Charlotte FC Podcast

Finally a victory for Charlotte FC! Listen to Toño share his Crowning Moments as well as a look forward to what needs to happen to continue the winning ways against the New York Red Bulls. English version begins at 7m10s. ¡Finalmente una victoria para Charlotte FC! Escuche a Toño compartir sus Momentos de coronación, así como una mirada anticipada a lo que debe suceder para continuar ganando contr...

Today we take an inside look at how the MLS schedule is made with Brad Pursel, Sr. Vice President at MLS for Media and Game Schedule management. We talk with Brad about the scheduling process for the season from working with Apple, TSN, and Fox to how the clubs are involved to the new playoffs, and the Leagues Cup as well as collaboration with worldwide soccer organizations. We also explore his ro...

Esta semana: ¡Consistencia del Atlanta United contra el Charlotte FC en su victoria por 3-0 y esperamos con ansias a Orlando City y cómo la Corona puede armarlo ! This week we hear from Toño about the Atlanta United match and their consistency against Charlotte FC in their 3-0 win as well as looking forward to Orlando City and how the Crown can put it together! English starts at 7m13s.

A talk with Carroll Walton about her career as a writer and her approach to writing about Charlotte FC.  Carroll is a sportswriter covering the Charlotte FC for The Charlotte Ledger. Freelancer, and Mom of three rambunctious boys.  A native Charlottean, Carroll also is a freelance writer for Charlotte Smarty Pants, Charlotte Magazine, and Baseball Hall of Fame Magazine. For 17 years she...

Esta semana: ¡El partido fuera de casa contra St. Louis CITY SC para su primer partido encasa y esperando el partido de rivalidad con Atlanta United! This week: The away match against St. Louis CITY SC for their home opener and looking forward to the Rivalry match with Atlanta United! English version starts at 10:20 ______ Los episodios de Crowning Moments se graban tanto en español como en inglés...

A talk with Tom about covering St. Louis CITY SC and his career. Tom has been working for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch since 1996 and is the Beat Writer for them covering St. Louis CITY SC, St. Louis Blues, and the Cardinals (MLB).  🎧 You can also listen to him along with his co-host Carter Chapley on their podcast, " STL Soccer Talk "! ➡Twitter: @tomtimm 🌐 https://www.stltoday.com/sports

Los episodios de Crowning Moments se graban tanto en español como en inglés. Toño Ramos aparece como invitado semanal para compartir sus ideas (también conocidas como Momentos de coronación) sobre el partido de la semana anterior, así como algunas claves para el partido que se avecina. Esta semana: ¡El primer partido en casa de NE Revolution y un partido de carretera contra St. Louis CITY SC para...

Shawn and I take a look back at last year and talk about new things for 2023 with Charlotte FC and his role of being the Chief Fan Officer for the 2nd campaign.

Los episodios de Crowning Moments se graban tanto en español como en inglés. Toño Ramos aparece como invitado semanal para compartir sus ideas (también conocidas como Momentos de coronación) sobre el partido de la semana anterior, así como algunas claves para el partido que se avecina. Esta semana: ¡Pretemporada y antes del primer partido en casa de NE Revolution! Crowning Moments episodes are rec...

I had the opportunity to visit Major League Soccer headquarters in New York City on February 1, 2023 where I sat down with Dan Courtemanche, the Executive Vice President of MLS in charge of Communications for one-to-one interview. This was the same day as the big release of MLS Season Pass on Apple TV. On this episode, we talk about the Apple TV deal, MLS growth, and get to know Dan, his career pa...

Today on the podcast is a conversation I had with Janusz Michallik, the longtime soccer commentator for Espn, SiriusXM, and Polish TVP Sport. Janusz immigrated from Poland when he was 16, played in the MISL, MLS with the Columbus Crew, and was on the USMNT. We talked about our trio of Polish players, Polish football, and more. @JanuszMichallik

It is Fan Appreciation day with tons of events and activities in and around the stadium. Today on the podcast I talk with Stephanie Marciano, the head of sports and entertainment marketing at Ally Financial. Prior to Ally, Steph helped lead Consulting divisions at CSM and Ascendent Sports Group – advising brands like Peloton, Coca-Cola, TikTok, Remitly and Unilever on their global sport and music...

There is no matchday this weekend so that allowed me to catch up with Eric Krakauer, the lead commentator for Charlotte FC television broadcasts. Eric is a multilingual soccer commentator and analyst who previously worked at beIN Sports USA with duties such as producer, play-by-play announcer, color analyst and studio analyst. He was born and raised in Portugal and played soccer at the academy lev...

After an amazing 3 goal second half comeback victory in the 96th minute over Chicago 3-2, the Crown still find themselves in the playoff hunt with 3 matches to go. Today on this episode we salute the supporters by talking to a few of them who plan, organize, and join in the festivities both near and far to root for Charlotte FC and build the atmosphere, community, and fun unlike any other seen in...

On this episode we talk with Evan and Skyler from the Charlotte FC Unified team about their all-star experience along with their head coach and soccer legend, Kevin Sims.

Adam Phillips has been capturing special moments in the inaugural campaign for Charlotte FC with his artwork. On this episode we talk with Adam on how he got started, his process for creating these beautiful pieces of work using stencils, spray paint, and more. Follow Adam! Twitter: @defendthequeen1 Instagram: @defendthequeeenqc (Purchase his artwork!) A.Phillips Creative  

If you've ever attended a Charlotte FC match, you know this voice and probably participate with him on the Starting XI and goals! Mike Markham is the Charlotte FC PA Announcer who keeps us all informed during the match. On this episode we talk with Mike about how he started as a PA Announcer and his work with the club and elsewhere. Mike has worked for over 60 event promoters in North America, Eur...

Charlotte FC takes on the frontrunners in back-to-back road matches (LAFC and NYCFC) this week. We are off this week during the MLS All-Star action and will be back next week with a new episode. We encourage you to listen again to your favorite episode or hear something new. Thanks! 👑 In our first podcast season we have spoken with so many talented and friendly people who share what they do, thei...

We continue with our mini series on what goes on at Charlotte FC home matches from an event standpoint. The last two episodes put a spotlight on what Al Raitt, the Director of Event Presentation, does and the behind the scenes commentary from the producer for the hype video that plays before players enter the pitch. Now we have the one who gets that party started with the music, Dj Fannie Mae, the...

Today we talk with Ryan Thielen, Founder of Triglass Productions and director for the CLTFC opening video trailer player before players enter the pitch along with Al Raitt from Charlotte FC to talk about the video and and how it came about. Triglass is a team of future facing creative outlaws, passionate about video production & motion design. Whether it’s short films, 2D & 3D motion graphic packa...

Al Raitt is the Director of Event Presentation and Production for Charlotte FC matches. For each Charlotte FC match everything except the actual game play is essentially a theatrical event that is carefully thought out, crafted, and executed precisely almost down to the second all the way until the lights turn off and the stadium is empty. The person behind all of this is one of the best in the bu...

Stats and analytics are a part of every sport for performance, analysis, and betting. Today we have AJ Massagee, a data scout from Stats Perform who collects data each Charlotte FC match. We talked about what he does and how he got into this role. Stats Perform website🌐 A breakdown of Chelsea formations through data https://www.statsperform.com/resource/shape-analysis-automatically-detecting-form...

Match day is here again as Charlotte FC takes on Nashville SC in the Bank. Today our guest comes to us from the Music City, he is Lead Commentator for Nashville SC, Tony Husband. Tony has been the voice of Nashville SC since their debut season in 2020. He is a UK and US sports broadcaster who has worked on some of the most iconic BBC Sports programs such as Match of the Day, Final Score, and BBC S...

Charlotte FC is halfway into their first campaign as an MLS expansion squad. We look back at the first 17 matches picking 4 memorable matches, 4 goals, 4 saves, and 4 traditions that "spiked" our interest. #cltfcpodcast http://charlottefcpodcast.com/

Get to know Caleb Adams, the Creative Content Coordinator and writer for Charlotte FC! On this episode we talk about his role with the club, writing, where his soccer knowledge comes from, the intersection of language, learning, and culture to foster relationships with people, as well as how he got to Charlotte FC and the rest of his journey both past and future. Twitter : @itscalebadams IG: @imca...