Green Bay Glory
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Melissa Cruz-Cuene[1]
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| Founded | January 11, 2019 |
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| Stadium | Banta Bowl Appleton, Wisconsin |
| Owner | Kerry Geocaris Melissa Cruz-Cuene[1] |
| League | Women's Premier Soccer League Midwest Premier League |
| 2025 | Women: 4th, Lake Michigan Playoffs: did not qualify Men: 5th, Heartland Division 1 |
| Website | www |
Green Bay Glory is an American soccer club based in Appleton, Wisconsin. The organization was founded in 2019 and currently fields a women's squad, which plays in Women's Premier Soccer League, and a men's squad, which plays in the Midwest Premier League.
Current squad
On January 11, 2019, Kerry Geocaris and Melissa Cruz-Cuene announced a new Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) team in Green Bay.[1] Geocaris, a Green Bay native, had previously played for the Milwaukee Torrent in the WPSL and cited a lack of competitive women's soccer opportunities in the Green Bay area as a major factor in forming the Glory.[2] The team was announced to play in the newly-formed Midwest Division as one of 29 expansion teams for the league.[3][4] During the 2019 season, they played at Aldo Santaga Stadium at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay.
The team's 2020 and 2021 seasons were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the 2022 season, the Green Bay Glory departed the WPSL and joined the USL W League, and moved to Capital Credit Union Park in Ashwaubenon. The team added former United States women's national team forward and Appleton, Wisconsin, native Sarah Hagen to the coaching staff.[5]
The team returned to the WPSL for the 2024 season.[6]
- As of September 18, 2023[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Year-by-year record
| Season | P | W | L | D | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | Playoffs | Head Coach |
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| Women's Premier Soccer League | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 3rd, Lake Michigan | Did not qualify | |
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
| 2021 | ||||||||||
| USL W League | ||||||||||
| 2022 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 2nd, Heartland | Did not qualify |  Linda Moynihan Vance |
| 2023 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 12 | 5th, Heartland | Did not qualify | |
| Women's Premier Soccer League | ||||||||||
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 2nd, Lake Michigan | Did not qualify | |
| 2025 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 4th, Lake Michigan | Did not qualify | |
| 2026 | Lake Shore | |||||||||
Men's team history
On February 7, 2024, the Green Bay Glory announced that they would be expanding with a men's squad, set to compete in the Heartland Division of the Midwest Premier League. The team plays its home games at the Banta Bowl on the campus of Lawrence University in Appleton.[8]
Year-by-year record
| Champions | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated |
| Season | P | W | L | D | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | Playoffs | Head Coach |
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| Midwest Premier League | ||||||||||
| 2024 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 24 | 2nd, Heartland Division 2 | N/A | |
| 2025 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 32 | 17 | 5th, Heartland Division 1 | N/A | |
| 2026 | Heartland Division 1 | N/A | ||||||||
