Tampa Bay’s pro women's soccer team wants to build a practice facility in Ybor City

Tampa Bay's still-unnamed pro women’s soccer team has found a place to kick around.

Plans in front of Ybor City’s Barrio Planning Commission (BLC) show a proposed “Ybor Soccer Training Field” on the corner of E 7th and Nebraska Avenues.

A spokesperson for Tampa Bay’s Super League Team told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that the organization is sowing early roots in the historic district and that the team will soon share its name and temporary stadium location.

The plans for the practice field do not include a stadium, but will require the removal of “one nonhazardous grand tree,” according to an application to the BLC. The property is owned by Seventh and Nebraska Investments LLC, a company tied to Ybor City developer and once-Tampa Bay Times-investor, Darryl Shaw.
“We love this area and with the players training here, we know they will grow to love it too,” Amber Brinkley, Head Of Marketing And Communications for Super League Tampa Bay, added. “We look forward to becoming part of the Tampa Bay sports community.”

RBLR Sports first broke news about the team in May, noting that its launch is being led by Shaw, owner of Bern’s Steak House David Laxer and Jeff Fox who recently retired as Chief Information Officer at BluePearl.

Shaw has expressed interest in building a 5,000-seat stadium for the team, which will be coached by Denise Schilte-Brown, outgoing Head Coach of a University of South Florida’s women’s side that appeared in the NCAA tournament eight times under her leadership.

The Bulls will enjoy one more season under Schilte-Brown before she takes the reins for the Super League team expected to begin play in August 2024.

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