The San Francisco 49ers have taken a minority ownership stake in English soccer club Leeds.

Leeds says on its website the deal is a ”strategic partnership with 49ers Enterprises Daeshon Hall Jersey , an investment entity affiliated with the San Francisco 49ers.”

The second-tier club says ”funds invested will remain inside the club and will go towards investment in the first team squad.”

The agreement brokered by Leeds majority owner Andrea Radrizzani sees the president of 49ers Enterprises, Paraag Marathe Lamar Miller Jersey , join the Leeds board of directors.

Seen as a sleeping giant of English soccer, Leeds finished 13th in the 24-team Championship this season.

Leeds won the last of its three English league titles in 1992 Tyler Eifert Jersey , and was a Champions League semifinalist in 2001.

New Dallas Stars coach Jim Montgomery has added his first new assistant.

Todd Nelson, who spent the last three seasons as head coach for Grand Rapids in the American Hockey League Chase Daniel Jersey , was named a Stars assistant coach on Thursday. It is his third job with an NHL team, including a 46-game stint as Edmonton’s head coach in 2014-15 when the Oilers went 17-22-7 before he went to the AHL’s Griffins.

Nelson led Grand Rapids to a 133-78-17 record with three consecutive playoff appearances and the 2017 Calder Cup championship.

His was assistant with the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers from 2008-10. He was then head coach of the AHL’s Oklahoma City Barons Charles Haley Jersey , going 176-111-46 from 2010-15 with playoff appearances each season before his time with the Oilers.

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