Soccer Looks Good on You, Cleveland.
Imagine sitting in a new soccer stadium, waving the flags and singing the songs of our own professional women's soccer team.
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Why bring a women's pro soccer team to Cleveland?
› Cleveland fans are the best.
We show up. We bleed the colors. We fill the stadiums. Sports are a major-league part of our local culture and identity. Bringing a women's pro soccer team to town carries the promise of more championship parades and reasons to cheer our faces off.
› We're a top-10 sports town.
Don't let our mid-market size fool you. Clevelanders are invested in our sports teams. In fact, we're a top-10 sports city, standing shoulder-to-shoulder in revenue with 4+ team cities, like New York, Chicago and Boston. Let's beat them.
› Cleveland deserves to be known around the world.
Sports have this powerful way of helping people see and understand the world. By bringing the world's best athletes to play here, developing homegrown talent and making a name for ourselves on this stage, we'll make the world know where Cleveland is and what makes us great.
› Demand for women's soccer is huge.
Women's sports are booming! NWSL is the fastest-growing professional sports league in the U.S. Revenue is skyrocketing and media coverage has tripled! Women's sports are growing because there's a demand, a drive and a love for these teams. And that demand is here in Cleveland.
› Soccer is 100% a Cleveland sport.
From cultural clubs and community programs, competitive travel and nationally ranked college teams, to majors and USL, Northeast Ohio is steeped in soccer history, talent and love for this game. We've even basked in the glory of multiple indoor league championships.
The only thing missing? A women's professional soccer team.
It's Time to Prove Ourselves, Northeast Ohio.
Help us show the NWSL that we can fill a stadium.
We're presenting a bid to the National Women's Soccer League that Cleveland is ready to support a team. Let's show the NWSL at least 10,000 ticket pledges when we present our bid in 2024. Learn about the bid and pledge that you will support this team.
HERE'S HOW TO PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT:
1.
Buy merch.
Purchase apparel or a rewards card (below) that tells everyone you're backing this bid and have been part of this team from the beginning!
3.
Tell your friends.
When you your pledge kit arrives, snap a photo with your merch. Post it on social. And tell 3 friends why you support bringing a women's soccer team to Cleveland.
How to Pledge Your Support
Step 1: Buy merch & make your ticket pledge:
Buy one or more pieces of LoyalCLE apparel or a rewards card.
Then indicate how many tickets you're pledging to buy once they go on sale.
(No ticket purchase required.)
Step 2: Look out for your Pledge Kit, which includes:
Spot in line for tickets
When tickets go on sale for our team, you'll be one of the first people in line!
Plus: your ticket pledge shows the NWSL Cleveland means business. We're ready to fill this stadium and be the best fans.
Pledge sticker
We're making history together! That deserves a sticker. Put it on a notebook, fridge, laptop. Wherever it goes: this sticker tells everyone you're in it to win.
Exclusive stadium updates
Be one of the first to know when we announce stadium details.
We'll send updates when it's announced, as it's being built and all the way up to opening day!
LoyalCLE Collection Merch
Get the T-shirt, onesie and LoyalCLE card that says, "I've been here from the beginning."
Our apparel is a limited edition collaboration with CLE Clothing Co. that shows your LoyalCLE to this team and the city.
The rewards card gives you exclusive discounts to local Cleveland businesses. Each purchase shows your pledge to back the bid for a women's soccer team in Cleveland!
Digital badge
Post it on social, put it in your email signature and show you're a supporter with your official LoyalCLE digital badge.
Bid & team updates
You're on this NWSL bid team, friend!
When you back the bid, you become one of the first people we tell about progress on the bid, updates about the team and everything that comes with being an NWSL city.
Step 3: Show us your #LoyalCLE:
Dec. 26 is LoyalCLE Day! When you get your shirt, onesie or card, snap a photo. Share it on social. Tag @cleprosoccer and use #LoyalCLE. We'll highlight your support on our socials and in our bid presentation to the NWSL!
Step 4: Join us on this journey
OCT. 2023
NWSL Bid Announced
About a year after announcing our MLS NEXT Pro team, we launched our LoyalCLE campaign to build public support and momentum to bring an NWSL team to Cleveland.
NOV. 2023
Pledge Kits En Route
Packages hit the mail and we started seeing LoyalCLE shirts around Cleveland and all over social media.
DEC. 26, 2023
LoyalCLE Day
We're asking everyone to wear your LoyalCLE shirt, post a photo on social and tell everyone why you support bringing professional women's soccer to Northeast Ohio.
EARLY 2024
Stadium Announcement
We're trying to fill a stadium with these ticket pledges. We look forward to showing you where we'll be cheering on these soccer teams. Stay tuned.
EARLY 2024
Present NWSL Bid
We're going to New York to show the NWSL that Cleveland is ready to support a women's soccer team and should be selected as the 16th team in the league.
2025
Let's go!
If we win the bid and become the 16th NWSL team, we'll be the first women's professional soccer team in Ohio. We'll hire a coaching staff, team and support staff to make this dream a reality in Cleveland.
SPRING 2026
Kick-off
Picture it: opening day for the new NWSL team in Cleveland. Feel the excitement in the air, hear the soccer chants booming from the crowd, know that you were part of making this happen.
(Now, let's go win it!)