Major League Soccer in Charlotte’s Future? May 28, 2008
Posted by The Tryon Street Journal in Business, Charlotte.trackback
As Charlotte becomes more and more of a major league sports city, we need to consider adding soccer to the mix. I have for years been a fan of the Charlotte Eagles, but they are in the minor leagues. Between the Panthers Stadium and the upcoming Knights Ballpark, can one of those fields double as a soccer field? The sport is not expensive relative to other more popular choices, and is a great family and bulk (youth soccer team) buying entertainment option.
When I floated the idea by my friend (and founder of internetsoccer.com) Mac Lackey, his response was, “count me in…” So who else is on board?
So what would we call the team? The Charlotte Bankers? Please, no.
Seattle has experienced great success with their team, most recently with the addition of Microsoft as the jersey sponsor.
i think MLS is only awarding teams at this point to cities willing to build a soccer-specific stadium in the very near future. Playing in either of the named stadiums would have to be a very temporary solution.
I didn’t realize that, thanks for the input. Who knows… if the baseball stadium ends up getting canned, maybe a soccer stadium will be possible down the road… but I think this is a very remote possibility for Charlotte within the next 10 years.