For all of you BigSoccer people who frequent other "MLS" boards on this website, you've noticed how a lot of talk has been devoted to St. Louis expansion lately, currently being spearheaded by Jeff Cooper, with the intention to build a stadium with stage+youth complex in Collinsville, Illinois. I, for one, am incredibly excited by all these developments, including Collinville's mayor being supportive of it. But also due to the Fire gaining a true regional rival. As of now, Columbus is the closest we got, and after that, Kansas City. With Toyota Park located no more than 1 mile south/southeast of I-55, and the proposed St. Louis stadium located no more than 1 mile north of I-55 in Collinsville, this potential rivalry has the potential to be a TRUE "I-55 Rivalry." Anyone here as excited as I?
Not really. We're a bit excited about Peter Wilt (ya know who he is?) working to get ateam in Milwaukee. That would be our "natural" rivalry. You guys are of interest only to Cubs fans, and outside of Cubs, nobody up here gives a sh*t about ya. This is Chicagoland. You're not close, and disconnected from us. You're like the poodle that thinks he is bigger than he actually is and nips at teh heels of the mailman until the mailman turns around and dropkicks ya through teh goalposts of pain. How is the great Bears-Rams rivalry going?? Or Sox-Cards? Good luck, anyway, I suppose. BTW, your beer sucks.
When refering to "me" please do NOT call me a St. Louisian. I am a CHICAGOAN, born and bred (Belmont and Central, POLSKA!). Furthermore, I am a diehard FIRE supporter. I simply go to school in St. Louis, and support the COLLEGIATE soccer team. Please, please PLEASE do not put me in that category.
Blackhawks v. Blues has always been a good rivalry -- just a little dormant at the moment because of suckage. So, that's two of the major three possibilities. Yea, I think there is a definite possibility here.
Hockey isn't major. Football is. And the Blues were hardly the Blackhawks biggest rivals. GB,Detroit are biiger rivals for the Bears than the Rams. Sox fans don;t get bent out of shape over the Cards. St Lou doesn';t have a basketball team. The only football team in St Lou that was a rival was the Cardinals, and that was cuz they used to be in Chicago. I will refrain from saying "St Lou takes Chicago rejects" cuz Marchetti goes to school there. LOL I went to school in Belleville. St Lou-- nice town, nothing special. East St Louis, now.... there is a rivalry for Chicago. Alone, St Lou could be ineteresting... up until the moment MLS announces the expansion into Milwaukee... then it will be "st whois?"
wanna hurt a st lou resident's feelings?? tell him you don;t think about his town too much cuz really... it doesn't matter
Zach Schaefer will correct me if I'm wrong but I recall him once saying that if you want to find St.Louis sports fans just look for a mullet-adorned family wearing those cheap knockoff tshirt jerseys.
As a Sox fan, I don;t *like* them at any time..... just don;t care about them. When St Lou gets a team, they will be no more of a rival to me than... KC or Columbus. I generally hate every team equally, but special hate is reserved for DC and NE in the East, and Dallas in the West.
My cousin went to the Bears game in st louis, he said there were plenty of tickets available and plenty of empty seats. With all the constant media coverage, you'd think they'd do better.
From the STL view, I look forward to the soccer rivalry. I was at the Rams/Bears game this year, and I want payback. So here it is. 1926 1931 1934 1942 1944 1946 1964 1967 1982 2006. had to.
Collinsville? 'Horseradish Capital of the World'? Home to the world's largest ketchup bottle and (coincidentally, one presumes) the largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in North America? American soccer may finally get its own version of 'the away day to Wrexham'.
You forgot 1985 Oh wait. That's right. That is the year that the cards blew a 3-1 lead to the Royals and imploded in game 7. Had to.
Then you must really hate the New England Revs, aside from them turning a new rivalry with the Fire, there core is made up of St. Louis area players. The only St. Louis area player the Fire has is Matt Pickens. I believe a Chicago-St. Louis rivalry would incur if the league honors St. Louis with a team. Just my opinion, but St. Louis has the richest soccer tradition/history in the U.S. Ironic that the City of St. Louis doesn't have a facility to house a franchise as of yet.
I hate the Revs but it has nothing to do with players from St. Louis and everything due to the fact they are midget-eating pederasts.