# Mike Moylan

> Mike Moylan is the co-founder and CEO of Sports Endeavors, the North Carolina business behind Soccer.com. He developed its original soccer retail concept as a Durham Academy school project in 1984 and built the business with his brother Brendan and their family. A Georgetown soccer letterwinner and 2009 North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame inductee, he continues to lead Sports Endeavors following its April 2026 acquisition by BSN SPORTS.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Sports Endeavors
- **Organizations:** Sports Endeavors, SOCCER.COM
- **Education:** Durham Academy, Georgetown University
- **Known for:** Co-founded the Eurosport catalog business that developed into Soccer.com., Four-year Georgetown men's soccer letterwinner, 1984-1987., Inducted into the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame with Brendan Moylan in 2009.

## Career timeline

- **1984** — Developed a school business project and co-founded Sports Endeavors with brother Brendan; the first Eurosport catalog had 24 pages and a mailing list of 6,000.
- **1988** — Graduated from Georgetown and returned to North Carolina to work on the business.
- **1991** — Sports Endeavors moved to Hillsborough and began the equipment-donation initiative that became Passback.
- **1994** — Sports Endeavors registered Soccer.com; a software conversion also disrupted shipments during the World Cup year.
- **2002** — Passback expanded through a partnership with the U.S. Soccer Foundation.
- **2009** — Inducted with Brendan into the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame.
- **2022** — Seawall Capital acquired a majority stake; the brothers continued leading the business.
- **2025** — Sports Endeavors acquired Soccer Master.
- **2026** — BSN SPORTS acquired Sports Endeavors; Mike and Brendan remained in leadership.

## Achievements

- Co-founded the Eurosport catalog business that developed into Soccer.com.
- Four-year Georgetown men's soccer letterwinner, 1984-1987.
- Inducted into the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame with Brendan Moylan in 2009.
- Continued leading Sports Endeavors through the Seawall Capital investment and BSN SPORTS acquisition.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — BSN SPORTS announced its acquisition of Sports Endeavors on April 27; Mike and Brendan Moylan would continue leading the business.
- **2025-04** — Sports Endeavors announced the acquisition of Soccer Master on April 17, retaining its six retail stores under their existing name.
- **2024-09** — Appeared on the Modern Retail Podcast to discuss Soccer.com, youth uniforms, event retail and American soccer fandom.

## Links

- Website: https://www.sportsendeavors.com/

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