Football team
Detroit City
Club · United States · USL Championship
«Le Rouge»
Dominic Gasso, an academy graduate, scored the club's first-ever USL Championship play-off winner in 2021.
The story starts in 2010, when Sean Mann set up the Detroit City Futbol League. Two years later, Mann and four others — Alex Wright, Todd Kropp, David Dwaihy and Ben Steffans — turned that idea into a club, built from nothing rather than inherited from any of Detroit's earlier professional teams. The nickname, Le Rouge, nods to both the Rouge River and the city's French roots; the colours are burgundy and gold.
For years the club has played its home matches at Keyworth Stadium in Hamtramck, the enclave inside Detroit's borders. That arrangement is temporary. In Corktown, on the site of the former Southwest Detroit Hospital, Le Rouge are building AlumniFi Field — the first stadium in Detroit's history built purely for football and funded privately. It is due to open in 2028 with room for 15,000.
The club's biggest nights have come in the US Open Cup, where lower-division sides get a shot at MLS opposition. Detroit City beat Columbus Crew 2-1 in 2022 and knocked out Houston Dynamo in 2024.
Danny Dichio has been head coach since November 2023, working under Mann, still chief executive, and co-owner Mike Lasinski.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 4 Oct | USL Championship |
Birmingham Legion
H
|
1:0 | W |
| 1 Oct | USL Championship |
Brooklyn
A
|
3:1 | W |
| 27 Sep | USL Championship |
Colorado Springs
H
|
0:0 | D |
| 20 Sep | USL Championship |
Pittsburgh Riverhounds
H
|
1:0 | W |
| 13 Sep | USL Championship |
Sacramento Republic
A
|
0:1 | L |
| 6 Sep | USL Championship |
Hartford Athletic
H
|
1:1 | D |
Standing
USL ChampionshipGroup stage · USL Championship
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |
 Charleston Battery
|
26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 52:31 | 46 |
| 2 |
 New Mexico United
|
26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 39:31 | 43 |
| 3 |
 Detroit City
|
26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 32:20 | 44 |
| 3 |
Sacramento Republic
|
26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 36:24 | 43 |
| 4 |
Hartford Athletic
|
26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 29:26 | 39 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 232| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 232 | 119 | 113 |
| Scored | 297 | 149 | 148 |
| Conceded | 222 | 83 | 139 |
| Scored per game | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Conceded per game | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| Difference | +75 | +66 | +9 |
Fixtures of Detroit City
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4 Oct
Birmingham Legion
H
1:0
W
-
1 Oct
Brooklyn
A
3:1
W
-
27 Sep
Colorado Springs
H
0:0
D
-
20 Sep
Pittsburgh Riverhounds
H
1:0
W
-
13 Sep
Sacramento Republic
A
0:1
L
-
6 Sep
Hartford Athletic
H
1:1
D
-
30 Aug
Louisville City FC
A
0:0
D
-
23 Aug
Tampa Bay Rowdies
H
1:0
W
Honours of Detroit City
- NPSL Great Lakes Conference 2013 1
- NPSL Midwest Championship 2017 1
- NPSL Midwest-Great Lakes Conference 2019 1
Transfers
TransfersArrivals
- K. Williams Indy Eleven 26/27
- R. Hope-Gund Rhode Island FC 25/26
- C. Montgomery Cavalry FC 25/26
- Laurent Kissiedou Pardubice 24/25
- Morey Doner Monterey Bay 24/25
- Marcello Polisi Valour FC 24/25
Departures
- K. Williams Indy Eleven 26/27
- Marcello Polisi Vancouver FC 25/26
- Laurent Kissiedou Pardubice 24/25
- Morey Doner Oakland Roots 24/25
- Ali Coote Shelbourne 24/25
- Aaron Bibout Ventura County 23/24