development programs<\/a> will prepare players to achieve their sporting dreams. While experienced players recruited from outside the system will also help establish the new team\u2019s competitive standards.\u00a0<\/p>\nHassan’s deep South Florida roots and longstanding connections within the local soccer community will help strengthen relationships with area coaches and players and shape a team that reflects the region\u2019s talent and passion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSouth Florida has always produced talent,\u201d Hassan said. \u201cToo often that talent had to leave home to find its next step. Now it doesn\u2019t have to.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The expansion builds on Fort Lauderdale United FC\u2019s established foundation of women\u2019s professional soccer, youth academy and development programs. It creates new opportunities for local players while inviting longtime supporters and a new generation of fans to help build lasting matchday traditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFort Lauderdale has a proud soccer history, and the supporters who built it deserve to be part of what comes next,\u201d said Tommy Smith, Founder and Chairman of Fort Lauderdale United FC. \u201cWe want to carry that passion forward while giving a new generation its own team, traditions and memories. What excites me most is the opportunity to grow this game across all of South Florida.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we do that right, the League One team won\u2019t just be a team in Fort Lauderdale,\u201d Hassan said. \u201cIt\u2019ll be a team from Fort Lauderdale.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
For Fort Lauderdale United FC, that broader vision reinforces a commitment to building beyond the inaugural season\u2014with local player development, community relationships and supporter participation central to its growth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI want our supporters to understand that Spring 2027 is just the beginning,\u201d Smith said. \u201cWe want people to be excited not only about what they\u2019ll see in 2027, but about where this can go over the next 10, 20, and 30 years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 Fort Lauderdale United FC announced today that Aly Hassan will serve as General Manager…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250,115],"class_list":["post-416149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}