USL Super League team CEO sets eye on scaling youth-to-pro pathway in womens sports [Video]

The United Soccer League Super League (USLS) is set to launch its 2024-25 inaugural season in August, with teams represented in eight cities across the United States. 

Those teams will have a home base in Brooklyn, Charlotte, Dallas/Fort Worth, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Lexington, Kentucky, Spokane, Washington, Tampa, Florida, and Washington, D.C.

Fort Lauderdale’s newest professional sports franchise, Fort Lauderdale United FC, looks to blaze a trail for team success by filling the stands and implementing strategies to grow their fan base. As United FC’s co-founder and CEO Deon Graham prepares for his team’s debut, he understands that success is not only tied to building a sustainable franchise, but showcasing a tangible “youth to pro” model in women’s sports. 

“Our goal is to give that 11-year-old girl the opportunity to see a path for herself in …