In no way am I overreacting. December 19 was, before today, known only as my cousin’s birthday. Sorry Austin, you’ve been overshadowed by the best of announcements from Major League Soccer. The league announced today that Wednesday, at 4pm, they will make an announcement at the Country Music Hall of Fame. Commissioner Don Garber will be joined by John R. Ingram, the CEO of Nashville Soccer Holdings, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, and Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, as ESPN commentator and former US international Taylor Twellman emcees. If your ISP still allows access to the league’s website without any additional charges on your bill, you can watch a live stream of the event at MLSsoccer.com.

Nashville were one of four cities vying to win an expansion slot to join MLS, either in 2019 or 2020. Representatives from the club were in New York City last week to present their case to the MLS Board of Governors. Last Thursday, December 14, the Board of Governors met to vote on which bids to accept, but made no announcements on winners then. Instead, the league, through a spokesperson, only said that “MLS will announce new expansion clubs in the local market of the new team.” So, this brings us to today’s announcement. Is it an announcement that Nashville have secured one of the two expansion slots? What else could it be? I, for one, am already celebrating. IT’S HAPPENING, Y’ALL! Music City is getting an MLS team!