Ryan Reynolds Invests in Men in Blazers Soccer Podcast Company [Video]

The Men in Blazers may be looking to upgrade their suits. The soccer-focused media company has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round backed by a number of media, sports and entertainment heavyweights.

The round is being led by Marc Lasry’s Avenue Sports Fund, joined by Ryan Reynolds’ and Rob McElhenney’s RR McReynolds, Peter Chernin’s Chernin Group, Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse, Ryan Sports Ventures and Bolt Ventures.

Founded as a podcast in 2010 by journalist and filmmaker Roger Bennett and TV producer Michael Davies, Men in Blazers has become arguably the place where U.S. soccer fans congregate for news, analysis, opinion and soccer-related entertainment across its programming and properties.

“We are the biggest media platform in the United States for football,” Bennett tells The Hollywood Reporterin an interview, noting that it now garners over two billion impressions per year, and that the company is on its way to being “the first media network that’s …