Akron City FC

Akron City FC is an American soccer club based in Akron, Ohio, United States.

Akron City FC

Full name	Akron City FC
Founded	2021; 4 years ago (2021)
Stadium	Green Street Stadium St. Vincent–St. Mary High School Akron, Ohio
Capacity	3,000[1]
Head Coach	Andy Hoggarth
League	USL League Two
Website	https://akroncityfc.com/
Home colors Away colors
Current season

Founded in 2021, the men's team plays in USL League Two, a pre-professional league that is part of the United Soccer League system. The team originally played in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national semi-pro league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Great Lakes Conference of the Midwest Region.^[2] The team plays its home games at Green Street Stadium on the campus of St. Vincent–St. Mary High School in Akron.^[3] The team's colors are sky blue, red and white.

History

Founding and inaugural season

Akron City FC joined the NPSL as an expansion franchise in 2021 and took part in its first competitive season in 2022. On September 16, 2021, Kia Zolgharnain was named as the technical director and was responsible for player acquisition for the new team.^[2] Akron City played their first NPSL game on May 14, 2022. In front of 1,051 fans, the team secured a 2–1 victory over Pittsburgh Hotspurs.^[4]

The team would not win again until its final game on July 15, 2022 against the Erie Commodores. Kia stepped down as head coach after three games for medical reasons and assistant coach Jay Stepp assumed head coaching duties for the reaming of the season. Cedric Tschami was elevated to top assistant. Despite the team's final record, four of their losses were by one goal and they played to four draws. One of those draws was against eventual Rust Belt champion and Midwest Region finalist Cleveland SC, avenging their two worst losses of the season. In that game, Akron City FC scored early and held a 1-0 lead for over 70 minutes before conceding the equalizer in the 86th minute.

Despite the results on the field, the 2022 season was a great building block for the future. The team drew over 1,000 fans twice and averaged 625 fans for the season, well above league averages. The team secured 19 sponsorships, proving the business community was on board with the cities newest sports asset.

In December 2024, Akron announced it was joining USL League Two for the 2025 season.^[5]

Club colors and crest

Sponsorship

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor	Sleeve Sponsor	Other Kit Sponsors
2022	UN1TUS	Hoppin' Frog Brewery	Springside Athletic Club	Circle K, Cleveland Clinic Akron General
2023			Circle K	Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Sgt. Clean Car Wash, TL Worldwide Transportation
2024	ARRIVO (formerly Un1tus)	Uncle Tito's Mexican Grill		Hoppin' Frog Brewery, Sgt. Clean Car Wash, Days of Gifts, Lyndall Insurance, Ohio Euro Motorcars, Sports Alliance of Greater Akron
2025				Hoppin' Frog Brewery, Akron Indoor Soccer, Lyndall Insurance, Days of Gifts, Ohio Euro Motors

Players and staff

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Brett Kaminski 2 DF  CAN Jami Royer 3 MF  SRB Uros Jevtic 4 DF  ENG Mikey Lennon 5 DF  NED Stan Klaver 6 MF  ENG Matt Roberts 7 FW  USA Marko Rimac 8 MF  USA Marko Odorcic 9 MF  MAS Wan Kuzri Wan Kamal 10 MF  USA Ethan Vermillion 11 DF  SRB Milos Stajkovic 12 FW  USA Carter Hancock 13 FW  CAN Remi Agunbiade 15 DF  USA Adam Kalvitz 16 MF  USA Glory User 17 DF  USA Quinn Groves 18 FW  USA Stefan Dobrijevic 19 MF  USA Lazar Ivanis 20 DF  USA Will Wagner 21 FW  CAN Abdi Bah 22 MF  GER Jannis Schmidt 23 MF  USA Colin Biros 24 DF  USA James Buebendorf 25 FW  USA Dylan Halm 31 GK  USA Cam Victor

Year-by-year

Season	League													Playoffs	Open Cup	Top Goalscorer(s)
	Div	League	Conference	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Position			Name(s)	Goals
2022	4	NPSL	Rust Belt Conference	12	2	6	4	10	23	-13	10	0.83	5th	DNQ	DNE	Jaden Wright	5
2023			Great Lakes Conference	12	3	8	1	15	20	-5	10	0.83	6th	DNQ	DNE	Jaden Wright	3
2024				10	8	2	0	43	10	+33	24	2.40	2nd	Great Lakes Conference playoffs	DNE	Stefan Dobrijevic	12

|2025 |12 |5 |2 |5 |19 |11 | +8 |20 |1.67 | bgcolor=silver | 3rd | Stefan Dobrijevic |4 |}

Managerial history

Coach	Years	League W-L-D	Playoffs
Kia Zolgharnain/Jay Stepp Andy Hoggarth	2022–2022 2023–Present	2–6–4 17-13-6	0-0-0 1-1	Total

Stadium

• Green Street Stadium, St. Vincent–St. Mary High School;Akron, Ohio (2022–present)