The new season, which starts this month in North America, will have a South African touch.
The concept of an expansion team is largely alien to the world of football, but the peculiarities of American sport mean that things are done differently in the United States.
Former Bafana Bafana fullback Bradley Carnell is the coach of the new club and Njabulo Blom recently added to the roster in a transfer from Kaizer Chiefs. They have built a brand-new, soccer-specific stadium near the banks of the Mississippi River, with a capacity of 22,500. “It’s been a lengthy wait, but we’ve enjoyed this process. In our group I’m one of only two who’ve had past MLS experience,” says Carnell, previously assistant and then caretaker coach at New York Red Bulls, who had hired him away from the coaching staff at Orlando Pirates.
Players have been signed slowly over the past year, with more added in recent months, including Blom, who is expected to be the key defensive midfielder.
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