The stories Mike Curry shares take you from the soccer pitch to the boardroom, and from the heart of American soccer to the small soccer pitches that act as centers of community activity across the world.
However, since Curry became the chairman of the Philadelphia Union foundation, he has been motivated to tell a new story, one that begins with a simple phrase and ends with a city transformed.
Make every day in Chester like gameday, Curry says emphatically. Back when the Philadelphia Union Foundation was formed in 2011, those words became planted in his mind as he began a long journey toward creating a partnership between the Union and the city of Chester that could produce tangible returns benefiting both the club and its stadium’s locale.