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CAPS Fieldhouse Mission Statement

At CAPS Fieldhouse, our goal is to provide  Northeast Ohio with the opportunity to enjoy their passion and culture of sports, physical fitness, and entertainment, in a family-friendly environment.  With 80,000 square feet of space suitable to multiple field sports, performance training, and organization rentals, we accommodate, train, and facilitate the goals of all athletes from beginner to pro.

Our management and staff take pride in delivering stellar customer service and offering the most personalized experience. We are committed to understanding and helping our customers achieve their fitness and or event goals.

It all started with a lifelong passion for soccer and Cleveland Whitecaps Premier Soccer Club​

The Cleveland Whitecaps Premier Soccer Club was established in the Indoor season of 1996. Mike, Grace and Pat Sweeney along with the club’s first Administrator, Joe Parente, put together a program designed to highlight, emphasize and harness the coaching enthusiasm, direction and style of Mike Sweeney. It was a natural evolution from the summer camp program, All Star Soccer Camps, which had been successfully operating since 1989. Parents and children would frequent our retail location and quite often ask, “When are you going to start coaching kids year round?” Mike hung up his pro boots in 1994 with the Canadian National Team trials to the World Cup and began directing the Cleveland Whitecaps (along with the many other hats he wore).

During 1997 the Sweeney’s started a Division Three Professional team called the Cleveland Caps. The concept of exciting outdoor professional soccer seemed a wonderful idea. For two years, our Whitecaps players were able to benefit from the observation and direction of the local pros on a weekly basis. Matt Garey was hired as the Club Administrator, and the Club philosophy expanded to develop a youth professional system. Unfortunately in the end, the team lacked fan and financial support and packed it in, in 1999.
The Club name and colors have history as well. It was named after Mike’s favorite and home professional team, during his career with the North American Soccer League, the Vancouver Whitecaps. It was not a bad fit considering we have Lake Erie in our backyard. Any boater’s know, when the lake starts spouting whitecaps, you had better move out. Grace selected the team colors. At the time, teams did not select black as a team color because it was the color of the referee shirt. Once ref shirt colors changed to pink and then yellow, it opened up the black color for teams. It was a natural choice since no one else was wearing that color. The black, white and teal provided a nice color combination for a water themed logo.

With Mike Sweeney now refocusing on the youth program, and the victory the women had in their first World Cup, our club began to expand even further. In 2001, we made the move to leave the Lake Erie League to join and help form a new league, called the AFL.  

In 2003 the Sweeney’s put together an investment group of soccer clubs and parents and purchased what was known as the Golf Dome in Valley View Ohio.  The Dome was an indoor home base for the Cleveland Whitecaps and many great memories were made there.  During a high wind storm in June of 2008, the air inflated structure of Dome was ripped from its base which ended the activities at the facility.  

In 2018 Cleveland Whitecaps changed their name to CAPS FC (Cleveland Area Premier Soccer Futbal Club) and moved into their new home – CAPS FIELDHOUSE. 

From the World Cup to Valley View - Mike Sweeney brings the expertise that makes CAPS your choice for athlete-focused facilities and programs.

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