As of December 2019, MLS and David Tepper (owner) announced that Charlotte FC was going to be part of the MLSas of 2022, for the sum of $325 million. Ayer, 4 months after his historic debut as a franchise, which took place on March 6, they beat him a pre-season friendly al chelsea on penalties, after drawing the game 1-1.
If we compare the numbers, the differences are irrefutable. The squad of the American team is worth 30 million euros and its main figure is its scorer, Karol Swiderskiwhich quotes 5 million euros, while the English team has a market value of 837.7 million euros and their most valuable player is Mason Mountquoted in 75 million euros, according to Transfermarkt.
In its first local game in its historyagainst Los Angeles Galaxy, Charlotte FC achieved something that seemed impossible for a newly created club :rBroke the MLS game attendance record, 74,479 people attended Bank of America Stadiumalso home to the Panthers, leaving behind the mark held by Atlanta United, when 73,019 attended the MLS Cup Final against the Portland Timbers in 2018.
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Your NEW @MLS Attendance Record! pic.twitter.com/8tgefRS9C2
— Charlotte FC (@CharlotteFC) March 6, 2022
With 26 points in 21 games played, with 8 wins, 2 draws and 11 losses, they are close to the Playoffs in their first season, in the absence of 13 dates for the end of the regular season. An at least promising start for the club, which has an Argentine among its squad: Rosario Christian Ortizwhich is on loan from Tijuana.
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