In Italy, for several years, many teams have been American-owned and in Serie A alone, among the twenty teams in the championship, we count half of them.
In this scenario, the Kraft family, instead of purchasing an already existing team as done by other compatriots, decides to import the concept of franchise into Italy, creating a new team called Bari Waves, based in the city of the same name and with club colors Navy Blue and Yellow.
The club will debut in Serie C (third level of the Italian football system) in Group C.
The new team will have the following affiliations:
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New England![]()
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Mallorca
New England
Havre AC
MallorcaHavre SC and Mallorca will be able to send Bari Waves players on loan, given that they are leagues with very permissive squad registration rules for certain nations and because both have American ownership.
MANAGEMENT AND STAFF
The team is made up of:- Owner: Daniel Kraft
- Director: Claudio Reyna
- Director: Joseph J. Greco
- Director of Football: Walter Sabatini
- Assistant coach: Michael Bradley
Walter Sabatini was chosen for his great experience as Sports Director in Italy and because of the good relationships he established with the MLS in his adventure at the Montreal Impact.
Michael Bradley was chosen because of his experience as a player also in Italy with the shirts of ChievoVerona and Roma.
STADIUM AND FACILITIES
The structures of Bari Waves are as follows:- Stadium: MetLife Arena with 25000 seats
- Training Center: Airbnb Training Center
- Stadium for Youth Academies: Cash App Academy Center
UBER CUP
To create an even stronger bond between the MLS franchises and the Bari Waves, a friendly competition has been included which will take place at the Yankee Stadium towards the end of July each year and which will see the challenge between the Bari Waves as a fixed team and one of MLS franchises that change from year to year.
The competition will have a prize for both the winner and the loser.
WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THE FOLDER:
- The 'Z_Bari Waves - Italia 24-25 & Uber Cup_DS.fmf' File, which allows you to play this scenario.
- The 'Italia 24-25 (stadi).fmf' and 'Italia 24-25 (squadre).fmf' Files, as auxiliary files.
- A folder called '0_Bari_Waves' where you will find all the graphics regarding Bari Waves inside
HOW TO INSTALL FILES:
- The 'Z_Bari Waves - Italia 24-25 & Uber Cup_DS.fmf' file must be inserted in:
Documents/Sport Interecative/Football Manager 2024/editor data
- The 'Italia 24-25 (stadi).fmf' file must be inserted in:
Documents/Sport Interecative/Football Manager 2024/editor data
- The 'Italia 24-25 (squadre).fmf' file must be inserted in:
Documents/Sport Interecative/Football Manager 2024/editor data
- The '0_Bari_Waves' folder must be inserted in
Documents/Sport Interecative/Football Manager 2024/graphics
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In case you don't see the graphic part regarding the Bari Waves, check the ID of the Team and the three structures, if in your save they are different from those in the configs, replace them with those in your save easily.
Based on the transfer and promotion/relegation update for the 2024-25 season, the IDs of the various members of Bari Waves may vary depending on the save.
Based on the transfer and promotion/relegation update for the 2024-25 season, the IDs of the various members of Bari Waves may vary depending on the save.
Starting a new save using Football Manager Original mode is required.
COMPATIBILITY WITH TRANSFER UPDATES AND PROMOTIONS/RELEGATION:
The file is compatible with any type of transfer update and promotion/relegation that you find on FMScout and other sites but remember to replace the promotions/relegation file regarding Italy with the file 'Z_Bari Waves - Italia 24-25 & Uber Cup_DS.fmf'.ADVICE FOR STARTING YOUR CAREER
The squad on the first day is empty and from numerous tests, it has proven difficult to fill the squad by making purchases (even free agents) due to the fact that the players, seeing the squad empty, ask for disproportionate sums for the quality of the player and the division where Bari starts Waves, so I recommend this:- Start the game on July 3 via England starting as unemployed.
- Simulate until September 2nd which is the first day of closing transfers.
- Insert your manager by choosing the Bari Waves team and withdrawing the old profile.
This way you will have a squad of 23-24 players and you can start your game from there.
Have fun
Marco.
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Discussion: FM24 Bari Waves - An MLS franchise in italy!
6 comments have been posted so far.
You can't do anything about it unfortunately because MLS has its own rules so lend them to other teams not in MLS.
Any suggestions for loaning players to the MLS affiliate though? Always seem I get some kind of message basically stating the players contract needs to be restructured / converted to a MLS type of contract, how would I do that?
Thanks, that was the problem then.
I update the article by adding this notice.
The team ID may depend on the transfer update databases you included. The one I use, the team has that ID that I put in the various configs, but you can check like this:
- Open the game and from settings look for the item regarding the option to show the IDs or check if you use a custom skin, which has the button that displays the IDs.
- If the ID is different from the one you find by opening the config files of the kits and logos, just paste the one you have in your game and you will see that the kits and logos will be visible.
You don't need to start a new save.