Troyes bought by American investors

"Gary Allen and his financial partners have committed to buy all the club's shares," said current Troyes owner and president Daniel Masoni.

Gary Allen, the brother of former six-time Ironman triathlon world champion Mark Allen, already owns the Spartans Futbol Club, a Portland-based team in the National Premier Soccer League, the fourth tier of the North American system headed by the MLS.

Troyes did not reveal how much the club has been sold for.