Lansing Ignite Soccer's First Coach, Nate Miller, Ready to Bring Championships to the City. Lansing State Journal. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
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