Lorain County Leviathan vs Akron City

Lorain County Leviathan FC is a semi-professional men's soccer club based in Lorain County, Ohio. The team was founded in 2025 and is led by an ownership group headed by Andrew McDonnell with the infrastructure run by the staff of the Lake Erie Crushers, a minor league baseball team that plays in the Frontier League. It is set to begin play in 2026 as a member of USL League Two, an amateur league in the United States soccer league system, and home games will be played at ForeFront Field in Avon, sharing a home with the Crushers.

Akron City FC is an American soccer club based in Akron, Ohio, United States. Founded in 2021, the men's team plays in USL League Two, a pre-professional league that is part of the United Soccer League system. The team originally played in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national semi-pro league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Great Lakes Conference of the Midwest Region. The team plays its home games at Green Street Stadium on the campus of St. Vincent–St. Mary High School in Akron. The team's colors are sky blue, red and white.