After a meeting of the league’s board of governors in which Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper made an official presentation for an expansion team, Garber sounded optimistic that Charlotte would be awarded a club. “The MLS board authorized the MLS Expansion Committee to enter what I expect to be final negotiations with David to have Charlotte be our 30th team,” Garber said. The Charlotte team would join a wave of new MLS expansion clubs, some of whom have not yet taken the field yet. Inter Miami CF and Nashville SC are set to make their MLS debut in 2020. the “best-case scenario” for Charlotte’s MLS debut would be in 2021 along with Austin FC.

Source: National Post December 06, 2019 19:18 UTC