Michael Murphy is Co-Founder & CEO of Cleveland Soccer Group, LLC. He is the control owner of Cleveland’s MLS Next Pro team.

Previously he served as President of Gravitas Ventures, where he was instrumental in growing the company’s distribution footprint. There he managed the distribution of Gravitas’ library of more than 3,000 titles of movies and TV to customers on a worldwide basis.

Prior to joining Gravitas Ventures in 2007, Michael was Captain in the US Army where he served on active duty as a Judge Advocate. In 2005, he deployed with the 3rd Infantry Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom where he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

Michael is a member of the Cleveland Chapter of Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), a member of the U.S. Soccer Development Council, on the board of Boys Hope Girls Hope of Northeast Ohio and on the advisory council for the Northeast Ohio Women’s Sports Alliance.

He coaches basketball and soccer at St. Dominic's School in Cleveland, Ohio. Michael holds an AB from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., where he studied Classics and Political Science, and JD from the University of Akron School of Law, where he graduated cum laude.

Michael can be reached at michael@clevelandsoccergroup.com and found on X @CLE_MMMurphy.

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