Nashville Metros (Tennessee Rhythm) 1990-Present

Devinder Sandhu and Lynn Agee are the two principal figures in Nashville soccer, owning and operating the Nashville Metros for 13 years. The pair originally met Francisco Marcos at an indoor tournament in Fayetteville, Georgia in 1988. Two years later, despite not having an indoor facility in Nashville, the Metros were born as a member of USL, then known as the Sunbelt Independent Soccer League. Playing its first season entirely on the road led to a 0-10 record, but the pair were not discouraged. The following summer, the outdoor squad went 7-9. The early years continued to prove difficult as the indoor club only managed six wins in five seasons before it was dropped, finishing with a five-year mark of 6-48. The outdoor squad continued to finish below .500 until the summer of 1995 when it was 12-6 and reached the postseason. Two years later the pair helped take the team to the A-League as it became a member of USL. The club would return to its roots, joining the PDL in 2002.

Sandhu is President of Sandhu Consultants International, a civil and environmental engineering firm that specializes in pollution control, waste to energy projects, waste minimization and property transaction issues like lead, radon, asbestos and underground storage tanks. A native of Kenya, he led he Vanderbilt soccer team in scoring in 1975 and helped them to a 12-2-2 record. The Tennessee Soccer Hall of Fame member serves as general manager of the team, handling logistics, travel, game day operations and a host of other duties.