Major League Soccer Awards Expansion Team to San Diego
SA N DIEGO, CA ( www.sportsdayjax.com ) – Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber officially announced that MLS has awarded its 30 th team to the city of San Diego, California. The new expansion club will begin play in MLS in 2025 at Snapdragon Stadium -- the 35,000-seat venue that has already proven to be a destination for the passionate soccer fans of the region. San Diego’s MLS club will be owned by Mohamed Mansour, a distinguished entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist with deep, global ties in the sport, and by the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation. The Sycuan Tribe becomes the first Native American tribe to have an ownership stake in professional soccer in the United States. Also joining the investor group is six-time Major League Baseball All-Star and current member of the San Diego Padres, Manny Machado. Other founding partners include Brad Termini, Co-founder, Zephyr Partners, Tom Vernon, Founder, Right to Dream and Dan Dickin...