Joe Wagoner is Executive Vice President & Co-Founder of Sacramento Republic FC. We talk about his idea to establish a professional #soccer team in #Sacramento, the Tower Bridge Battalion, and Republic FC's bid to become an expansion franchise for Major League Soccer (MLS).

We also discuss his personal journey as a sports management professional and making Sacramento home after various stints in other markets.

Shownotes:

2:00 - Papa Murphy's Park and the Lin Fei Fei Artspace mural

4:00 - Getting bad tattoos in college

8:15 - Slangin’ cheese

11:30 - Daunte Culpepper, the Sacramento Mountain Lions and being over-served at Bislas

13:45 - Let’s write a business plan

20:42 - The Tower Bridge Battalion

30:00 - The Major League Soccer (MLS) Bid

44:00 - Talking about arenas

55:00 - Soccer, boxing, grappling & world sports

1:00:00 - Wrapping up

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