A private dinner was held Wednesday night for nearly 100 guests in Northwest Atlanta. SBJ Publisher and Executive Editor Abe Madkour welcomed guests along with MLS Commissioner Don Garber and Concacaf President Victor Montagliani. During the welcome, Montagliani made a special tribute to departing MLS President Gary Stevenson, who is leaving at the end of July after more than 13 years. Stevenson was given his own soccer jersey with the No. 13, representing his tenure.
AMBSE Chair Arthur Blank hosted a head table of guests, which included Garber, Montagliani, U.S. Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone, FC Dallas owner Clark Hunt, San Diego FC owner Sir Mohamed Mansour, FIFA Secretary General Mattias Grafström and Madkour.
Guests dined on orchard salad with champagne vinaigrette, beef short ribs and herb roasted chicken with a white wine butter sauce, with crème fraiche panna cotta for dessert.
