At the end of this period of expansion, MLS will have 30 teams, which will be the most of any top-flight soccer league in the world. Buried within two conferences are a myriad of rivalries (and cups), and what fun are sports without rivalries?
It has been nearly eight years since the City of Charlotte tore Eastland Mall down. Now it looks like there’s a plan for the long-neglected site, and yes, it involves Charlotte’s MLS team.
What you may not know is that there are plenty of meaningful and competitive matches happening sooner than the regular season opener, matches which involve the top teams in Major League Soccer.
It's time for us to strike – time to join in on the goodness that's happening here, time to take our first big collective steps into the Charlotte soccer world, and time to build relationships that will make 2021 an inaugural season to remember.
So you have been granted a Major League Soccer franchise? Fantastic. Now that the initial burst of adrenaline from the announcement has died down, we need to talk about what happens next.
Even though there is still more than a year until MLS Charlotte kicks off, it's never too early to look at potential Designated Players for the club, right? This is the fun stuff.
Tepper and company have done a great job creating a roster philosophy here, one that has proven a consistent winner – create an academy as your long-term foundation and utilize under-valued resources to fill out key positions.
Who are Marc Nicholls and Zoran Krneta, the first two men tasked with shaping the foundation of our MLS club? Scouting and academy experts with certain advantages that make them great hires for Charlotte and David Tepper.
Can you imagine showing up in Uptown for a game, standing alongside friends from your Carolina city or Charlotte neighborhood, and then joining with other chapters at our march to the match to fill the lower bowl with a sea of blue and mint?
We were thinking about this game, this league, that so many of us have loved for so long. It's coming to our city, the one that we've all made home. And this moment provides us with so much opportunity.
It was seeing all of us together, fans of the game from different pockets of our city all gathered as one, that made everything we now have so exciting.
Not many people are able to say that they were able to create and shape the supporter culture for their soon-to-be favorite soccer team from the very beginning, and that’s exactly what you are going to do.
At the end of this period of expansion, MLS will have 30 teams, which will be the most of any top-flight soccer league in the world. Buried within two conferences are a myriad of rivalries (and cups), and what fun are sports without rivalries?
It has been nearly eight years since the City of Charlotte tore Eastland Mall down. Now it looks like there’s a plan for the long-neglected site, and yes, it involves Charlotte’s MLS team.
What you may not know is that there are plenty of meaningful and competitive matches happening sooner than the regular season opener, matches which involve the top teams in Major League Soccer.
It's time for us to strike – time to join in on the goodness that's happening here, time to take our first big collective steps into the Charlotte soccer world, and time to build relationships that will make 2021 an inaugural season to remember.
So you have been granted a Major League Soccer franchise? Fantastic. Now that the initial burst of adrenaline from the announcement has died down, we need to talk about what happens next.
Even though there is still more than a year until MLS Charlotte kicks off, it's never too early to look at potential Designated Players for the club, right? This is the fun stuff.
Tepper and company have done a great job creating a roster philosophy here, one that has proven a consistent winner – create an academy as your long-term foundation and utilize under-valued resources to fill out key positions.
Who are Marc Nicholls and Zoran Krneta, the first two men tasked with shaping the foundation of our MLS club? Scouting and academy experts with certain advantages that make them great hires for Charlotte and David Tepper.
Can you imagine showing up in Uptown for a game, standing alongside friends from your Carolina city or Charlotte neighborhood, and then joining with other chapters at our march to the match to fill the lower bowl with a sea of blue and mint?
We were thinking about this game, this league, that so many of us have loved for so long. It's coming to our city, the one that we've all made home. And this moment provides us with so much opportunity.
It was seeing all of us together, fans of the game from different pockets of our city all gathered as one, that made everything we now have so exciting.
Not many people are able to say that they were able to create and shape the supporter culture for their soon-to-be favorite soccer team from the very beginning, and that’s exactly what you are going to do.
