Cleveland Force
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The Cleveland Force has been the name of two indoor soccer teams based in the Richfield, Ohio area:
- Cleveland Force (1978 – 1988)Cleveland Force (1978 – 1988)The original Cleveland Force was one of the six charter franchises in the original Major Indoor Soccer League . The team played from 1978 to 1988 at the Richfield Coliseum, the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and occasionally drew crowds in excess of 20,000 in the mid-80's.Akron businessman Eric J...
, of the original MISL - Cleveland Force (2002 – 2005)Cleveland CrunchThe Cleveland Crunch was formed in 1989 as an expansion team in the Major Soccer League to replace the Cleveland Force, which had folded on July 22, 1988. Akron businessmen George S. Hoffman and Stuart Lichter formed an ownership group, named Al Miller general manager and former Force star Kai...
, known as the Crunch from 1989 to 2002