Austin FC: Momentum keeps gathering for 2021 team debut

Austin FC isn’t ready to take to the pitch tomorrow. But their stadium unveiling made it very real: Austin’s joining the cities with major pro sports.

When owners, Major League Soccer officials, supporters and other Austin FC stakeholders broke ground on the team’s new stadium last September 9, it got real. Austin will enter the world of major professional sports.

The Austin FC fury even gathered and swept away Austin-based actor Matthew McConaughey in its wake. He wasn’t satisfied watching the gathering momentum from the crowd. So McConaughey now is one of the team’s investors and has a title, Minister of Culture. Supporters plan to acknowledge McConaughey in every game with a chant…