Fans dressed in the team's light, blue colors and wearing FC Charlotte scarves celebrated the team's first game at Bank of America Stadium, the home of the ...
For just about everyone outside of the LA Galaxy's camp, Saturday night's deadlock at Bank of America Stadium would have ideally been broken by a Charlotte ...
"This is going to be like Goal of the Year," Kljestan offered in praise. “Our job tonight was to come here and be the spoilers of the whole thing,” Vanney said. Every year you get to go to a new city and play in front of another crowd in another place.” Vanney, part of the inaugural 1996 MLS season as a player, hopes nights like this keep coming. “I walked around the city today for just a couple blocks outside the hotel to grab a coffee around 2:30, 3:00 and it was buzzing. Going up against the Galaxy, with their league-leading five MLS Cups, was always going to pose a challenge.
Although Charlotte FC lost its first-ever MLS home game 1-0 Saturday to the LA Galaxy, the 74479 fans that sold out the stadium made it a spectacular night.
What was a big deal was this spectacular crowd, in all its messy glory, ushering in a new era of sports in Charlotte. He remembered sitting in the nosebleed section for Panthers games as a teenager and wishing he would someday be on the field playing soccer. Charlotte FC had only five shots the entire game, compared to the Galaxy’s 21. There was a brief chant of “Tar! Heels! Tar Heels!” after UNC had upset Duke. Soccer, though, is clearly something enough people in the Charlotte area want that it’s going to work. It really was a party.” They posed for selfies with Panther wide receiver Steve Smith, who put on a crown in the pregame ceremonies. Of course, it would have helped if the home team scored a goal. The fans, though, made the night remarkable. And the fans? “Can you believe this?” an obviously excited Panther owner David Tepper said before the game started. As wild as you would imagine a sellout crowd of 74,479 would be at a Saturday night soccer game that has been hyped for two years, double that.
The first home game for an MLS franchise will always be a special moment, and Charlotte FC finally got to savor that feeling on Saturday night as the.
Charlotte FC will have more chances to move its way up the table. Ramirez will be proud of the work rate and energy put in by his players in what was an emotional night in Charlotte, but ultimately the offensive chances went begging for the expansion side yet again. Today that didn’t happen, we were able to finish the game strong, fighting until the end to score. It was one of the best nights of my life, to be honest with you.” “That was the best game I’ve been a part of my entire life,” Charlotte FC right back Jaylin Lindsey, a Charlotte native, said. Miguel Angel Ramirez’s side suffered a slim 1-0 home defeat to the LA Galaxy in front of 74,479 fans on Saturday night, which broke the MLS attendance record for a single match.
Charlotte FC broke the MLS attendance record for their home opener against the LA Galaxy at Bank of America Stadium on Saturday.
"We have been doing it differently since day one, and we're not doing it to be disruptive and to be loud, we're doing it because we actually think it will help us win on the field and off the field," former Charlotte FC president and now-CEO of parent company Tepper Sports and Entertainment (TSE) Nick Kelly told ESPN for a feature this week. Tepper and the rest of Charlotte FC's leadership have made no secret of their bold ambitions ever since the city was awarded an MLS team in December 2019. As well as setting the single-game attendance record, the club has targeted an average attendance in their debut season of 30,000 as well as hosting a home playoff game later in the year.
An MLS record attendance made for an unforgettable evening for the home debut of the latest franchise in Major League Soccer CHARLOTTE—It was a historic ...
“The whole day feels like the culmination of a lot of work from a lot of people. “It still hasn’t quite hit me that today is here, and it’s unreal that we’ve been able to break records and bring such an atmosphere.” Cervantes was welcomed to celebrate with the home contingent amid a carnival atmosphere. With a crowd that shattered MLS attendance records—and represented the largest attendance of any match in the world over the weekend—the stadium was bouncing. This is a sign of great things to come for this city.” “I’ve never seen anything like it at Bank of America Stadium before.