Stover will replace Marc de Grandpre as Red Bulls managing director

Erik Stover was promoted to managing director of the New York Red Bulls on Wednesday.

Hired by the MLS team in March as vice president of operations and general manager of Red Bull Park, Stover replaces Marc de Grandpre, who resigned on April 9.

Stover will oversee all of the team's business and commercial aspects. Coach Juan Carlos Osorio and sporting director Jeff Agoos will report to him.

Stover had served as the general manager of Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego since 2005. Prior to that he had spent nine years with the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, rising to the position of assistant vice president of stadium operations of Giants Stadium.