With the league officially getting behind Austin’s Major League Soccer expansion, they’ve gotten a stadium plan approved and lease signed.
In fact, Austin FC supporters couldn’t even wait for stadium groundbreaking. They’ve already tailgated. And in looking for one pro soccer franchise, somehow the efforts have landed two teams for Austin.
The Austin FC MLS expansion effort started five years ago. Outside Austin, Anthony Precourt and his Precourt Sports Ventures tagged the city as one of the largest without a top-tier pro sports franchise.
At that time, Precourt owned Columbus Crew SC in MLS.