Austin FC

Austin FC
Football company
Surname	Austin Football Club
Seat	Austin , Texas , USA
founding	2019
Colours	black, green, white
Owner	Two Oak Ventures
CEO	Anthony Precourt
Website	austinfc.com
First team
Head coach	Josh Wolff
Venue	Austin MLS stadium
Places	20,000
league	Major League Soccer
2021	first season

The Austin Football Club , shortly Austin FC , is a future franchise of professional football - League Major League Soccer (MLS), located in the Texas capital, Austin , that the season 2021 will start the game mode.

history

Columbus Crew fans protest against the planned move in May 2018

In October 2017, Anthony Precourt's plans became public to relocate the Columbus Crew , which was then owned by Precourt Sports Ventures, from Columbus , Ohio to Austin , Texas for the 2019 season . There was resistance to these plans under the motto #SaveTheCrew . In October 2018, it was announced that Jimmy Haslam , owner of the Cleveland Browns , his wife Dee Haslam and Pete Edwards, former team doctor, had entered into negotiations with Precourt Sports Ventures to purchase the Columbus Crew. Major League Soccer then announced that Precourt Sports Ventures could start with an expansion team in Austin from the 2021 season at the latest if the negotiations were successful. On January 1, 2019, Precourt Sports Ventures finally sold the rights to the Columbus Crew to the buyer group.

On January 15, 2019, Major League Soccer announced that Austin FC would join the league as the 27th franchise from the 2021 season. The venue will be a newly built stadium that will seat 20,000 and cost $ 225 million . FC Austin will be the first franchise in the city to play in one of the highest professional leagues in North America (MLS, MLB , NBA , NFL , NHL ), as well as the third MLS franchise in Texas alongside FC Dallas and Houston Dynamo .

Josh Wolff was introduced as the franchise's first head coach on July 23, 2019, followed by Claudio Reyna as the first sports director in November 2019 .

Stadion

Austin FC will build its own stadium on McKalla Place in north Austin.

organization

Austin FC is owned by Two Oak Ventures, which previously operated as Precourt Sports Ventures. The CEO is the American businessman Anthony Precourt. Other minority owners are u. a. actor Matthew McConaughey , businessman Eduardo Margain, Marius Haas ( Dell Technologies ), and Bryan Sheffield.

Employees and players

Current squad

Coaching staff

As of December 16, 2019

• Josh Wolff (trainer)

Web links

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Columbus Crew Angling Toward Relocation to Austin in 2019 , si.com, October 16, 2017, accessed January 16, 2019.
2. ↑ Statement from Dee and Jimmy Haslam on interest in Columbus Crew , clevelandbrowns.com, October 12, 2018, accessed January 16, 2019.
3. ↑ MLS in Austin: Everybody Wins! , austinchronicle.com, October 12, 2018, accessed January 16, 2019.
4. ↑ Cleveland Browns owners emerge as potential buyers of Columbus Crew SC , mlssoccer.com, October 12, 2018, accessed January 16, 2019.
5. ↑ Crew SC officially sold to Edwards, Haslam , massivereport.com, December 28, 2018, accessed January 16, 2019.
6. ↑ Agreement reached for Haslam, Edwards families to operate Columbus Crew SC , mlssoccer.com, December 28, 2018, accessed on January 16, 2019.
7. ↑ Austin FC to begin MLS play in 2021 as league's 27th club , mlssoccer.com, January 15, 2019, accessed January 16, 2019.
8. ^ Austin FC name Josh Wolff first head coach. In: www.mlssoccer.com. July 23, 2019, accessed October 25, 2019 . 
9. ^ Claudio Reyna named first Austin FC sporting director. In: www.mlssoccer.com. November 21, 2019, accessed December 16, 2019 . 
10. ^ Matthew McConaughey Is One of Austin FC's New Owners. In: www.texasmonthly.com. August 23, 2019, accessed October 25, 2019 .