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Didier Drogba attended his first Phoenix Rising FC match on Sunday and was officially introduced to the fans after joining the club as a player-executive.
Drogba, 39, has taken on the joint roles of player, owner and club ambassador as the second-division side bid to join Major League Soccer.
The Chelsea legend signed on for two years and will eventually take the field as a player for the club.
"Together, Phoenix is going to be in the MLS," he said in an address to the crowd at half-time of Phoenix Rising's match against Swope Park Rangers of Kansas City.