A Connecticut businessman has been awarded a minor league soccer team, which he hopes will compete in a new waterfront stadium in Bridgeport, he announced Tuesday. The man behind the effort, multimillionaire tech entrepreneur André Swanston, says the new team is part of his continued push to bring an MLS and/or National Women’s Soccer League team to Bridgeport. Swanston recently gained approval from Bridgeport’s planning and zoning commission to build a stadium on a parcel of land along the Pequonnock River, currently home to the vacant Shoreline Star Greyhound Park. He says the proposed stadium would initially have between 7,500 and 10,000 seats, with the option of expanding in the future if the city lands an MLS or NWSL team. Swanston said he’d like to complete the stadium in time for the 2025 season, a goal he called “ambitious but possible.”
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