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Dayton Dynamo (2016–2018)

soccer organization based in Dayton, Ohio

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ16829618
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Dayton Dynamo were an outdoor soccer club based in Dayton, Ohio. The club was originally established in Cincinnati, Ohio, by David Satterwhite. In 2017, Satterwhite sold the club to Cincinnati sports investor Jared Davis who immediately paused operations before dissolving the organization in 2019 after a yearlong playing hiatus. They last participated in the National Premier Soccer League in the fourth tier of American soccer in 2017.

History

The team was originally known as the Cincinnati Saints and played in the affiliated amateur Premier Arena Soccer League. In Cincinnati, the Saints home arena was the Western Sports Mall in Cincinnati, Ohio. Starting in May 2014, the Saints played outdoor soccer as an expansion team in the Great Lakes Conference of the National Premier Soccer League. In November 2015, the Saints announced their intentions to move the club to Dayton, Ohio. The Saints officially became the Dayton Dynamo in 2016 in honor of the city's historic indoor soccer team.

The Saints Era (2009-2015)

The Saints played in the amateur Premier Arena Soccer League for four seasons, from 2009 to 2013.

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The public source identifies “Dayton Dynamo (2016–2018)” as soccer organization based in Dayton, Ohio. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Dayton, Dynamo and soccer.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2017, 2019, 2014, 2015—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2009. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Dayton, Dynamo and soccer providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from Dayton Dynamo (2016–2018)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.