City boys, we are here! CCS promoted to USL-1!

Wednesday 4 December 2008:

Today is a historic day for Cleveland City supporters. The team has finally come out and announced that we will in fact be moving up to USL -1! This is a huge deal for the team because along with this promotion comes: a new place to play which can hold a bigger capacity = more money, a new tv deal = more money, and even a few matches on FSC = national exposure, and more money.

This is also a great opportunity for the supporters, the CCS Ultras, The Green Army. Now we have a chance to prove ourselves against some of the bigger supporters groups in USL-1 such as the timber army...etc. We need to expand and quickly, but this promotion now gives us a chance for national exposur and to make a name for ourselves.

The Cleveland City Stars have only been around for 2 years but what a 2 years it has been. The first season we lost a close tie in the semi-finals, and in the second season we without a doubt won the championship. It was pretty obvious we needed some new competition because we were quickly outgrowing USL-2. Now a new test comes in the form of USL-1. The best organization in USL-2 for the 2008 season belonged to City and the management must keep this going on into USL-1 for the team to have continued success. If we keep growing as we have been, Cleveland City Stars will be a force to reckon with for any USL team, and the Green Army will become the envy of the other USL-1 ultras.

City boys, we are here!