Hartford Athletic signed Providence College Men’s Soccer player Mac Steeves earlier this month, along with a couple of other players to fill out their roster for the upcoming season.

The squad is up to 11! Welcome to Hartford Mac, Raymond, Nikolaj, and Nicky! #herewecome pic.twitter.com/F8lyIost6Y

— Hartford Athletic (@hfdathletic) January 17, 2019

Hartford Athletic is a new USL expansion team that will begin play this upcoming Spring.  They plan to start their season on the road in March with 9 straight road games and have their home opener on May 4th at Dillon Stadium.  Their home opener will be against Charlotte.

“A natural goal scorer who is very dangerous in his movement.” – @PumaNielsen1

Find out more about Mac Steeves! pic.twitter.com/O6z8GtmJ00

— Hartford Athletic (@hfdathletic) January 17, 2019

Steeves was originally drafted 43rd overall in the MLS Superdraft in 2018 by the Houston Dynamo (MLS) and most recently had a stint with Rio Grand Valley FC Toros (USL).

At Providence, Steeves finished his career with 35 goals, good for 2nd on the all-time scoring list at Providence College.  Steeves was a 2-time First Team All-Big East selection and was also named the NCAA College Cup Most Outstanding Offensive Player in 2014.

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Big thanks to @bodybyboyle and my guy @vinny_talluto for getting me ready for preseason. “Give me 6 hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe” -Abraham Lincoln. The axe is sharp and I am ready to attack this new season💪⚽️

A post shared by Mac Steeves (@macsteeves19) on Jan 24, 2019 at 10:14am PST

I’m going to try and catch the former Friar in action once the team starts playing some home game and hopefully they can get something going much like the Hartford Yard Goats have for minor league baseball in Hartford.

Best of luck on the upcoming season Mac!