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MLS All-Star Week Puts Charlotte’s Soccer Scene in the Spotlight
This featured article is sponsored by MLS All-Star Week. Learn more about the 2026 MLS All-Star Game presented by Chime. Learn more about the 2026 MLS All-Stars Skills Challenge presented by AT&T. 2026 MLS All‑Star Game in Charlotte: MLS vs Liga MX at Bank of America Stadium As part of…
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Carolina Ascent Advance to Super League Playoff Final
The Carolina Ascent are going to their first-ever USL Super League Finals. On Sunday evening, No. 3 Carolina Ascent FC (15-7-6, 51 pts) upset No. 2 Sporting Club Jacksonville (16-7-5, 53 pts) 0-1 to secure their spot in the final in Lexington, Kentucky. “We’ve had ups and downs, we’ve found…
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New Dad Brandt Bronico Won’t Stop Until He Has His Trophy
“I want to win some trophies this year.” We were 30 minutes into a conversation with Charlotte FC midfielder Brandt Bronico and the MLS veteran was ready to answer my question before I finished it. “We gotta start bringing some trophies to Charlotte,” says Bronico. “Obviously, top four is a…
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Meagan McClelland Leads From Behind as USL Super League’s Top Goalkeeper
In 2024, the United Soccer League’s Super League and Carolina Ascent FC brought top-tier women’s professional sports back to Charlotte for the first time since the Charlotte Sting last played in 2006. Many of the faces involved were familiar to the Charlotte soccer community. Charlotte Independence owner Dan DiMicco would…
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A Look Into Charlotte FC’s First Playoff Series
This postseason, Charlotte FC lived by the pen and died by the pen. And by pen, of course, I am referring to penalty kicks. Charlotte FC finished its third season with 51 points from 14 wins and nine draws, sending them into the playoffs as the fifth seed, the…
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Carolina Ascent FC Gears up for Inaugural Kickoff
On July 10, more than 200 people packed a sweltering brewhouse at HopFly Brewing on South Mint Street to watch Carolina Ascent FC unveil their home and away kits for the team’s upcoming inaugural season. Fan mascots like the Carolina Reaper rubbed elbows with supporters, young fans, players and media. …
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Getting to Know Charlotte FC Head Coach Dean Smith
On May 25, after his team drew Philadelphia Union in a scoreless game at home, Charlotte FC fullback Nathan Byrne showered, put on his street clothes and made a swift departure from the team locker room with two bottles of wine under his arms. The English defender walked through a…
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Jere Uronen Traces His International Journey to Charlotte FC
Jere Uronen was in a rush to get back to Charlotte. On Thursday, March 21, the defender was in Cardiff, Wales, as part of Finland’s national football team. Two days later, his current professional club — Charlotte FC — was set to face the Columbus Crew at Bank of America…
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Soccer Sheet: Three NC Teams Enter Round Three of the Open Cup
The following article was originally published at Soccer Sheet by Y’all Weekly, a newsletter launched by Queen City Nerve contributor Sam Spencer. In the second round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, two of North Carolina’s three remaining teams faced stiff challenges from semi-pro teams with first round upsets…
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Soccer Sheet: Charlotte FC Defeats Columbus in Chaotic Match
The following article was originally published at Soccer Sheet by Y’all Weekly, a newsletter launched by Queen City Nerve contributor Sam Spencer. The biannual soccer match between the Columbus Crew and FC Cincinnati is named the “Hell is Real” Derby because of a billboard that sits on Interstate 71 between…
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Patrick Agyemang Traces His Journey from CT to Charlotte FC
Charlotte Football Club’s Patrick Agyemang is comfortable and relaxed. He’s just come out of a post-practice massage, and in a couple minutes head coach Dean Smith will tell the members of the media assembled for the coach’s Thursday press conference that Agyemang is available for Charlotte’s match in two days…
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Head Coach Christian Lattanzio Out at Charlotte FC
In a surprise move, Charlotte FC head coach Christian Lattanzio was relieved of his duties Wednesday morning. Assistant coach Andy Quy was also let go by the club. The move was “a holistic decision,” according to a source with knowledge of the club’s thinking. While the club is “happy they…
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MLS Awards Inspire Reflection on 2023 Charlotte FC Season
For the first time in its young history, Charlotte FC made the playoffs this season, becoming the first major league club in Charlotte to do so since 2017. Though the team fell in a disappointing loss to the New York Red Bulls on Oct. 25, to make it to that…
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As Charlotte FC Eyes Its First Playoff Run, Is It Déjà Vu All Over Again?
Charlotte FC is in a familiar spot: win the last two matches of the season, and they’re in the playoffs. The path that led the club here this year, however, has been anything but familiar. If the 2022 season was about celebration and building culture, 2023 was defined by tragedy…
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Charlotte FC Adapts to Lattanzio System, Eyes Playoff Run
As of this writing, Charlotte FC is in a familiar position. The club has just seven matches left to play in the campaign and they’re a couple points out of playoff position. It wouldn’t take a miracle for them to make the playoffs; all they need is good play and…
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Charlotte FC Is a Mid Team at Midseason
After 23 MLS matches — just over two-thirds of their 2023 campaign — Charlotte FC is down, but not out. The team sits at 12th place in the Eastern Conference, with 26 points and a 6-9-8 record. While they exited the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with a loss to…
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