Chris Schlosser Email Address

Senior Vice President and General Manager, MLS Digital

Founded in 1996, the Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league in the United States. The league works with a team of more than 125 players from over 45 countries. It conducts nearly 1,200 summer day camps and approximately 400 seasonal training programs. The Major League Soccer is structured as a single, limited liability company. The league has built the Columbus Crew Stadium, which has a seating capacity of up to 27,000 individuals. Its sponsors include American Airlines, Panasonic, adidas and Red Bull. The Major League Soccer s team includes Chicago Fire, Kansas City Wizards, New England Revolution and New York Red Bulls. It works in partnership with several corporations and sports marketing companies.

Chris Schlosser is an experienced leader focused on building new business and revenue opportunities for MLS and its 29 Clubs. Schlosser has a track record of developing, incubating and launching new business categories over his time at MLS. Most recently Schlosser delivered new revenue growth through the development of League-wide strategies for Blockchain (Including crypto, nft, tokens, etc) and Sports Betting. Working closely with the MLS Board of Governors Schlosser launched the Leagues first blockchain partnership, supported multiple new club partnerships and delivered significant new revenue through a host of ground-breaking sports betting partnerships around the League. Previously Schlosser launched comprehensive OTT partnerships including MLS Live on ESPN+, the first full League partnership on ESPN's marquee streaming service, negotiated the League's first live streaming deal with Twitter and built and sold KICKTV in partnership with YouTube. Schlosser joined the League in 2008 as the League’s first digital employee after consulting with the League on digital strategy while finishing his MBA at Columbia Business School. He was named to SportsBusiness Journal’s 2016 “Forty Under 40” class