| Total | Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Wins | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Draws | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Losses | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Goals for | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Goals against | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Clean sheets | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Failed to score | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Eagles Football Club is a women's soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio. The Eagles have been a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) since the club's inception in 2014. The team plays its home matches at Historic Crew Stadium on the Ohio fairgrounds.
In 2018, the team's fifth season, the Eagles finished second in the Valley Division of the WPSL and set club records for league wins (5) and points (16) in a season. The team was founded by its current CEO Mark Wise. The head coach is Matt Ogden, who's also the head women's soccer coach at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.
The Eagles were founded in 2014 and started WPSL play shortly after. The club has had three managers in its history – Mark Wise, Daniel Seiffert, and Matt Ogden – and is 15-28-9 in six seasons in the WPSL. The Eagles' best league finish was in 2018 when they finished 2nd in a 9-team division.
Mark Wise founded the Eagles and managed the team from 2014-16. The team's first win came against FC Indiana (1-0) in June 2015. The team struggled through its first three seasons, amassing just four wins in 26 matches, but Sydney Blomquist led the way that season and went on to play professionally overseas.
Daniel Seiffert took over the team in 2017 and the tide began to turn. Former NCAA Division I players Kelly DeNiro (University of Akron) and Lisa Nouanesengsy (Indiana University) joined the squad along with Dani Gunderson (Christopher Newport University) and the Eagles finished 3-4-1 (good for third place) in the WPSL's Valley division. Seiffert talked to Midfield Press about the team's evolution and progress during the early months of 2018.
The 2018 version of the Eagles was another record-breaking one. Midfielder Ashley Gogolin (Wright State University and Chicago Red Stars), defender Megan Minnix (University of Charlotte), and midfielder Micaela Powers (University of Wisconsin) joined the roster and helped the Eagles to a 5-1-2 record and 16 points. The club finished second in the Valley division behind eventual-East regional winners Cleveland Ambassadors. Columbus was the only team to take points from Cleveland in the season, after coming back from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 with the Ambassadors.
Seiffert and his wife Mary Seiffert (who was the Eagles' club captain) left to take over Indiana Wesleyan University's women's soccer program in late 2018, and the Eagles hired Matt Ogden as head coach. Ogden is the head women's soccer coach at Capital University and won an Ohio Athletic Conference title with the Crusaders in 2015. Under Ogden, the Eagles found a new, attacking style and brought in a new crop of talented college players from Ohio University and Bowling Green State University, among others. Columbus finished 3-5-2 (fourth place) in the Valley division in 2019, but scored the most goals in a single-season in club history (18) and set a record for single-match goals (6) in a win over Dayton Dutch Lions in May.