The Toledo Celtics Soccer Club was founded by Dr James A King and Khalil Lee Aliakbar in 1987 and was incorporated in 1990. For the first seven years, the club had only high school aged teams. Immediate success was realized through both League and tournament victories. The club joined the Cleveland Leagues to play a higher level of competition. Currently, the club is a member of the Northwest Ohio, Lake Erie, Alliance Football and State Leagues.
Since the Addition of the youth division to the Club in1994, the Celtics took on a new project called Toledo Leprechauns. In the fall of 1995, the Toledo Leprechauns recreational program was created to allow children from the ages of 3 and older the opportunity to gain a start in the game of soccer. The Leprechauns has grown to over 1000 plus participants.