Staff

Chris Economides
Economides brings a wealth of experience to the league as the new M2 Commissioner. He has over 30 years of experience in professional soccer, starting with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL where he led them to league and U.S. Open Cup championships. The Rhinos are the only non-MLS team to win the U.S. Open Cup since Major League Soccer (MLS) was established.
Economides brings a wealth of experience to the league as the new M2 Commissioner. He has over 30 years of experience in professional soccer, starting with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL where he led them to league and U.S. Open Cup championships. The Rhinos are the only non-MLS team to win the U.S. Open Cup since Major League Soccer (MLS) was established.
After Rochester, Economides founded the Carolina Railhawks (now North Carolina FC) before moving to the USL front office to help establish and grow the league as a Senior Director and Commissioner of the MISL when it was managed by the USL.
In addition to his experience in the outdoor game and league office, Chris has also managed indoor teams with the Kansas City Attack and most recently Florida Tropics, both of which won championships under his leadership.

Andrew Ross
Andrew Ross brings a wealth of experience for the past 10 years at all levels of the professional soccer landscape.
Andrew Ross brings a wealth of experience for the past 10 years at all levels of the professional soccer landscape.
Ross started his career working under now MASL Vice President Jon Ramin and Utica City FC General Manager Tommy Tanner at the Syracuse Silver Knights. Following the Silver Knights, he moved to Florida to work at the USL under Economides during the first season the USL was affiliated with MLS. After the USL, Ross moved to Orlando City SC for their first 2 seasons in MLS before establishing the Florida Tropics. Ross served as the General Manager for the past five years before moving into his current role with the league office.
Ross also holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Sport Management from Syracuse University, one of the top sports programs in the country, has played soccer his whole life and is a certified coach at the competitive youth level throughout the Tampa Bay Area.

Graeme Florance
Graeme Florance has been the director of officials for MASL 2 for the last three years.
Graeme Florance has been the director of officials for MASL 2 for the last three years.
Over the past 27 years he has been a professional indoor referee in the NPSL/PASL/MISL and the MASL. Graeme has been a registered referee with the US Soccer Federation for 30 years, and is currently a regional emeritus Grade Referee. Graeme is also a US Soccer Assignor and Instructor. He is a WMF (World Mini Football) International Grade Referee . He has officiated at World Cup Final Tournaments in the USA and Australia, and qualifying events in South America. Other soccer referee achievements include former NISOA National Referee.

Brian Ackley
Brian Ackley serves as the Director of Public Relations and Broadcasting for MASL 2.
Brian Ackley serves as the Director of Public Relations and Broadcasting for MASL 2.
Ackley – who spent 35 years in the newspaper industry, covering everything from the Winter Olympics, to Super Bowls to Mike Tyson, was previously the MASL Florida Tropics Director of Public Relations and Broadcasting, serving as the "Voice of the Tropics" on their home game broadcasts.
He brings a long history of covering and broadcasting indoor soccer beginning in the second year of the original Major Indoor Soccer league when he covered the Buffalo Stallions. He later covered the Columbus Capitals of the American Indoor Soccer Association, and spent four years as a color analyst and play-by-play voice of the Buffalo Blizzard of the National Professional Soccer League.
A long time broadcaster of high school football in Western New York, he also spent several seasons as the color analyst for NCAA Division I University at Buffalo football and as the play-by-play announcer for UB basketball. Most recently, he served as play-by-play voice for the Florida State High School Athletic Association’s girl’s basketball championships, boy's and girl's lacrosse championships and softball championships
He worked for almost five years as Athletic Director at Hilbert College, an NCAA Division III school in Hamburg, N.Y. He and his wife Dr. Lori Shank moved to Central Florida in 2007 where Ackley served as editor of the Lake Wales News, with stints as editor of the Fort Meade Leader and Frostproof News as well. Currently he also assists the City of Lake Wales with their public and community relations.