11 Best Soccer Bars for Charlotte FC and Nashville SC Fans in the Carolinas and Tennessee (2026)

Tucked into Brevard Court, the narrow Uptown alley locals call The Alley, Courtyard Hooligans has been Charlotte's original soccer bar since 2009. Founded by two soccer fans who wanted a proper home for the city's football community, it is the gathering point for diehard supporters, with walls draped in scarves and jerseys from clubs around the world.

Ri Ra opened in Uptown Charlotte in 1997 in the second-oldest original building in the district. The interior was restored from old Irish pubs and salvaged artifacts, including a 19th-century Victorian bar, and shipped to the US, giving it a genuine Irish-pub setting in the heart of the city.

Salud started as a NoDa bottle shop promoting local and regional craft beer and grew to add Salud Cerveceria, a brewery and kitchen upstairs. It is the official bar for the Mint City Collective's NoDa chapter, the home base for the largest Charlotte FC supporters group in that neighborhood.

Sir Edmond Halley's, known to regulars as Sir Ed's, opened in 1996 in a tucked-away space behind Park Road Shopping Center and was one of Charlotte's first English pubs. Proper pour award earned it Guinness's perfect pint award.

Fogg Street Lawn Club opened in 2024 in the Pie Town neighborhood near downtown and is the official pub partner of Nashville SC. It bills itself as the city's premier soccer pub and pairs match viewing with the first rooftop lawn bowling green in the southern United States.

Fleet Street Pub is a British pub tucked into the basement level of Printers Alley, themed around the London Underground and named for London's Fleet Street newspaper district. Owned by Manchester native Ian Wrigley, it is one of the few true soccer bars in Nashville and an official Nashville SC pub partner.

The Lost Paddy opened in 2019 under Dublin native Micheal O'Leary and bills itself as Nashville's best place to watch rugby and soccer. Set on Spence Lane near the airport, it combines an authentic Irish pub with large screens for a sports bar at every angle.

McNamara's was opened in 2010 by Irish musician Sean McNamara in historic Donelson, two miles from the airport. It is widely regarded as one of the most authentic Irish pubs in the area, with live traditional Irish music nearly every night and a decor full of Gaelic sports memorabilia and Irish instruments.

Bull McCabe's opened in 2007 at the historic Five Points intersection in downtown Durham and was named 2024's Best Sports Bar in the Triangle by the INDY. It is home to the Bull City Gooners Arsenal supporters club and has one of the largest outdoor spaces of any pub downtown.

The Winchester describes itself as a footy-first, beer-aligned pub-style bottle shop in North Raleigh's North Ridge Shopping Center. It merges a love of craft beer with the beautiful game and is the watch-party home of the Carolina Toffees, the area's Everton supporters.

The London Bridge Pub is an English pub in downtown Raleigh's entertainment district that has long been the city's go-to spot for Premier League soccer. It is known as a Liverpool pub, packed on weekend mornings during the season, though fans of all clubs come to watch their teams.