Detroit United is an American amateur soccer team based in Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

, United States

United States

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. Founded in 2002, the team plays in Region II of the United States Adult Soccer Association, a network of amateur leagues at the fifth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid

American Soccer Pyramid

The United States soccer pyramid is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in the United States. The country's governing body for the sport, the United States Soccer Federation , oversees the system but does not operate any of its component leagues—with one temporary...

.

The team plays its home games at Bicentennial Park in nearby Livonia, Michigan

Livonia, Michigan

Livonia is a city in the northwest part of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Livonia is a very large suburb with an array of traditional neighborhoods connected to the metropolitan area by freeways. The population was 96,942 at the 2010 census, making it Michigan's 9th largest...

. The team's colors are red, white and blue.

History

Founded in 2005 by George Juncaj, a former semi-professional soccer player from Montenegro

Montenegro

Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

, Detroit United plays in the Michigan Premier Soccer League, which is a member of the United States Adult Soccer Association Region II group of leagues. United finished second in the MPSL Premier Division in 2006, third in 2007, and second again in 2008.

United entered the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is a knockout tournament in American soccer. The tournament is the oldest ongoing American soccer competition and is presently open to all United States Soccer Federation affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams to the professional clubs of Major League...

 for the first time in 2007

2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

-Schedule:Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.-First round:-----Second round:-----Third round:...

, but lost to RWB Adria

RWB Adria

RWB Adria is a Croatian American soccer club from Chicago, Illinois. The club currently competes in the National Soccer League, the premier semi-professional soccer competition in Illinois.-History:RWB Adria was founded in 1959 by Croatian immigrants in the city of Chicago...

 in the regional qualification semi finals. They qualified for the tournament for the first time in 2010

2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

The 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 97th edition of the oldest competition in American soccer, running from June through early October.The tournament proper featured teams from the top five levels of the American Soccer Pyramid...

, beating Nebraska team 402 FC

402 FC

402 FC is an American amateur soccer team based in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded in 2008, the team plays in Region II of the United States Adult Soccer Association a network of amateur leagues at the fifth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....

 in a PK shootout in the final round of their regional qualification tournament, before losing 2-0 to professional USL Second Division

USL Second Division

The United Soccer Leagues Second Division was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, part of the United Soccer Leagues league pyramid...

 side Pittsburgh Riverhounds

Pittsburgh Riverhounds

Pittsburgh Riverhounds is an American professional soccer team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1999, the team plays in the National Division of the new USL Professional Division, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....

 in the first round of the tournament proper.

2010 USOC roster

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2007	5	USASA			Did not qualify
2010	5	USASA			First Round

Stadia

• Bicentennial Park; Livonia, Michigan
  Livonia, Michigan
  Livonia is a city in the northwest part of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Livonia is a very large suburb with an array of traditional neighborhoods connected to the metropolitan area by freeways. The population was 96,942 at the 2010 census, making it Michigan's 9th largest...
  
  (????-present)