Cleveland Force

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The Cleveland Force is a name that has been used by two different indoor soccer teams.

1 The Original Team
2 Year-by-year
3 The Second Team
4 Honors
5 Year-by-year
6 Head Coaches
7 Arenas

[edit] The Original Team

The original Cleveland Force were one of the six charter franchises in the original MISL. The team played from 1978–1988 at the Richfield Coliseum, the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and occasionally drew crowds in the 20,000's in the mid-80's. The team's name was inspired by the force exploited by the Jedi in the Star Wars movies. The team theatrics originally included Darth Vader and Star Wars Music until the team faced litigation and had to change the "mascot" to a silver guy in an outfit that looked an awful lot like Darth Vader. Despite its popularity, the team folded in July 1988 when the team's owner could not get concessions from the MISLPA.

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup
1978/79	MISL	6th	Did not qualify	N/A
1979/80	MISL	5th, Central	Did not qualify	N/A
1980/81	MISL	2nd, Central	1st Round	N/A
1981/82	MISL	6th, Eastern	Did not qualify	N/A
1982/83	MISL	2nd, Eastern	Semifinals	N/A
1983/84	MISL	3rd, Eastern	Semifinals	N/A
1984/85	MISL	3rd, Eastern	Semifinals	N/A
1985/86	MISL	1st, Eastern	Semifinals	N/A
1986/87	MISL	1st, Eastern	Semifinals	N/A
1987/88	MISL	2nd, Eastern	Final	N/A

[edit] The Second Team

The second team to be called the Cleveland Force was founded in 1989 as the Cleveland Crunch, a replacement for the original Cleveland Force which had folded in the summer of 1988. When the original MISL ceased operation in 1992, the Crunch joined the NPSL. This league would eventually reorganize itself as the new Major Indoor Soccer League in 2001. The Crunch would take on the old Force name in 2002. After several years of losing money, the team was placed on inactive status in September 2005 when new owners could not be found.

[edit] Honors

Championships

1993-94 NPSL Champions
1995-96 NPSL Champions
1998-99 NPSL Champions

Division Titles

1990-91 Eastern Division
1994-95 American Division
1995-96 American Division
1996-97 Central Division
1998-99 Central Division
1999-00 Central Division

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
1989-90	MISL	4th East, 20-32	Failed to qualify
1990-91	MSL	1st East, 29-23	Lost Championship
1991-92	MSL	3rd MSL, 20-20	Lost Semifinal
1992-93	NPSL	2nd American, 25-15	Lost Championship
1993-94	NPSL	2nd American, 23-17	Won Championship
1994-95	NPSL	1st American, 30-10	Lost Semifinal
1995-96	NPSL	1st American, 31-9	Won Championship
1996-97	NPSL	1st Central, 29-11	Lost Championship
1997-98	NPSL	2nd Central, 21-19	Lost Conference Semifinal
1998-99	NPSL	1st Central, 26-14	Won Championship
1999-00	NPSL	1st Central, 27-17	Lost Championship
2000-01	NPSL	5th American, 18-22	Failed to qualify
2001-02	MISL II	5th MISL, 16-28	Failed to qualify
2002-03	MISL	2nd East, 19-17	Lost Conference Semifinal
2003-04	MISL	3rd East, 15-21	Lost Quarterfinal
2004-05	MISL	2nd MISL, 23-16	Lost Championship