St. Louis duo seeking USL PRO expansion club, with long-term goal of MLS entry Two prominent figures on the St. Louis soccer scene want to bring a professional outdoor team back to the city, The Riverfront Times reported on Tuesday, and a place in MLS is their ultimate goal. Tony Glavin, who owns and coaches the St. Louis Lions PDL team, and Andrew Haines, owner of the St. Louis Ambush indoor team, told RFT that they have begun the process of founding a USL PRO club with an eye towards a 2015 debut. The duo launched a new website (http://stlprosoccer.com/) to gauge local interest by requesting contact info and ticketing preferences from would-be fans, and they make no secret of their long-term goal: following in the footsteps of the five former USL clubs who have moved up to MLS. "We felt the timing was right," Glavin said. "This has always been my goal. I think the area has been crying out for something … St. Louis has a rich history in soccer. We want to capture that. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/artic...l-pro-expansion-club-long-term-goal-mls-entry
St. Louis unveils plan for stadium According to former Anheuser-Busch president Dave Peacock and local attorney Bob Blitz, the two-man task force appointed by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to come up with the plan, the new stadium would cost between $860 million and $985 million, with construction to begin in 2016 and be completed in 2020. In addition to housing a football team, the plan also accounts for the potential addition of a Major League Soccer team, some renovations of the Edward Jones Dome to attract major sporting events like the Final Four, and additional development in the currently blighted north St. Louis area. Peacock has been in contact with MLS commissioner Don Garber. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12143392/st-louis-unveils-plan-new-stadium-cost-least-860m
MLS Commissioner Don Garber gives update on potential expansion cities, including St. Louis The list of cities interested in an MLS expansion team is getting bigger, according to MLS Commissioner Don Garber. The newest market to join the mix is the soccer hotbed of St. Louis, Missouri, which was last involved in an expansion bid that fell through in 2008-2009. "I’m going to be out in St. Louis in the next couple of weeks," Garber told media between rounds of the 2015 MLS Super Draft. "St. Louis has got a lot of activity going on with a stadium that they’re trying to get done for the [NFL] Rams. There’s a big soccer community out there and we’d love to see a soccer stadium downtown like they’re thinking about a football stadium. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/artic...es-update-potential-expansion-cities-includin
For St. Louis to be 23 or 24 the new football stadium would have to be under construction and an agreement would need to be reached allowing them to have a temporary home in Busch stadium or the dome. And of course a potential owner with deep pockets needs to step forward.
Garber will be in STL on Tuesday. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_5ec39281-e9cd-5071-bc39-d3fd15715978.html
The new question is can STL be #28. MLS Board of Governors approved latest Miami site (Overtown); outlines support for future expansion to 28 teams, two week hiatus during Copa America 2016. per release. #MLS