How UNC, Kenan Stadium Landed Their First Ever International Soccer Match

Posted Jul 17, 2023
Before becoming the head of touring at Eventellect, Molly Pendleton dreamt of UNC hosting an international soccer match. Pendleton was a UNC student and intern at CAA Sports in 2009. She recalled watching a World Football Challenge match at Stanford, wondering how UNC could host one of its own. "Stanford's cool, but Kenan's better," she thought. (Inside Carolina)

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