A press conference has been scheduled for 10 am on November 19th to announced the launch of a USL Championship franchise coming to Garland. The team is expected to begin play in 2027.
Speakers include…
The Honorable Mayor (of Garland) Scott LeMay,
USL Deputy Chief Executive Officer Justin Papadakis
USL Dallas Co-Founders Matt Valentine and Sam Morton.
City Manager Judson Rex will also be in attendance as will Garland City Council members and other business leaders.
Is this the Donnie Nelson franchise that’s been on hold?
No. Donnie will holds the Bold rights. This is a totally different group.
Garland (the Genesis) was one of the original SISL teams when Francisco Marcos started what is today the USL in his Dallas garage, right?
Oh man, you got better memory than me. No clue.
What are the chances they will have good connections to FCD?
Probably not very good, since they are putting this team in the FCD back yard basically.
🙋🏻♂️I volunteer to be the Garland team’s correspondent. I’m a soccer-head who lives in Rowlett, currently coaching a couple Rec teams and have a degree in Communications Studies!! Do you need an intern?
We might. shoot me an email. buzz@3rdDegree.net
It’s kind of strange that when you google USL Expansion nothing else pops up.