CLEVELAND FORCE

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

Contents

The Original Team

Year-by-year

Honors

The Second Team

Honors

Year-by-Year

Head Coaches

Arenas

The Original Team

The original Cleveland Force were one of the six charter franchises in the original MISL. The team played from 1978 to 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". Despite its popularity, the team folded in July 1988 when the team's owner could not get concessions from the MISLPA.

Year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Attendance Average
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''

Honors

'Coach of the Year'

★ 1978-1979 Timo Liekoski
'Pass Master'

★ 1986-1987 Kai Haaskivi
'Defender of the Year'

★ 1982-1983: Bernie James
'Rookie of the Year'

★ 1984-1985 Ali Kazemaini

★ 1986-1987 John Stollmeyer
'First Team All-MISL'

★ 1981 Ian Anderson

★ 1984 Kai Haaskivi

★ 1987 Kai Haaskivi

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.

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

Year-by-Year

{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!League
!Logo
!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 MISL, 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 II
|
|2nd East, 19-17
|Lost Conference Semifinal
|-
|-
|2003-04
|MISL II
|
|3rd East, 15-21
|Lost Quarterfinal
|-
|-
|2004-05
|MISL II
|
|2nd MISL, 23-16
|Lost Championship
|-

Head Coaches

★ Kai Haaskivi 1989-1990

★ Trevor Dawkins 1990-1992

★ Gary Hindley 1992-1995

★ Bruce Miller 1995-2001

★ George Fernadez 2001

★ Mike Pilger 2001-2002

★ Andy Schmetzer 2002-2004

★ Omid Namazi 2004-2005

★ Otto Orf 2004 (served as head coach during a Namazi suspension)

Arenas

★ Richfield Coliseum 1989-1992

★ CSU Convocation Center 1992-2005