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WATCH AGAIN: Nashville announced as MLS expansion club

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Nashville, welcome to MLS. The Music City was officially awarded an MLS expansion club on Wednesday at a lively event at the country music Hall of Fame.


If you'd like to relive the moment, including remarks from MLS commissioner Don Garber, John R. Ingram of Nashville Soccer Holdings LLC, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, and Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, check out the video above.


Nashville, one of 12 cities to submit formal bids in January for a total of four expansion slots, was one of four finalists to present before the MLS Expansion Committee on December 6 and the first of the 12 teams to be awarded one of the spots.