Everything you need to know about Charlotte FC

Tepper Athletics and Entertainment CEO Nick Kelly attended the largest-ever soccer match at Lender of The us Stadium in 2014, additional than 6 years ahead of remaining named inaugural president of Charlotte FC. Tonight, they are making an attempt to crack records. Photograph: Ashley Mahoney/Axios

Charlotte FC kicks off at Financial institution of The us Stadium tonight.

Driving the information: The Key League soccer enlargement franchise faces LA Galaxy at 7:30pm in entrance of what is lining up to be a league-report group. They’re hoping to conquer the 72,548 attendance record set by Atlanta United.

League Commissioner Don Garber said he expects close to 75,000 supporters, and the club confirmed to Axios yesterday they surpassed 74,000.
For numerous, including head coach Miguel Ángel Ramírez and striker Karol Świderski, it will be their very first time in front of a group of this sizing.
In addition, Financial institution of The us Stadium underwent a $50 million facelift over the previous 12 months and admirers will knowledge lots of of the upgrades for the to start with time tonight.

Why it matters: MLS’ debut in Charlotte will come with anticipation, problem and a bit of hope for the city’s third key league sports activities franchise, which had its inaugural period delayed a calendar year by a the pandemic.

They’re -1 right after a 3- reduction at D.C. United very last weekend.
If they rating their initially purpose tonight, the stadium will likely shake, some thing I have only felt when soccer has been played at Lender of America Stadium.

Indeed, but: Resale tickets have gone for far more than double the unique cost, and men and women are purchasing them. A great deal of persons want to be equipped to say they were being part of background, as Chris Leyden, Seat Geek’s director of client approach told Axios via e-mail.

Keep in brain, the higher deck will only be open up for find matches.
Charlotte’s ordinary attendance intention is 30,000.

What is future: Tailgating, pregaming with beers specific to the situation, and if you didn’t score a ticket to the match, there are loads of areas to observe.

Reward: If you are not sure about what to have on, prevent sporting the opponent’s hues or another team’s jersey. Blue and black are safe bets. When it arrives to jerseys, or kits, if it is not a Charlotte FC jersey, really don’t use it. This is not the time to don a soccer jersey just simply because you have it.

Picture: Ashley Mahoney/Axios

On the pitch:

Świderski, Charlotte’s only selected participant, skipped the inaugural match thanks to visa concerns.

He returned to Poland with his spouse and son to get every thing sorted, flying back to Charlotte on Feb. 26 and rushing straight to the condominium to view Charlotte just take on D.C. United.
Świderski also performs for the Polish nationwide staff, who will not perform their Planet Cup qualifier in opposition to Russia thanks to Russia invading Ukraine.

Peruvian striker Yordy Reyna and Argentine midfielder Titi Ortiz developed Charlotte’s most effective prospects on objective last weekend.

Ortiz scored a header in the 19th moment, but the aim was disallowed, for the reason that of offside.

It will be an emotional night for defender Jaylin Lindsey, who will turn out to be the first Charlotte native to participate in for Charlotte FC at Financial institution of America Stadium.

The same can be claimed for midfielder Brandt Bronico, who played in higher education for the Charlotte 49ers. He’ll be the to start with to engage in below for both of those a university plan and the MLS franchise.
Both of those Lindsey and Bronico remember going to Carolina Panthers game titles, and now Lender of The us Stadium is their household.
Bonus: Charlotte FC declared signing Bronico on his wedding day to previous Charlotte 49ers women’s soccer player, Rebecca Beatty, now Rebecca Bronico.

Photo: Ashley Mahoney/Axios

Searching ahead to an MLS All-Star video game:

MLS has “committed an All-Star match to Charlotte,” but they have not established a date, Garber explained to me during his media availability at Charlotte FC’s mini-pitch dedication at the Camino Wellbeing Heart in College Metropolis.

For comparison, Atlanta hosted the All-Star recreation in 2018, a yr just after coming into the league.
Of notice: Charlotte hosted the NBA All-Star activity in 2019.