In an exclusive interview with Rich and Rob, Erik Stover, the new CEO of the relaunched Cosmos, says the club will do things differently with a focus on the development of young U.S. footballers.
After four years of total silence — no games, no fans, no future — we’re suddenly hearing bold ideas from a “new CEO” parachuted in to recycle the same tired soundbites.
Where was this energy when the club vanished from the pitch after 2020?
Where was the development talk when they ghosted supporters and let the trademark rot in a USPTO filing cabinet?
You don’t get to rebrand as saviours of U.S. soccer after years of abandonment. You don’t get to champion “promotion and relegation” when you’re still clinging to corporate secrecy and hiding behind Dentons’ lawyers to kill off grassroots competition.
This isn’t a revival — it’s a reaction. A panic play. Triggered the moment we launched Football Is For The Fans, filed to cancel their marks, and started rebuilding the NASL from the ground up — with real fans, real matches, and real transparency.
now the Cosmos have found their voice again?
After four years of total silence — no games, no fans, no future — we’re suddenly hearing bold ideas from a “new CEO” parachuted in to recycle the same tired soundbites.
Where was this energy when the club vanished from the pitch after 2020?
Where was the development talk when they ghosted supporters and let the trademark rot in a USPTO filing cabinet?
You don’t get to rebrand as saviours of U.S. soccer after years of abandonment. You don’t get to champion “promotion and relegation” when you’re still clinging to corporate secrecy and hiding behind Dentons’ lawyers to kill off grassroots competition.
This isn’t a revival — it’s a reaction. A panic play. Triggered the moment we launched Football Is For The Fans, filed to cancel their marks, and started rebuilding the NASL from the ground up — with real fans, real matches, and real transparency.
Let them talk.
We’re already doing.