Carmelo Anthony has expanded his monster portfolio once again — this time, by purchasing a professional soccer team in Puerto Rico.
Melo is the new owner of Puerto Rico FC, an expansion team in NASL that will begin play in 2016.
My passion for soccer has always been there. I just always kept it to myself and among my circle. Going to games, sneaking into games and just watching and being around the sport over the years. The more time I spent I started spending in Puerto Rico over the past six, seven years I realized that there was kind of a void down there on my island. The island didn’t really have anything that they could kind of call their own, that they could represent not just on the island but from a global standpoint.
Anthony’s team will play in a stadium in Bayamon, and does not have plan to build a new stadium at this time.
In Bayamon, we had to work out the details for that. The mayor was very helpful with that, figuring out the lease. But as far as me building a stadium, I think it’s more about building affordable housing around the stadium, building the town and the city back up, bringing more jobs to the island, whether it’s working with the team, working with the stadium. It’s more about bringing the island together and bringing more awareness to the island.
Can we assume the the colors will be blue and orange?