EXCLUSIVE: Major League Soccer (MLS) is one of the fastest growing sports leagues in the U.S. and it’s now getting its own reality TV treatment. Mark Burnett and MGM Television have teamed up with …
The project, currently in development, will shine a spotlight into the journey of a group of players from around the globe as they compete for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join the team, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, ahead of its debut season in 2022.
Charlotte FC is owned by David Tepper and is part of Tepper Sports & Entertainment, which also includes Bank of America Stadium and the Carolina Panthers.‘American Gladiators’ Set To Return; MGM Teaming With WWE For Reboot Of Classic Competition Series The team will include players such as Spanish midfielder Sergio Ruiz, Polish defender Jan Sobocinski, Uruguayan defender Guzman Corujo and U.S. pair Adam Armour and Brandt Bronico. It will be managed by former Internacional manager Miguel Angel Ramirez.
The series will provide 24/7 access as the players live and train together while being put to the test to prove they have what it takes to become part of the club’s inaugural roster. The group of players will be scouted and selected by Charlotte FC, led by the club’s Sporting Director Zoran Krenta. Krenta will also lead a panel of judges alongside Charlotte FC President Nick Kelly, and a rotating panel of soccer legends and celebrity fans, who will evaluate the footballers throughout the series.
MGM’s Mark Burnett and Barry Poznick will serve as executive producers on the series, which comes to market as the success of Apple’sIt is the latest non-scripted series being developed by the producer behind
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