{"id":428170,"date":"2023-03-02T09:32:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T14:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=428170"},"modified":"2023-03-02T09:39:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T14:39:20","slug":"antetokounmpo-forsberg-join-nashville-sc-ownership-group","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/antetokounmpo-forsberg-join-nashville-sc-ownership-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Antetokounmpo, Forsberg join Nashville SC ownership group"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text \">\n<p>MLS club Nashville&#8217;s principal owner John Ingram announced Thursday that NHL club Nashville Predators&#8217;s all-time leading scorer Filip Forsberg and two-time MVP and NBA champion Giannis Antetokounmpo have joined the team\u2019s ownership group.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Big things happening in Music City.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NashvilleSC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NashvilleSC<\/a> adds Giannis Antetokounmpo to ownership group. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zyQ2B0lq0B\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/zyQ2B0lq0B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Major League Soccer (@MLS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLS\/status\/1631294143975620610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Greek basketball star Antetokounmpo is joined in ownership by his brothers Thanasis, Kostas and Alex \u2013 all of whom play professional basketball worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text \">\n<p>Forsberg and Antetokounmpo join a robust and diverse ownership group with Reese Witherspoon, her husband Jim Toth, and <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nfl\/team\/tennessee-titans\/\">Tennessee Titans<\/a> (NFL) All-Pro running back <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nfl\/player\/derrick-henry\/\">Derrick Henry<\/a> already joined the MLS\u2019s largest celebrity ownership group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text \">\n<p>\u201cNashville is the best sports city in the country, and I am extremely blessed to now be involved with two of our pro teams,\u201d said Forsberg.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Filip Forsberg \ud83c\udfd2<br \/>Giannis \ud83c\udfc0<br \/>Thanasis \ud83c\udfc0<br \/>Kostas \ud83c\udfc0<br \/>Alex \ud83c\udfc0<\/p>\n<p>All joining the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NashvilleSC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NashvilleSC<\/a> ownership group. Welcome to MLS! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FI1tnWb36Y\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/FI1tnWb36Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Major League Soccer (@MLS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLS\/status\/1631295244565204993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur 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\u2019t 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!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text \">\n<p>\u201cMy father was a professional soccer player, and it was the first sport I fell in love with in Greece,\u201d said Antetokounmpo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve 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\u2019t be more excited to join the Boys in Gold, and can\u2019t wait to come to a match at GEODIS Park soon!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MLS club Nashville&#8217;s principal owner John Ingram announced Thursday that NHL club Nashville Predators&#8217;s all-time leading scorer Filip Forsberg and two-time MVP and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":428171,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16728,17908],"news_category":[17676,16706,16709],"gn_keywords":[],"acf":{"announce":"Nashville play in MLS for a fourth season","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/428170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/428170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428170"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=428170"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=428170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}