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The team will play in the USL Super League, which debuts in August.
The new women’s pro soccer team coming to the District has a name: D.C. Power Football Club, or Power FC.
In an announcement, the new club, which is set to begin play in August at Audi Field, said the name symbolizes “strength and determination,” while its black-and-red crest is inspired by the D.C. flag.
The crest includes an interlocking D and C, which “embodies the unity that anchors our club,” the team said in its announcement. An eagle’s wing cuts through the shield, with three feathers shaped like lightning bolts to signify the three communities in Greater Washington — D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
As reported last week, Greater Washington business execs Devin Talbott, Jordan Stuart and Jan Adams are teaming with Major League Soccer franchise D.C. United to launch the new team. It will play in the new USL Super League, an eight-team outfit that will launch in August.
Stuart will be the club president, it was revealed Monday, and will oversee Power FC’s day-to-day operations. He is the director of Keller Williams Realty Sports + Entertainment, which connects pro athletes with residential accommodations. Stuart became minority owner of USL Championship club Loudoun United FC, a lower-division men’s club, last year.
United is the lone MLS team to be involved in the Super League.
Power FC confirmed Monday that former D.C. United defender and assistant coach Frédéric Brillant is the team’s manager. Brillant is currently an assistant with the Utah Royals of the National Women’s Soccer League. The Washington Spirit, who also plays home games at Audi Field, compete in the NWSL and are owned by tech and sports mogul Michele Kang.
The Spirit’s season runs from March to November, while Power FC’s season will run from August through spring 2025 with a winter break. Both the NWSL and the Super League have earned Division I standing from the U.S. Soccer Federation.
The USL Super League’s inaugural season will begin with teams in Brooklyn; Charlotte, North Carolina; Dallas/Fort Worth; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Lexington, Kentucky; Spokane, Washington; Tampa, Florida; and D.C.
Teams in eight additional markets — Chattanooga, Tennessee; Indianapolis; Jacksonville, Florida; Madison, Wisconsin; Oakland, California; Palm Beach, Florida; Phoenix; and Tucson, Arizona — have committed to joining the league in future seasons, according to sister paper the Sports Business Journal.
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