instrumental in the transfer of ownership of the club from the Hunt family to OnGoal, LLC. Before joining North Carolina Football Club in 2011, Johnson served as the Carolina Hurricanes’ director of marketing from 2007–08 and later worked for U.S. Club Soccer, where he was instrumental in developing strategies for growth of the game at the youth levels for both boys and girls. References Sporting Kansas City Major League Soccer executives North American Soccer League executives National Women's Soccer League executives Living people North Carolina FC North Carolina Courage Richmond Kickers Carolina Hurricanes 1968 births