Gallagher and Murphy, who met as classmates at Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood's historic St. Ignatius High School, founded Gravitas Ventures in 2006 in Los Angeles.

[3] In 2022, they co-founded Cleveland Professional Soccer with Murphy as CEO, and Gallagher, president of the sports team ownership group.

[16] In October 2023, Cleveland Pro Soccer announced the group was preparing to present a bid for the 16th NWSL expansion team.

Additionally Cleveland has the smallest population of any city with an MLB (Guardians), NFL (Browns) and NBA (Cavaliers) franchise.

[17] In an interview with Front Office Sports, co-founders Gallagher and Murphy said a stadium plan would be important for attracting an NWSL team to the city.

[19] Gallagher and Murphy are seeking $90 million in government investment from city, county and state sources via admission tax and public revenue bonds, to build a new stadium, seating 13,000, in downtown Cleveland.