Cleveland Flushers

The Cleveland Flushers are a soccer club in Cleveland, Ohio. They were founded in Ferbuary 11 2003.



Origin of the name
Their first name would’ve been “Cleveland Kings”, but the Sacramento Kings team from the NBA didn’t allowed them to use the word “Kings” on their name. They changed it to “Cleveland Royals” but the MLB team “Kansas City Royals” also didn’t allowed them to do this.

The team owners decided to tribute the Poker trick “Royal Flush”. In 11/2/2003, the club was registred at ANGLO with the name “Cleveland Royal Flushers”.

Weeks before the 2005 season, the club changed their name to “Cleveland Flushers”

Mascot
The mascot of the Flushers is King Kleber