Category: Charlotte

MLS players upbeat during first day of individual training but know more hurdles loom

Post author By Julia Poe
Post date May 6, 2020

Several teams returned to the pitch this week for voluntary individual training sessions, but players and executives alike are wary about calling it a “return to play.”

Tags Atlanta United, Dax McCarty, featured, Inter Miami, MLS, Nashville SC, Orlando City, Sporting Kansas City

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MLS says it will not resume play in mid-May as planned, will likely restart without fans

Post author By Julia Poe
Post date April 14, 2020

An update on the future for MLS, plus a FIFA leader who believes international soccer won’t return until 2021 and a creative way Bundesliga fans are showing support.

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Former EPL scout Steve Walsh hired by Charlotte’s MLS expansion club

Post author By Mitchell Northam
Post date March 16, 2020

Walsh is credited with scouting Didier Drogba for Chelsea and helping build Leicester City into EPL champs in 2016.

Tags Charlotte, Charlotte MLS, David Tepper, English Premier League, featured, MLS Expansion, Steve Walsh, Tom Glick, Zoran Krneta

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MLS commissioner Don Garber on Nashville SC, soccer in the south, NWSL

Post author By Mitchell Northam
Post date March 2, 2020

MLS commissioner Dong Garber was impressed with the crowd and atmosphere in Nashville, saying it ‘over-delivered.’

Tags 2020 MLS season, Charlotte MLS, Don Garber, featured, MLS Expansion, Nashville SC, NWSL

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Charlotte’s MLS expansion team hires Seattle Sounders veteran as technical director

Post author By Mitchell Northam
Post date January 7, 2020

Marc Nicholls is Charlotte’s second hire to the unnamed expansion team’s technical staff.

Tags Charlotte, Charlotte MLS, David Tepper, expansion, featured, Marc Nicholls, Tom Glick, Zoran Krneta

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On Frame: Checking in with Jill Ellis and ex-Seattle Sounders academy director Marc Nicholls

Post author By Glenn Crooks
Post date January 7, 2020

“Before the World Cup final, the Netherlands put out a video thanking the US team for moving the game forward. I thought that was remarkable – a telling sign of the reach of this team.”