USL: Nashville SC hires SUM exec Jeske

Court Jeske, who spent eight years at MLS and Soccer United Marketing as vice president, international business, has been hired as Nashville SC’s first chief executive officer. He will headclub operations as it prepares for its 2018 inaugural season in USL.
 
“The opportunity to build a professional soccer club in Nashville was something I could not passup,” Jeske said. “Nashville has all the ingredients to be a world-class soccer city, and we at Nashville SC are dedicated to creating a club that reflects and embodies Nashville’swelcoming spirit.”
 
Jeske recently helped organize Nashville’s Mexico-New Zealand game at Nissan Stadium that drew more than 40,000 fans, marking the second-largest crowdto attend a soccer match in Tennessee.