As soccer continues its rise, area team aims to capitalize on boom

Florida Tropics SC, based in Lakeland, it continues to expand its brand.

  • By Elizabeth Morrisey
  • | 6:00 a.m. April 5, 2019
CALVIN KNIGHT. Defender Fernando Machado with longtime soccer executive Chris Economides, who joined the Florida Tropics in 2016, and midfielder Melvin Boating.
CALVIN KNIGHT. Defender Fernando Machado with longtime soccer executive Chris Economides, who joined the Florida Tropics in 2016, and midfielder Melvin Boating.
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The business of soccer is making strides and the Florida Tropics don’t want to miss out on a surge in popularity.  

 

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