LOS ANGELES, Calif. — NBA legend Kobe Bryant will step off the sidelines as a soccer fan this season, making his first foray into professional soccer in America.
He’s helping tout a new partnership between MLS and BodyArmor — a sports drink company Bryant has invested in since 2014, acquiring a 10% stake that is now valued at $200 million.
A long-time fan of the game, Bryant first started tracking the league when David Beckham joined the Galaxy in 2007.
“I was able to kind of gauge what the energy was at the time, it was still relatively unfamiliar to the U.