Full name Nashville Soccer Club Owner DMD Soccer League United Soccer League | Stadium TBD Website Club home page Founded 2016 | |
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Location Nashville, Tennessee, United States | ||
Nashville sc usl announcement
Nashville Soccer Club is an upcoming American professional soccer team based in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2016, the team plans to make its debut in the United Soccer League in 2018.
Contents
- Nashville sc usl announcement
- Nashville sc formally introduced highlights
- History
- Stadium
- PDL club
- Supporters
- References
Nashville sc formally introduced highlights
History
The club was announced in May 2016. The ownership group consists of David Dill, president and chief operating officer of LifePoint Health; Christopher Redhage, co-founder of ProviderTrust, a health care software company, and former pro soccer player; and Marcus Whitney, president of Jumpstart Foundry, a health care innovation fund, and former chairman of Nashville FC, the city's existing amateur team.
The team acquired its team name, logo, and color scheme from the amateur Nashville FC, established in 2013, in exchange for a 1 percent equity stake in the USL team and a voting seat on its board. In September 2016, the USL team changed its name to Nashville Soccer Club, or Nashville SC.
Stadium
The club is currently exploring stadium sites.
PDL club
Nashville SC established Nashville SC U23, an under-23 team of the Premier Development League, in 2016. The club will begin play in 2017 in order to build a pool of players to feed into the USL club when it begins play in 2018.
Supporters
Nashville SC's original organized supporter group is The Roadies, established in February 2014 with the creation of Nashville FC, the city's NPSL amateur franchise. With the club's transition from NPSL amateur to USL pro status and accompanying rebranding as NSC, The Roadies are similarly transitioning to maintain their support for "Our Town, Our Club."