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Antetokounmpo, Forsberg join Nashville SC ownership group
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MLS club Nashville’s principal owner John Ingram announced Thursday that NHL club Nashville Predators’s all-time leading scorer Filip Forsberg and two-time MVP and NBA champion Giannis Antetokounmpo have joined the team’s ownership group.

The Greek basketball star Antetokounmpo is joined in ownership by his brothers Thanasis, Kostas and Alex – all of whom play professional basketball worldwide.

Thanasis joined Giannis in winning the NBA championship with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2021, and Kostas won one with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020.

Forsberg and Antetokounmpo join a robust and diverse ownership group with Reese Witherspoon, her husband Jim Toth, and Tennessee Titans (NFL) All-Pro running back Derrick Henry already joined the MLS’s largest celebrity ownership group.

“Nashville is the best sports city in the country, and I am extremely blessed to now be involved with two of our pro teams,” said Forsberg.

“Our city is one big family and fanbase, and we support each other on and off the field. Nashville SC has been such a great addition to our sports culture, and joining the ownership group was an opportunity I wasn’t going to pass up. I grew up a Liverpool fan in Sweden, and after today I am happy to add a second set of colors to cheer for!”

“My father was a professional soccer player, and it was the first sport I fell in love with in Greece,” said Antetokounmpo.

“I’ve always had the dream of owning a soccer team. When my brothers and I explored Nashville SC, we knew it was a team and a city that we wanted to get involved with. I couldn’t be more excited to join the Boys in Gold, and can’t wait to come to a match at GEODIS Park soon!”