It was a year ago when Las Vegas Lights FC owner, CEO and scarf-wearing optimist Brett Lashbrook predicted the budding second-tier domestic soccer franchise would average around 10,000 spectators, which is roughly the capacity of Cashman Field.
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If you’ve watched TV for anytime in Las Vegas, then you already know John Barr will do anything to sell you a car —as long as England isn’t playing in the semifinals of the World Cup.
It was June 25, 2014, almost four years ago to the day. It was the day a columnist wrote about the U.S. becoming a force in World Cup soccer.
Huge sellers after the first five days of the quadrennial soccer shindig: Brazil, France, Germany (before the game against Mexico) and Ronaldo, the Portuguese star (first name: Cristiano) who rained goals on Spain’s plain right out the box.
At 231 S. Third St. in downtown Las Vegas, there is an old church that now serves as corporate headquarters for Las Vegas Lights FC, a United Soccer League expansion team that starts play in less than a month.
After he was introduced as coach of the Las Vegas Lights FC soccer team, Jose Luis Sanchez Sola, or “Chelis” for short, invited fans at the news conference to join him for a beer.