TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Last week, our own Capital City Correspondent Matt Hoffman reported on Tallahassee Mayor John Daly’s desire to bring professional hockey and women’s soccer to town.
Over the summer, WCTV’s Taylor Viles documented the community surge to bring the Tiger Sharks back to the ice, but as far as the soccer pitch is concerned, the Tallahassee Reckoning are hoping they’re the answer the city is looking for.
There is no “offseason” for a pre-professional club like the Reckoning (or any level for that matter). Staff are currently busy with clinics and on the business end the team has recently raised over $50,000 from community ownership initiatives.
“Similar to like a Green Bay Packers model and how it creates fandom,” says team owner and CEO Ashlee Fontes, noting that

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