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A pair of Charlotte FC players have been called to the U.S. Men’s National Team for its January soccer camp.Forward Patr...
01/07/2025

A pair of Charlotte FC players have been called to the U.S. Men’s National Team for its January soccer camp.

Forward Patrick Agyemang will make his debut with the national squad while defender Tim Ream, a FIFA World Cup veteran, is returning for the annual camp. Agyemang, 24, had a breakout second season with Charlotte in 2024 after scoring a team-high 10 goals in 36 appearances to go along with five assists.

As a rookie, Agyemang, the 12th player taken overall in the 2023 MLS SuperDraft, tallied 10 goals in 12 matches with Crown Legacy FC before making 18 appearances with the MLS club, where he scored three goals.

Since arriving in Charlotte, Agyemang made his mission to establish himself as one of the top players in MLS.

Crown teammates get invitation to join the national squad

After waiting to break into a solid Charlotte FC defensive corps, Hamady Diop is moving on.Diop, the top overall pick in...
12/13/2024

After waiting to break into a solid Charlotte FC defensive corps, Hamady Diop is moving on.

Diop, the top overall pick in the 2023 MLS College SuperDraft, was picked first once again, this time by San Diego FC in the MLS Expansion Draft. They will be MLS’s 30th team.
Charlotte will receive $50,000 General Allocation Money for its loss.

Diop, who was born in Dakar Senegal, played three seasons at Clemson, where he helped the Tigers win the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer championship with Charlotte FC goalkeeper George Marks. With just three appearances for the first team and 11 for Crown Legacy in MLS Next Pro, Diop was playing on loan at Fudbalski Klub Cukaricki in Belgrade, Serbia in 2024.

Crown loses former No. 1 pick to San Diego in MLS Expansion Draft

A week after announcing end of season moves regarding the player rosters for Charlotte FC and Crown Legacy, Tepper Sport...
12/06/2024

A week after announcing end of season moves regarding the player rosters for Charlotte FC and Crown Legacy, Tepper Sports and Entertainment moved the needle with changes on the other side of the equation.

But first came news that MLS Goalkeeper of Year Kristijan Kahlina has also been named to the 2024 MLS Best XI, essentially the all-league team. It recognizes MLS’s top players at each position as determined in a vote by media, MLS players, and club technical staffs.

Khalina’s accolade marks the first time that not only a Charlotte player was named to the 11 but the first time for any Croatian in MLS. Kahlina is the only player who was not also an MLS All-Star, the magnitude of that slight now clearly obvious.

Goalkeeper Kristijana Kahlina named to 2024 MLS Best XI

Charlotte soccer has an added sense of motivation in the first round of the NCAA tournament.The 49ers, who play at North...
11/21/2024

Charlotte soccer has an added sense of motivation in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

The 49ers, who play at North Carolina State tonight, have the better record, ranking, RPI rating and won the AAC tournament title. Still, Charlotte’s going to Raleigh instead of hosting a home game.

Does coach Kevin Langan feel his team was cheated out of a home game?

“Yes,” he said

The 49ers (11-2-5), who capped their second American Conference title in as many years, showed grit in the tournament. Charlotte won convincingly against Temple, then battled to a 1-0 victory over South Florida and a 2-1 victory in the 100th minute against Florida International to claim the title. The 49ers claimed their fourth conference tournament title, third under Langan.

AAC champion 49ers travel to Raleigh for the first round

Crown Legacy FC has a successor to founding coach Jose Tavares.Gary Dicker joins the MLS Next Pro development team of Ch...
11/16/2024

Crown Legacy FC has a successor to founding coach Jose Tavares.

Gary Dicker joins the MLS Next Pro development team of Charlotte FC from English club Brighton & Hove Albion, where he most recently served as an assistant for the U21 side in the Premier League 2. Tavares resigned in June to rejoin his family in Portugal.

Joins Charlotte side from Premier League’s Brighton & Hove Albion

They have more draws (six) than wins (five) but the bottom line is Carolina Ascent remains the only unbeaten team in the...
11/16/2024

They have more draws (six) than wins (five) but the bottom line is Carolina Ascent remains the only unbeaten team in the USL Super League.

Carolina, which heads south for Saturday’s match against the Tampa Bay Sun, drew 0-0 against the Sun in Charlotte on Sept. 27.

With a 3-0 Brooklyn FC win Wednesday against DC Power that moved them to 23 points (7-3-2), the Ascent, with 21 points, are not on top of the table for the first time this season. Brooklyn has two losses, but with two more wins than the Ascent, the math shows that a win for three points and a loss is better than two draws that amount to a pair of points.

Trip to Tampa Bay an opportunity to claim top spot in standings

If given only one word to describe Charlotte FC goalkeeper Kristijan Kahlina, it would be “confident.”The club’s top net...
11/13/2024

If given only one word to describe Charlotte FC goalkeeper Kristijan Kahlina, it would be “confident.”

The club’s top netminder for its three seasons looks you in the eye and tells you like it is. Never boastful. Just honest.

“I said from the first press conference, I want to be the best here,” Kahlina said matter-of-factly.

He’s done just that. Not just the best for Charlotte but MLS, which named him Goalkeeper of the Year.

First Charlotte FC player to earn postseason award

Charlotte men’s soccer team didn’t end the regular season well.That is what drives them heading into the AAC tournament....
11/09/2024

Charlotte men’s soccer team didn’t end the regular season well.

That is what drives them heading into the AAC tournament.

The 49ers, who lost to Florida Atlantic 6-1 to end the regular season, finished 8-2-5. Head coach Kevin Langan feels they had a good year but is capable of more. Their first postseason test? Temple, who the 49ers beat on the road 1-0 in the regular season.

“It is up to us to put that last result to be and get ready for playoff soccer,” Langan said. “As we know, and we’ve known for a long time, playoff soccer is different. It is win or go home. If you win, great you move on, if not, that’s it. So, it becomes maybe not as free flowing as maybe you would be in August when the sun is shining. The weather’s changed and most importantly we’ve got to bring our A game.”

Third seed 49ers know it is win or go home now

With four games left in the first half of their inaugural season, the Carolina Ascent host the return match against Spok...
11/09/2024

With four games left in the first half of their inaugural season, the Carolina Ascent host the return match against Spokane Zephyr on Saturday.

It will be the first of two remaining home games, the second is Nov. 23 against Dallas Trinity.

In a new league where every team is working to develop their style, cohesion and identity, the Ascent have done it best to this point, remaining undefeated after 10 matches in the 14-game first half of the season.

With 20 points on five wins and five draws, Carolina has been first in the standings all season but for the first time, equal with another. Brooklyn FC also has 20 points going into the weekend but with one more game played. The New Yorkers, who play at DC Power Wednesday, are the only team that can challenge the Ascent for the top this week.

Still undefeated in first USL Super League season

While highly improbable, it is oddly possible that Charlotte FC could host the MLS Cup on Dec. 7.Let’s travel that yello...
11/09/2024

While highly improbable, it is oddly possible that Charlotte FC could host the MLS Cup on Dec. 7.

Let’s travel that yellow brick road.

More probable, and a must if the above is going to happen, is that a Charlotte win against Orlando, and an eighth-seeded Atlanta victory over Inter Messi on Saturday would give the Crown, as the higher seeded team (fifth), another home game at Bank of America Stadium. While that would highly disappoint the powers that be in New York and at Apple headquarters, it would make for a fantastic I-85 derby match in an East semifinal.

A Miami win over the Five Stripes would make for a far more difficult challenge to win on the road in Ft. Lauderdale.

But first, the Crown must rule in Orlando

Win, and you live to fight at least another day.Lose, and the season is over.That alone should be motivation enough for ...
10/31/2024

Win, and you live to fight at least another day.

Lose, and the season is over.

That alone should be motivation enough for Charlotte FC to come out of the gate with purpose and determination against Orlando City Friday at Bank of America Stadium. It’s game two in a best-of-three series and they’ve already conceded game one.

That should have been enough to see a brighter start in Charlotte’s first round playoff match. The first 45 minutes in Orlando were forgetful. At the very least, it was a performance one would rather not remember. Out-possessed (61.5%), out-performed, and out-scored (1-0) by the Lions.

Dean Smith and squad aspire to show true form against Orlando

How could anyone who’s been around these parts for more than a minute think that a coach named Dean Smith wouldn’t have ...
10/26/2024

How could anyone who’s been around these parts for more than a minute think that a coach named Dean Smith wouldn’t have a positive impact on the fortunes of Charlotte FC.

In his first season at the helm, the British Dean Smith, a former player turned League One, Championship, and Premier League manager, will lead his team against Orlando City on Sunday against Orlando City in the first round of the 2024 MLS playoffs. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. (Apple TV MLS Season Pass, WFNZ).

Even the original, when he took over the North Carolina Tar Heels basketball team in 1961, didn’t have a winning season, going 8-9. It took the Tar Heels legend six years to make the postseason, which granted, was a lot harder to do back then.

Fifth-seed Crown goes to Orlando on a roll

Sunday was the Charlotte soccer equivalent of Oprah screaming and pointing, “You’re a winner... You’re a winner.... Ever...
10/23/2024

Sunday was the Charlotte soccer equivalent of Oprah screaming and pointing, “You’re a winner... You’re a winner.... Everyone’s a winner!”

That would describe the weekend for the city’s professional teams with Charlotte FC routing DC United 3-0 on the road, Carolina Ascent bashing Brooklyn FC 2-0 at home, and Crown Legacy besting FC Cincinnati II 2-1 in Ohio. Only a stoppage time goal in Lexington against the Charlotte Independence for a 2-2 draw kept the Queen City from collecting four aces.

Ascent at the peak; Bronico gets two assists; Legacy upset top seed

The Carolina Ascent will defend their hold on top of the USL Super League against Brooklyn FC on Saturday at American Le...
10/19/2024

The Carolina Ascent will defend their hold on top of the USL Super League against Brooklyn FC on Saturday at American Legion Memorial Stadium (7 p.m.)

The sides played to a 1-1 stalemate just last Tuesday in a rescheduled game in New York.

The back-to-back matches are a scheduling quirk created by Brooklyn’s late postponement of a game that was supposed to be held on Aug. 31 when the pitch at Coney Island’s Maimonides Park was deemed unplayable.

USL Super League lead on the line at Memorial Stadium

Ask any Charlotte FC fan who they want to face in the first round of the MLS playoffs and 11 of 10 would say FC Cincinna...
10/19/2024

Ask any Charlotte FC fan who they want to face in the first round of the MLS playoffs and 11 of 10 would say FC Cincinnati.

They’ll use the solid logic of a 3-1 away win and a 1-1 home draw to support their claim, along with a recent dip in form – seven losses in the last 11 games – for the other Queen City claimants. Ask head coach Dean Smith which opponent he favors and the answer you get is: “There's four different clubs we could play against at the moment. I don't mind. whoever comes, comes.”

Smith won’t be paying one bit of mind to other results on the day.

Tournament berth is confirmed; the question is who they’ll face

While the Carolina Ascent continues to hold the high ground at the top of the USL Super League since Day One, the compet...
10/17/2024

While the Carolina Ascent continues to hold the high ground at the top of the USL Super League since Day One, the competition has grown to show that no one team is clearly superior to the field. Placement will have to be earned.

Carolina and Brooklyn FC came into their 1-1 draw with something to prove. The Ascent had draws in its last two matches, the last one a frustrating 1-1 result at last place Lexington by conceding a late stoppage time corner kick. Brooklyn suffered two 1-0 losses to Ft. Lauderdale and DC.
They square off again Saturday in Charlotte.

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The Charlotte Independence spent enough time atop the USL One table earlier this season to know what it feels like.Curre...
10/12/2024

The Charlotte Independence spent enough time atop the USL One table earlier this season to know what it feels like.

Currently fifth (8-5-6, 30 points) going into the final three regular season matches, Saturday’s home finale against Northern Colorado Hailstorm at American Legion Memorial Stadium (7 p.m.), can see them as high as second and as low as eighth. It’s been a roller coaster of form complicated by more games against familiar USL One foes in an in-season tournament that’s been more confusing than beneficial.

After dropping the season opener, the Jacks went undefeated in their next eight – six wins, two draws – including three Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup matches before getting knocked out by Atlanta United.

Jacks' regular season home finale Saturday vs. Northern Colorado

After his performance on Wednesday against Chicago, you can bet that Pep Biel will be on the mind of both Charlotte FC f...
10/04/2024

After his performance on Wednesday against Chicago, you can bet that Pep Biel will be on the mind of both Charlotte FC fans and the Montreal defenders for Saturday night’s match at Bank of America Stadium.

It will be the last regular season home game for the club which has qualified for the MLS post-season for the second straight season, in its third-ever campaign.

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