Big changes in Raleigh for pro soccer: Capitol Broadcasting Company (CBC) has an increased minority equity stake in North Carolina Courage (NWSL), while North Carolina FC is exercising an option to return to USL Championship from USL League One for the 2024 season. (more…)
More funding sought for new Des Moines stadium
With construction costs on the rise, the Iowa Soccer Development Foundation is seeking more funding to back a proposed new Des Moines stadium for a USL Championship team. (more…)
USL sets sights on Northwest Arkansas with USL Arkansas
Chris Martinovic and Warren Smith are bringing professional men’s USL Championship and women’s USL Super League soccer to Northwest Arkansas–the communities of Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale–as well as a new stadium. (more…)
Division One women’s soccer to Denver? For Denver FC seeks investors
With the Women’s World Cup launching later this month, expect lots of associated talk about Division One expansion. We have an early entry to pass along: For Denver FC, a group of investors and community leaders seeking to bring professional women’s soccer to the Mile High City. (more…)
GEODIS Park: Bringing Soccer to Music City
Nashville SC is the first major league sports team based in Nashville since 1997. A young team, they quickly established their merit, skill and vivacious spirit. Nashville SC wanted to carry this momentum into a new home purpose-built for the team and fans. This dream became reality in 2022, with the opening of GEODIS Park. […]
New Brooklyn USL League One team on tap for 2025
We have plenty of details to be filed in later, but for now we know that North Sixth Group and Chairman Matt Rizzetta, which hold investments in a pair of professional Italian clubs, have been awarded a Brooklyn USL League One franchise, launching in 2025. (more…)
State funding stalled for new Milwaukee soccer stadium
Proposed state funding for a new downtown Milwaukee soccer stadium and associated development has been removed from the state budget by Wisconsin Republican legislators, leaving the project with a funding gap. (more…)
New for 2024: Bay FC
Well, this variation on an Old English font will certainly stand out in the National Women’s Soccer League, as we have the branding for the 2024 expansion team playing out of the Bay Area: Bay FC, as the fourteenth NWSL team unveiled its name, brand, crest and visual identity. (more…)
Indy Eleven breaks ground on Eleven Park
A milestone worth noting: Indy Eleven and Keystone Group broke ground on Eleven Park, the ambitious riverfront neighborhood development anchored by a new Indy Eleven stadium. (more…)
San Diego MLS expansion team unveiled
With it increasingly looking like MLS will end up at 32 teams by the end of the decade, Major League Soccer awarded the 30th slot in the league to a San Diego investment group, with the expansion club set to launch in the 2025 season and playing out of Snapdragon Stadium. (more…)