Sacramento's MLS hopes rest with finding new lead investor

[ASFN Admin]

Todd Dunivant and the rest of the Sacramento Republic FC staff arrived at work on Feb. 26 believing it was a standard Friday: prepare for the upcoming USL season to start in May and continue the work on the club’s Major League Soccer expansion plans. “It was unexpected news right when we found out, when the league found out that the previous investor was pulling out,” Dunivant said. It’s been a couple of weeks now since Ron Burkle announced he was backing out as the lead investor for the Sacramento expansion team, leaving the city, staff and league scrambling to find stable footing for what was expected to be the 30th MLS franchise.

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