[1] According to the team's first coach Tom Campbell, NPSL officials contacted the Hotspurs about joining the league after the Fort Pitt Regiment folded after the 2018 season.
Prior to the start of the 2023 season, the entire Pittsburgh Hotspurs organization rebranded as Steel City FC, adopting the former name of the women's team.
[6] In December 2024, Steel City announced it would join USL League Two for the 2025 season[7], being placed in the newly-formed Great Forest Division within the Central Conference.
Both the men's and women's first teams currently play their home games at Founders Field, a 1,500-seat venue built primarily for rugby in the Pittsburgh suburb of Cheswick.
The men's team also hosted Michigan Stars FC at the University of Pittsburgh's Ambrose Urbanic Field during the 2024 U.S. Open Cup.