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Chris Economides

Commissioner
919-270-3090
chris_economides@yahoo.com

Economides brings a wealth of experience to the league as the new M2 Commissioner. He has over 30 years of experience in professional soccer, starting with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL where he led them to league and U.S. Open Cup championships. 

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Economides brings a wealth of experience to the league as the new M2 Commissioner. He has over 30 years of experience in professional soccer, starting with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL where he led them to league and U.S. Open Cup championships. 

The Rhinos are the only non-MLS team to win the U.S. Open Cup since Major League Soccer (MLS) was established. After Rochester, Economides founded the Carolina Railhawks (now North Carolina FC) before moving to the USL front office to help establish and grow the league as a Senior Director and Commissioner of the MISL when it was managed by the USL.

In addition to his experience in the outdoor game and league office, Chris has also managed arena teams with the Kansas City Attack and most recently Florida Tropics, both of which won championships under his leadership.

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Andrew Ross

Deputy Commissioner
across092@gmail.com

Andrew Ross brings a wealth of experience for the past 10 years at all levels of the professional soccer landscape. 

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Andrew Ross brings a wealth of experience for the past 10 years at all levels of the professional soccer landscape. 

Ross started his career working under now MASL Vice President Jon Ramin and Utica City FC General Manager Tommy Tanner at the Syracuse Silver Knights. Following the Silver Knights, he moved to Florida to work at the USL under Economides during the first season the USL was affiliated with MLS. 

After the USL, Ross moved to Orlando City SC for their first two seasons in MLS before establishing the Florida Tropics. Ross served as the General Manager for the past five years before moving into his current role with the league office.

Ross also holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Sport Management from Syracuse University, one of the top sports programs in the country, has played soccer his whole life and is a certified coach at the competitive youth level throughout the Tampa Bay Area.

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Brian Ackley

Director of Public Relations

Brian Ackley serves as the Director of Public Relations and Broadcasting for MASL2.

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Brian Ackley serves as the Director of Public Relations and Broadcasting for MASL2.

Ackley – who spent 35 years in the newspaper industry, covering everything from the Winter Olympics, Super Bowls to Mike Tyson just finished his fifth season as the MASL Florida Tropics Director of Public Relations and Broadcasting, serving as the "Voice of the Tropics" on their home game broadcasts.

He brings a long history of covering and broadcasting indoor soccer beginning in the second year of the original Major Indoor Soccer league when he covered the Buffalo Stallions. He later covered the Columbus Capitals of the American Indoor Soccer Association, and spent four years as a color analyst and play-by-play voice of the Buffalo Blizzard of the National Professional Soccer League.

A long time broadcaster of high school football in Western New York, he also spent several seasons as the color analyst for NCAA Division I University at Buffalo football and as the play-by-play announcer for UB basketball. Most recently, he served as play-by-play voice for the Florida State High School Athletic Association’s girl’s basketball championships, and was slated to call the FHSAA girls softball championships in the Spring of 2020 before the event was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

He worked for almost five years as Athletic Director at Hilbert College, an NCAA Division III school in Hamburg, N.Y. He and his wife Dr. Lori Shank moved to Central Florida in 2007 where Ackley served as editor of the Lake Wales News, with stints as editor of the Fort Meade Leader and Frostproof News as well. Currently he also assists the City of Lake Wales with their public and community relations, and is a broadcaster for the Tampa Bay Tornadoes of the American Arena League, a professional indoor football team which currently is playing their home games in Lakeland, Florida.

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Graeme Florance

Director of Officials

Graeme Florance has been the director of officials for MASL2 for the last three years.

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Graeme Florance has been the director of officials for MASL2 for the last three years.

Over the past 27 years he has been a professional indoor referee in the NPSL/PASL/MISL as well as the MASL. Graeme has been a registered referee with the US Soccer Federation for 30 years, and is currently a regional emeritus Grade Referee. Graeme is also a US Soccer Assignor and Instructor.

He is a WMF (World Minifootball Federation) International Grade Referee. He has officiated at WMF World Cup tournaments in the USA and Australia, and qualifying events in South America.

Other soccer referee achievements include former NISOA National Referee.

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Courtney Coleman

Operations Assistant
coleman.courtney.lynne@gmail.com

Courtney Coleman serves as the Operations Assistant, coming from a background in the operations and events side of the sports industry.

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Courtney Coleman serves as the Operations Assistant, coming from a background in the operations and events side of the sports industry.

With a bachelors in Sports Business Management from Florida Southern College and pursuing a masters in Sports Management from Southern New Hampshire University, Courtney hopes to expand her career in the front office of a league to further her skills.

She has worked with the Florida Tropics the past 2 years as a Game Operations Intern to a Coordinator, worked in the athletics department of FSC on the NCAA DII level, was the Social Media Coordinator for FSC Men’s Hockey, and currently is working for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an Events and Entertainment Conversion Crew member.

Courtney enjoys hockey, baseball, and soccer, and a life-long Colorado Avalanche fan. Outside of the sports world, she loves traveling, event/trip planning and spending time with her friends and family back home in Colorado.

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Scott Ludwig

Media Relations
612-234-2709
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Providing independent coverage of indoor soccer since 2012, Scott joined the MASL 3 media team in 2021 assisting with the league website and social media.

Worked with the Chicago Mustangs in 2013-14 during their Ron Newman Cup and US Indoor Open Cup championship season.

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