Derrick Henry & Reese Witherspoon Join Nashville SC Ownership Group

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Support for Nashville Soccer Club continues to grow as Tennessee Titans All-Pro running back Derrick Henry; Nashville native, acttress, and producer Reese Witherspoon; and media and technology investor Jim Toth have joined the team’s ownership group.

“We meant it when we said we were doing this in Nashville, with Nashville and for Nashville,” says principal owner John Ingram who made the announcement Tuesday morning (April 26). “Having Derrick, Reese and Jim join our group signals our commitment to being a club that is going to do things at the highest level and with the best Nashville has to offer.”

Witherspoon, Toth and Henry, who have joined as minority owners in the team, bring significant local support to a club that is already setting the tone for Major League Soccer success nationwide.

“As a kid growing up in Florida, I imagined being a professional sports owner and the opportunity to do that with a Major League Soccer club is truly a dream come true,” says Henry. “My investment in Nashville SC is way more than financial, it’s truly an investment in the city of Nashville. The chance to be part of a club like Nashville SC, especially after seeing what they are accomplishing in the community, was an opportunity I did not want to miss.”

Henry joins the ownership group as the most recognizable sports names in Nashville at this moment. He becomes only the fourth NFL player in history to serve as an owner of an MLS team.

“As a Tennessee native, it is thrilling to see how much growth and development has come to our home state,” adds Witherspoon. “One of the things that my whole family is most excited about is Nashville Soccer Club! The opportunity to go as a family and watch a world class team compete has been such an incredible experience.

“The team, the management, and the players have worked so hard to build this amazing organization and community,” she continues. “So, I’m thrilled to announce that my husband, Jim Toth, and I have made an investment in the club and are now a part of the ownership group moving forward.  On behalf of Jim and our children, we are thrilled to be a part of the NSC family!”

GEODIS Park is the largest soccer specific stadium in the U.S. and Canada, and has many features and attributes few other stadiums possess. All 30,000 seats are sold out for the inaugural match against Philadelphia Union on May 1.

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