Philadelphia Union majority owner Jay Sugarman is a member of Major League Soccer’s expansion committee. He is one of six people in the group, all of whom are owners. The New England Revolution’s Jonathan Kraft chairs the committee and is joined by Sugarman, the Chicago Fire’s Andrew Hauptman, Sporting Kansas City’s Cliff Illig, Minnesota United’s Dr. Bill McGuire, and the Seattle Sounders’ Joe Roth.
Illig, McGuire and Roth are new additions to the committee this year, according to the Sports Business Journal. The committee had been composed of five members, and expanded to six after the departures of Columbus Crew owner Anthony Precourt and former Orlando City president Phil Rawlins.