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Charlotte FC joined MLS in 2022 as the league's 28th franchise. The debut was originally planned for 2021 but was delayed one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The expansion franchise was officially awarded on the 17th of December 2019.
Charlotte FC is owned by David Tepper, a billionaire hedge fund manager who also owns the NFL's Carolina Panthers. At the time of his Panthers purchase in July 2018, Tepper was regarded as the wealthiest owner in the NFL, with an estimated net worth of $12 billion.
Charlotte FC's home opener on the 5th of March 2022 drew 74,479 fans to Bank of America Stadium, which was at the time the largest single-match crowd in Major League Soccer history. The match was a 1-0 loss to the LA Galaxy.
The Charlotte FC crest, designed by Doubleday & Cartwright, features a coin-shaped black roundel with a Process Blue center matching the Carolina Panthers' colors. The "Minted 2022" text and coin shape reference the Charlotte Mint, the first U.S. Mint branch, and the city's banking heritage. The four-pointed crown at the center represents the four wards of Uptown Charlotte and the city's Queen City nickname, derived from Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Miguel Ángel Ramírez, a Spanish manager formerly of Brazil's Sport Club Internacional, was Charlotte FC's first head coach, hired in July 2021. He was fired on the 31st of May 2022 after 14 league matches. Christian Lattanzio, who had served as assistant coach, took over as interim and was later signed permanently.
The expansion fee paid by David Tepper for Charlotte FC is reported to have been near $325 million. That figure was a 62.5 percent increase over the fees paid by the St. Louis and Sacramento expansion teams, which received their franchises earlier in 2019.