Philadelphia Union minority owner's soccer-focused investment firm scores first three acquisitions

The soccer-focused investment firm For Soccer Ventures, launched in November by a minority owner of the Philadelphia Union, has acquired its first three businesses. Richie Graham, founder of the Philadelphia-based firm, described the three companies — FootyCon, The Association, and Kicks To The Pitch — as a group of young, disruptive and forward-thinking businesses focused on different aspects of soccer as lifestyle. “These acquisitions represent For Soccer Venture’s ambition to prop…