It may be Super Sunday but for fans in Sacramento, the only football they have on their minds isn’t being played in the NFL. Sacramento Republic FC won the USL PRO title in their first year of existence and believe they are ready for the next level.

On Thursday night, Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson revealed that the San Francisco 49ers chief executive Jed York, have also agreed to invest in the soccer team.

“We have more 49ers season ticket holders in Sacramento than we do in San Francisco,” said York to the Sacramento Bee.

Just to be clear, the 49ers as an organization aren’t investing in the club; it’s York, six partners and family members. The 49ers group and the Sacramento Kings who also joined the investment group will have roughly the same minority stake in Republic FC, said Warren Smith, president and founder of the soccer club. Financial details weren’t disclosed.

“You know what the community’s goal is?” Johnson said when Sacrmamento won the USL PRO Championship. “They believe this team is built for MLS. So this is the first step for us to send a message around the country that we’re ready for big-time soccer.”

Along with representatives from Las Vegas and Minneapolis, Sacramento representatives met with MLS commissioner, Don Garber back in November to present their case. The announcements that both the San Francisco 49ers and Sacramento Kings are on board with Sacramento Republic FC will only help bolster the club’s chances of landing an MLS franchise.

“We want to make it very easy for MLS to make a decision,” Kevin Nagle, lead investor and managing parter of the club, said. “We built an extraordinary ownership group. It’s going to make a very strong, compelling case.”

Sacramento face stiff competition from the likes of St. Louis, Las Vegas, and Minneapolis to get an expansion side, but their case has never looked quite so strong.