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Belle Isle FC (Futbol Club)

The Belle Isle Futbol Club began in 2011 as an off-shot of the DCFL (Detroit City Futbol League) with players looking for a more competitive venue in which to play the sport. The club is affiliated with the MUSL, Michigan United Soccer League. In 2011 the club team in the Open division had a record of 2-4-2. In 2012 the Open division Club team had a record of 1-2-4. In 2013 the club had a record of 5-3-0 and was the winer of the MUSL Founders Cup beating Michigan Rush 5-2. In that same year an O/30 Belle Isle FC team was formed and positioned in the 4th division. During the season the Belle Isle FC O/30 had a record of 11-2-1, the best record of the division, promoting the team to the 3rd division MUSL.

In 2014 the Belle Isle FC expanded the O/30 teams to include both 3rd (L'orange) division and 4th (Le Blanc) division teams. The Open team continues. All teams play in the MUSL.

Robert Andersen serves as the general Manager of the Club. In 2014 Phillip Gasparotto serves as manager of L'Orange, the Belle Isle FC O/30 #rd Division team. Roy Lamphier and Robert Andersen serve as managers of Le Blanc, the Belle Isle FC O/30 4th division team. Jonas Goldstein and Mark Jay serve as Co-managers of the Belle Isle FC Open Team.

The home field for the Belle Isle FC was originally on Belle Isle, an island park in the middle of the Detroit river. In 2013 crews removing staging from the Metallica Orion Festival destroyed the World Cup field making it un-playable. The Belle Isle FC scheduled home matches at Fort Wayne in 2013 when possible.

In 2014 the club is looking to develop a partnership for soccer at Clark Park.

The club has a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Belle-Isle-FC/156329401097697