DETROIT, MI -- Colored smoke and bouncing, raucous, burgundy-adorned hooligans are the mark of any Detroit City Football Club match.

The team has proven soccer can survive in Motown.

The

minor league soccer team plays in the National Premier Soccer League’s Midwest Great Lakes Conference and has generated a tremendous amount of loyalty, excitement and hype from fans since its inception in 2012.

The team, comprised of college and recent-college-grad talent, many of the players from the Detroit area, plays its first match May 10.

Season tickets, including eight home games at Cass Technical High School, start at $40, a savings of $40 compared to gate prices.

Tickets here

"2014 is sure to be our best season yet," says the Detroit FC website. "We expect a full house for all of our home matches so get your season ticket today to be sure you get in on all the action."

Detroit FC finished the 2013 season undefeated in league play but lost in the semifinal of the playoffs.

“It will be very tough to replicate winning the entire regular season title in the NPSL like last year with the massive expansion of the league and more good teams and players, but we go out to win every single game,” said coach Ben Pirmann according to the team website. “We are actively recruiting the top players in the nation and North America to continue the winning tradition of DCFC.”

This year, the league will expand to include two additional teams,