Local sports franchise owner bringing soccer club to new heights
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When Hannah Esslie founded the Hudson Valley Crusaders in 2021, she was only sixteen years old. Now, the Cairo-Durham grad is still a college student, but making big moves with her women’s soccer club. The Crusaders have been selected as an expansion franchise with the United Soccer League.