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Cleveland Professional Soccer pitches training facility and community fields near Bedford middle school

3462185 · April 17, 2025
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Michael Murphy, founder and CEO of Cleveland Professional Soccer, told the Bedford Board of Education on April 17 that his organization has included Bedford in a request for proposals for a professional training facility and community fields and described a concept that could use land behind the district's new middle school.

Michael Murphy, founder and CEO of Cleveland Professional Soccer, briefed the Bedford Board of Education on April 17 about the club's search for a training facility and community fields and said Bedford is under consideration.

Murphy said Cleveland Professional Soccer is planning a downtown stadium near Progressive Field and, separately, an interconnected training facility and community fields. “We issued recently an RFP from communities around Northeast Ohio,” Murphy said, and described Bedford’s proximity to I‑271 and I‑480 as an advantage. He suggested part of the district land behind the new middle school could fit several full pitches, mini pitches and — in a…

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