Nashville Soccer Club today unveiled Huntsville City Football Club, or Huntsville City FC, as the name as well as the crest and colors of its MLS NEXT Pro team in Huntsville, Ala.

In a public event hosted at Mars Music Hall earlier this evening by the voice of Nashville SC Tony Husband and local television personality Payton Walker, Huntsville City FC executives also revealed the team’s logo which was inspired by the City of Huntsville’s official seal and longstanding space industry.

“We are really excited to finally share our team’s identity with the City of Huntsville and the world,” said Majority Owner John Ingram. “The energy and partnership we have experienced in Huntsville is remarkable and we couldn’t imagine a better place for Huntsville City FC to be.”

Back in 2019, as majority owner of Nashville SC and Huntsville City FC, Ingram was intentional about creating a brand “In Nashville, for Nashville, with Nashville,” with significant input from longtime fans of the club. During the months-long process of branding Huntsville City FC, the organization embarked on a similar process of engaging with the Huntsville community, including the newly announced Huntsville City FC Managing Director of Business Operations Chad Emerson, on how to embody the spirit of the city.

Huntsville City FC’s logo takes inspiration from the official seal of the City of Huntsville as well as its longstanding space industry, which is home to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Missile Defense Agency, and Army Space and Rocket Command, among others. The circular shape of the seal and rocket boosters influenced the circular shape of the logo, the shooting star in the middle represents the idea of orbiting space and Huntsville’s history with the space industry, and the checkerboard design on either side of the logo pays homage to the checkered pattern on the Saturn I rocket that was developed at the MSFC.

The Saturn I rocket is part of a series of Saturn rockets developed in Huntsville. Most notably, the 230-foot Saturn IB rocket, a forerunner of the Saturn V rocket for NASA missions, is displayed at the Alabama Welcome Center in Ardmore. While it had more power than the earlier Saturn I, it was the 363-foot Saturn V that ultimately took American astronauts to the moon.

Although Huntsville City FC will sport the same color palette as Nashville SC, the NEXT Pro team’s primary and secondary colors will be blue and white, respectively, while gold and skyline blue will both serve as accent colors. Huntsville will also utilize the same font styles.

Huntsville City FC will bring professional soccer closer to fans and supporters in North Alabama as the team will make Joe Davis Stadium its home following completed renovations in May 2023.

Earlier today, City of Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, Jr. became the first person to purchase season tickets for the 2023 MLS NEXT Pro season. To follow his steps in becoming a Huntsville City FC Season Ticket Member or to learn more about the available ticketing options, visit https://am.ticketmaster.com/huntsvillenextpro/buy.

For more information on Huntsville City FC, visit HuntsvilleCityFC.com download and select the Huntsville City FC persona on the club’s app in Apple or Android, and follow it on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Huntsville City FC is the MLS NEXT Pro affiliate team of Major League Soccer’s club Nashville SC, founded in the summer of 2022. Huntsville City FC will bring professional soccer closer to fans and supporters in North Alabama, and the team will make Joe Davis Stadium its home following completed renovations in May 2023. Season ticket memberships for the 2023 season are now available at HuntsvilleCityFC.com. For more information, click here.

Launched in March 2022 by Major League Soccer, MLS NEXT Pro is a professional men’s soccer league in the United States and Canada that completes the pro player pathway from MLS NEXT, the youth academies associated with MLS, through to MLS, the top U.S. domestic league. Twenty-one Clubs competed during the inaugural season – 20 MLS-affiliated and one independent club, Rochester New York FC – with Columbus Crew 2 winning the first-ever MLS NEXT Pro Cup in October.  MLS NEXT Pro continues to grow the game through innovation and diversity, bringing professional soccer to new communities across the country and creating global opportunities both on and off the field.  Seven MLS-affiliated clubs will join MLS NEXT Pro in 2023: Atlanta United, Austin FC, Charlotte FC, LA Galaxy, Los Angeles Football Club, Nashville Soccer Club (Huntsville City FC) and New York Red Bulls.  Additional MLS-affiliated and independent clubs will join in the years ahead. Beginning in 2023, MLS NEXT Pro matches will be streamed live on the Apple TV platform as part of the monumental partnership between Apple and Major League Soccer. For more information about MLS NEXT Pro, visit mlsnextpro.com.