Greenville Triumph SC
Greenville Triumphs SC
Hey Upstate…it’s time!
Professional soccer comes to Greenville Saturday, April 6 and single game tickets are now available!
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Greenville, SC – The Greenville Triumph have announced partnerships with CycleBar, UFC Gym and Knight Performance Factory as official training facilities for the 2019 season.
“It’s important to keep our players fresh throughout the long season,” said Head Coach John Harkes. “Having Knight Performance Factory, CycleBar and UFC Gym on board as performance partners helps ensure our players’ fitness levels will put them in a great position to compete and win matches on game day.”
CYCLEBAR: CycleBar is a premium indoor cycling facility located at 307 East McBee Ave.
“We are extremely proud to be partnering with the Greenville Triumph in their inaugural season here in Grenville,” said Eric Skoloff owner of CycleBar. “The vision that Coach Harkes and the Triumph organization have for the sport and our great city, fully align with our mission at Cyclebar Greenville. We welcome the team with open arms, and look forward to supporting their winning ways, both this year and well into the future.”
KNIGHT PERFORMANCE FACTORY: KPF is a training facility that focuses on training athletes in a number of sports to perform at their best. They are located at 101 Woodruff Industrial Lane.
“Having a staff comprised of former athletes from the Upstate that has trained athletes in the Upstate for the past decade, we are excited to assist in bringing a high level of performance to Greenville’s very own professional soccer club,” said Ryan McKie, co-owner of KPF and the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Triumph.
UFC GYM: UFC Gym, located at 2435 East North Street, is a hybrid facility that combines mixed martial arts and gym fitness.
“We are beyond excited to be a part of the Greenville Triumph’s Inaugural season,” said Brad Schulte, owner of UFC GYM Greenville. “We feel that our training modalities fall right in line with what Coach Harkes and the Greenville Triumph Coaching Staff have planned for the team this season, and are looking forward to seeing the results as this season plays out!”ââ
Greenville, SC – The Greenville Triumph have announced the hiring of Ryan McKie as the club’s Strength & Conditioning Coach. McKie, a native of Simpsonville, SC, is a co-owner of Knight Performance Factory in Greenville.
“Well before the season began, Coach Harkes and I spent a lot of time discussing how he wanted his team to perform,” said McKie. “It then became very clear that we shared the same philosophies on physical preparation for a soccer player. As an Upstate native who has spent my entire professional career working with athletes in the Upstate, I am excited to work with Coach Harkes, Alex Blackburn and Rick Wright to prepare Greenville’s professional soccer club.”
McKie is a 6-time Junior Olympics medalist and the all-time leading receiver for Hillcrest High School’s football team. McKie attended Furman University, where he was a wide receiver and kick returner on the school’s 2004 SoCon champion and 2005 national semi-finalist football team. He graduated from Furman with a degree in Health & Exercise Science. He comes to the Triumph with over 10 years’ experience in the fitness industry, having trained athletes from the PGA, LPGA, NFL, CFL, MLS and MLB.
“We are very excited to bring Ryan McKie to the club,” said Head Coach & Sporting Director John Harkes. “Ryan and I have spent a lot of time together, and I consider him a very valuable person that can be an extension of the technical staff. Ryan possesses a high level of strength and conditioning knowledge, a great demeanor and high character. He is the perfect complement to our team!”
The club opens their home season April 6th against the Lansing Ignite at Legacy Early College. Season tickets and mini plans are on sale now at www.greenvilletriumph.com/Tickets. Single game tickets go on sale March 15.
Greenville, SC – The Greenville Triumph Soccer Club and ScanSource today announced a partnership naming the Greenville-based technology company as the club’s inaugural match day kit sponsor. The partnership was announced by Triumph Chairman Joe Erwin and ScanSource Chairman and CEO Mike Baur at the company’s Greenville headquarters during a live global employee meeting.
“We’re honored to have ScanSource as one of our club’s most visible partners,” said Triumph Vice Chairman and Chief Brand Officer Doug Erwin. “ScanSource’s growth and commitment to the communities in which they have offices, including their headquarters in Greenville, provides a great model of success that we hope to mirror as we build the foundation of our club. We’re both Greenville-based organizations playing in an international arena – that’s pretty awesome.”
“ScanSource is very excited about our partnership with the Greenville Triumph,” said Baur. “Our organizations share many of the same values: investment in the community, international appeal, respecting diverse backgrounds, delivering an engaging experience, and community support and outreach through targeted initiatives. We’re confident our partnership will have an impact that reaches well beyond the soccer field.”
Following the partnership announcement, the club unveiled their inaugural uniforms, featuring a green and blue primary kit and a white secondary kit with green and blue stripes across the chest. Both kits feature the ScanSource logo on the chest and Bon Secours logo on the sleeve.
Jerseys are available for purchase now on Shopwww.greenvilletriumph.com and will ship in advance of the club’s season-opening game March 29th in Statesboro, Georgia. The club opens their home season April 6th against the Lansing Ignite at Legacy Early College. Season tickets and mini plans are on sale now at www.greenvilletriumph.com/Tickets.
About ScanSource, Inc.
ScanSource, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCSC) is a leading global provider of technology products and solutions, focusing on point-of-sale (POS), payments, barcode, physical security, unified communications and collaboration, cloud and telecom services. ScanSource’s teams provide value-added solutions and operate from two segments, Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security, which includes POS Portal, and Worldwide Communications & Services, which includes Intelisys and Canpango. ScanSource is committed to helping its customers choose, configure and deliver the industry’s best solutions across almost every vertical market in North America, Latin America and Europe. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, ScanSource was named one of the 2018 Best Places to Work in South Carolina and on FORTUNE magazine’s 2019 List of World’s Most Admired Companies. ScanSource ranks #653 on the Fortune 1000. For more information, visit www.scansource.com.
Greenville, SC – The Greenville Triumph have announced a public exhibition match against Appalachian State at Legacy Early College on Saturday, March 16th at 3:00 p.m. The match will be the fans first chance to see the club in action ahead of their inaugural home game on Saturday, April 6th against the Lansing Ignite. Tickets are available here, and all proceeds of the exhibition game benefit Legacy Charter School.
“We’re excited to host an exhibition for our fans as we prepare for the season,” said President Chris Lewis. “We hope to have a great home field advantage at Legacy and we are happy to give our fans a sneak peek of our game day experience.”
Limited concessions will be offered during the match, and parking will be free in 3 Bramlett Rd. lots (899 Bramlett, Member lot and Legacy Warehouse lots). All gates will open one hour prior to the game. Season Ticket Holders can pick up their complimentary exhibition tickets at the box office on Bramlett Rd.
The stadium’s clear bag policy will be in effect for the exhibition. You can read more about the policy here, and clear bags can be purchased ahead of time at shophttps://sportsengine-staging.go-vip.net/greenvilletriumph.
Greenville, SC – Greenville Triumph SC announces the addition of William M. Webster to the team’s ownership group.
“Billy brings extraordinary professionalism and leadership experience to the Greenville Triumph,” said Joe Erwin, chairman of the team’s ownership group. “We are thrilled to have him on board, and love that he is a rabid soccer fan. We will enjoy his passion for soccer and love of the game.”
Webster said he was “privileged to be a part of such a great organization.”
“Soccer is called ‘the beautiful game’ for a reason. Not only is it an amazing spectator sport, but it brings together people of all ages, races and income levels,” Webster said. “The Greenville Triumph will be a galvanizing force in our community and a catalyst for further economic development.”
Webster is a former board chairman for Greenville Health System, and currently serves on the boards of two publicly traded companies – LKQ Corporation and Golub Capital BDC. Previously, he served as president of Greenville-based Carabo, Inc., which at the time operated 27 Bojangles’ Chicken ‘n Biscuit restaurants in South Carolina.
A 1979 graduate of Washington and Lee University and a Fulbright scholar, Webster earned a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1983.
Mr. Webster served multiple roles in the White House, including assistant to the president of the United States and director of scheduling and advance. He was chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley during the administration and while Riley served on the Presidential Transition Team.
His community activities include service as chairman of the Board of Trustees for Converse College, and he sits on the Washington and Lee University Board of Trustees, the M.D. Anderson Medical Center Board of Visitors, the Spartanburg Day School Board of Trustees, and the Liberty Fellows Board of Directors.
The Triumph host their home opener on April 6 at Legacy Early College. Ticket packages are on sale now and can be purchased by heading to https://sportsengine-staging.go-vip.net/greenvilletriumph/tickets.
TAMPA, Fla. – The United Soccer League and ESPN have reached a landmark agreement that will continue the multi-level growth of professional soccer in the U.S. and bring every game of USL League One’s inaugural 2019 season to ESPN+, the leading direct-to-consumer sports streaming service.
USL League One is the new United States Soccer Federation-sanctioned Division III league. Its regular season kicks off the weekend of March 29-30 and will conclude with its postseason in October.
“This is a big moment for League One,” said League One Senior Vice President Steven Short. “Placing the league side-by-side with some of the best professional soccer in North America and the rest of the world on ESPN+ will create major visibility to League One’s inaugural season. It will allow us to showcase the best of what this league will have to offer for fans across the United States.”
The addition of League One’s 2019 regular season and postseason schedules to the platform, results in more than 700 games across the USL Championship and League One on ESPN+ in the 2019 season. The games will be produced by USL Productions, the league’s state-of-the-art broadcast production, broadcast and distribution facilities with VISTA WorldLink in south Florida.
Launched in April 2018, ESPN+ has already surpassed two million subscribers and established itself as a must-have for soccer fans in the U.S. It offers hundreds of top-level soccer matches from around the world, including Major League Soccer, UEFA Nations League, Italy’s Serie A, England’s FA Cup and English Football League Championship and League 1, the Dutch Eredivisie, Australia’s A-League and more.
The United Soccer League will enter its fourth full season of media rights agreement with ESPN in 2019, with contests from the USL Championship having aired regularly on ESPN’s platforms since the start of the 2016 campaign. Last November the USL Cup aired on ESPN2 for the first time as Louisville City FC claimed its second consecutive championship with victory against Phoenix Rising FC.
About USL League One
USL League One is shaping the future of the game in the United States, uniting passionate fans in new markets with the thrill of a proven professional soccer experience. League One was granted provisional Division III sanctioning by the U.S. Soccer Federation for 2019. South Georgia Tormenta FC, FC Tucson, Greenville Triumph SC, Forward Madison FC, Chattanooga Red Wolves SC, Toronto FC II, Orlando City B, Lansing Ignite FC, North Texas SC and the Richmond Kickers have been revealed as teams set to compete in the inaugural 2019 season.
About ESPN+
ESPN+ is the multi-sport, direct-to-consumer video service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer and International (DTCI) segment and ESPN. It reached 2 million subscribers in less than a year and offers fans thousands of live events, on-demand content and original programming not available on ESPN’s linear TV or digital networks, along with premium editorial content.
Programming on ESPN+ includes hundreds of MLB and NHL games, exclusive UFC and Top Rank boxing events, top domestic and international soccer (Serie A, MLS, FA Cup, UEFA Nations League, EFL Championship, EFL Carabao Cup
Greenville, SC -The Greenville Triumph have announced plans to travel to Bradenton, Florida on February 20th for preseason training at IMG Academy ahead of their inaugural 2019 season, the club announced. Their training stint is highlighted by a February 21st match against the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer.
“Our trip to IMG Academy will be a very important step in the club’s development,” said head coach John Harkes. “Preseason trips like this take the players out of their element and provide a great opportunity to build team chemistry. The facilities at IMG Academy are first-rate, and our game against New England will be a great first measuring stick to gauge where our club is just over a month from our first game.”
The Revolution are coached by Brad Friedel, a former teammate of Harkes on the U.S. National Team. The Revolution are coming off a 3-1 loss to defending USL Cup winner Louisville City on February 14. Prior to their arrival in Florida, New England completed a training camp in Marbella, Spain.
The Triumph will return to the Upstate in March and will be scheduling scrimmages against area colleges in advance of the season-opening game at South Georgia Tormenta FC on March 29th. The Triumph’s first home game is set for April 6. Season tickets are available by heading to https://sportsengine-staging.go-vip.net/greenvilletriumph/season-tickets.
Greenville, SC- The Greenville Triumph have rounded out their coaching staff with the announcements of Alex Blackburn and Rick Wright as the club looks forward to its inaugural season.
Blackburn comes to the Triumph having spent the last five years as an assistant at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey. Blackburn, a 4-year letter-winner at the same school, tallied 23 shutouts and 26 wins as a keeper for the Hawks.
“Making the decision to move to the Triumph has been a dream come true,” said Blackburn. “I’m truly humbled to be given the opportunity to take myself out of my comfort zone and coach alongside such an experienced coaching staff. I couldn’t be more excited to help bring success to the city of Greenville.”
“I am very familiar with Alex and his talents, work ethic, and ability to manage players,” said Head Coach John Harkes. “Alex also has tremendous experience coaching and training youth players with powerhouse club PDA in New Jersey. He brings many great qualities as a former keeper and will be a great assistant coach for the Greenville Triumph.”
Wright brings a variety of coaching experience to the club. He previously coached at Anderson University and Erskine College, leading both teams to multiple conference titles. Throughout his career he has coached several All-Americans and placed a number of players in the MLS.
As a player, Wright spent time with the Bermuda National Team and the U.S National team, including a 1976 Olympic Games appearance for the United States.
“I am honored to be a part of the Greenville Triumph’s inaugural season,” said Wright. “It is truly special to be selected by John Harkes to be a part of the coaching staff. The Upstate of South Carolina will be proud of this team.”
“I was fortunate to work with Rick at our inaugural Greenville Triumph SC tryouts and our relationship just took off from there,” said Harkes. “He has tremendous playing and coaching experience from the old NASL days to managing as the Head Coach at Anderson University and working as a mentor coach for the program. I am thrilled to officially add Rick to our coaching staff. He has a great demeanor and eye for talent and will bring tremendous depth of knowledge to our staff, players and club.”
The Triumph’s first home game is set for April 6. Season tickets are available by heading to https://sportsengine-staging.go-vip.net/greenvilletriumph/season-tickets.
Greenville, SC – Kevin Politz and Omar Mohamed have been signed to the inaugural season roster, pending league and federation approval.
“I am really excited to be a part of the inaugural team in Greenville,” said Politz. “We have a unique opportunity to build something from the ground up. I am looking forward to creating something special in this city.”
Politz joins the Triumph after signing as a homegrown player with the New York Red Bulls in January 2018. The Morganville, N.J. native is a product of the Red Bulls Academy where he won the U.S. Soccer Academy National Championship in 2012 and 2013.
After high school, the defender went on the 71 games over 4 seasons at Wake Forest University. During his time in Winston-Salem, Politz spent time as team captain and earned two all-conference team selections as well as the ACC Defensive Player of the Year award.
After signing with the Red Bulls, Politz spent 2018 playing for their USL affiliate making a total of 21 appearances.
“Kevin is a player that I have monitored for the last few years,” said Head Coach John Harkes. “I have seen his development as a quality center back and a leader out of the back. He possesses great technique, reads the game well, has strength to tackle and has great timing in the air. I’m happy to have him join the Triumph in our inaugural year.”
Midfielder Omar Mohamed, of Westerville, OH, trained with the Columbus Crew Academy prior to spending one year at the junior college level playing 11 games and scoring 6 goals for Jackson College in Jackson, Michigan.
In 2016, Mohamed signed with FC Cincinnati of the USL. After one year with the club, Mohamed signed with Portland Timers 2.
“Omar possesses special 1-on-1 skillsets to take on players and open up the game,” said Harkes. “I love his creativity and imagination and I was able to work with him as a very young player in Cincinnati. He has developed very well, and we will be getting him at a great time for our first season.”
Mohamed and Politz join thirteen other players on the inaugural season roster.
The Triumph’s first home game is set for April 6. Season tickets are available by heading to https://sportsengine-staging.go-vip.net/greenvilletriumph/season-tickets.
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