Toledo Villa FC Joins the NPSL

The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is proud to announce that Toledo Villa FC
(Toledo, OH) has joined the league as an expansion team. The club will begin competition in the
Midwest Region’s Great Lakes Conference in 2019.

“The NPSL is excited to grow its presence in Ohio,” NPSL Managing Director Cindy Spera said.
“We look forward to seeing Toledo Villa FC have tremendous success on and off the field in
2019.”

Toledo Villa FC is led by an ownership group that includes Aaron Swiggum, Brett Stamats, and
David Hammack.

Swiggum is the managing partner of William Vaughan Company, a large CPA firm in Maumee,
Ohio. He has been involved in soccer from the age of five and played at Adrian High School and
Adrian College. He was team captain at Adrian College as a junior and senior and earned all-
conference honors in 1997. He is now involved in coaching at the FCA Soccer Club in Adrian,
MI.

Stamats, a graduate of Central Michigan University, is a senior executive in the EIM and supply
chain space. Hammack is a partner at William Vaughan Company with Swiggum and is an
investor in several restaurants.

“Prior to applying to the NPSL, we had heard about team owners working together from a
business perspective, but competing fiercely on the pitch,” Swiggum commented. “While we
have not yet played any games in the league, we definitely experienced the collegial atmosphere
that we had heard about. The openness, transparency, and willingness to help us through the
application process confirmed for us that we were joining a great group of people that truly care
for the growth of the game. We also believe that the NPSL brings a higher level of competition
and look forward to that challenge.”

Colin Armstrong will act as the club’s head coach, while Justin Guy serves as Director of
Operations.

Armstrong, who holds a B.A. of Science in Education, played soccer at Bowling Green State
University from 2008 to 2011. Following graduation, he played two years of semi-professional
soccer before finding his way back to Northwest Ohio to play for Toledo United until 2016.
Armstrong has been a player with the Toledo Villa FC since the inaugural season in 2017 and helped win a conference championship during the 2018 campaign. He is also the assistant
women’s soccer coach for Tiffin University.

Guy earned a degree in Sport Administration and has experience with clubs across Northwest
Ohio. He played for many local clubs as a youth and was a national finalist for the 2005 national
ODP team. Guy graduated from the University of Toledo before returning to his alma mater,
Oregon Clay High School, to coach boys varsity soccer for four years.

“We strive to engage with the youth of our community to help build passion for the game,”
Swiggum added. “We have a true love for the game and a desire to make a positive impact in the
Toledo community.”

Toledo Villa FC is also supported by Pacesetter Soccer Club and Total Sports, Inc.
Home matches will be played at Lyden Field at St. John’s Jesuit High School in Toledo, OH.
The facility was constructed in 2012 and seats 3,600.

More information about the club can be found at www.toledovillafc.com or by following the
club on Facebook (@ToledoVillaFC), Instagram (@fctoledovilla), and Twitter (@toledovillafc).

“It is we great pleasure we welcome Toledo Villa FC to the NPSL,” NPSL Director of
Membership Development Dina Case concluded. “Toledo comes to the NPSL with a strong
ownership group and a well-established foundation for their club. We are excited and confident
that Toledo will be a strong asset to what is already a strong Great Lakes Conference.”

More information about expansion opportunities in the NPSL can be found at
http://www.npsl.com/expansion-application.

Photo Credit: NPSL.com