var npo = 5488; Our small but mighty local team works tirelessly to bring you high-quality, uncensored news and cultural coverage of St. Louis and beyond. Whether it's a one-time acknowledgement of this article or an ongoing pledge, your support helps keep St. Louis' true free press free. Rendering of the new stadium for St. Louis City SC. Selected from over 6,000 fan submissions, the name is rooted in the city's rich soccer tradition as America's First Soccer Capital. For the CITY. A week after announcing the hiring of German soccer legend Lutz Pfannenstiel as Sporting Director, St. Louis CITY SC has landed two more international stars in the club’s front office – famed youth academy architect Bernhard Peters and global sport management executive Mike Forde. The team will be known as St. Louis City SC. Riverfront Times The club will be based in St. Louis, Missouri, with home matches at a planned 22,500-seat soccer-specific stadium. Because No News is Bad News. Hartmann: What If We Swapped County Sports Protests with Black Lives Matter? St. Louis City SC is a Major League Soccer expansion franchise that is expected to begin play in 2023. Unlike many newspapers, ours is free – and we'd like to keep it that way, because we believe, now more than ever, everyone deserves access to accurate, independent coverage of their community. var first = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; script.setAttribute('data-npo-id', npo); first.parentNode.insertBefore(script, first); Riverfront Times works for you, and your support is essential. Bringing Major League Soccer to St. Louis has been a long, long process. (function() { St. Louis’ new soccer team finally has a name and we can’t wait to cheer on St. Louis City Soccer Club! var script = document.createElement('script'); pic.twitter.com/YKcQmen0Rr, Tags: MLS, St. Louis, Major League Soccer, Missouri, football, St. Louis City SC, soccer club, Image. script.id = 'commitchange-script'; © 2020 For the LOU.See you soon, St. Louis City SC! St. Louis pro soccer team to cease operations after 2020 season St. Louis Character: Dennis Moore takes a shot on goal with the MLS How St. Louis City SC's name projects a 'new St. Louis' script.src = 'https://us.commitchange.com/js/donate-button.v2.js'; St. Louis will begin MLS play in 2023, in their own 22,500-seat soccer specific stadium. })(); Subscribe now to get the latest news delivered right to your inbox. All parts of this site Copyright © 2020 Riverfront Times. Website powered by Foundation, St. Louis City SC Is an Opportunity for the Metro to Unite, Farewell to the St. Louis Summit, The Best Hill You’ve Never Climbed, St. Louis Can't Help Itself When it Comes to Soccer Stadium Financing, In a Baseball Town, Amsterdam Has the Beautiful Game Covered, Bringing an MLS Team to St. Louis Is About Money for Its Owners, Not Just Our Civic Good, With No Opposition in Sight, St. Louis' Soccer Stadium Plans Are Rolling Again, Turns Out St. Louis Was Right to Reject Public Financing for a Soccer Stadium, St. Louis Man Charged With Murder of Man Found in Burning Apartment, Governor Mike Parson, Wife Test Positive for COVID-19, Joining 117,000 Missourians, Hackers Harassed Teen Daughter of Ransomware Target in St. Louis, Feds Say, St. Louis Then and Now: The Chase Park Plaza on Kingshighway, Union Station's Halloween Event Offers an Alternative to Taking Candy From Strangers, Breonna Taylor Memorial at Saint Louis University Defaced, Sparking Protests, General Manager Tim Eby Is Done at St. Louis Public Radio, The Artists' Way: St. Louis Muralists Take Over Washington University Underpass. if(document.getElementById('commitchange-script')) return; Join Riverfront Times Press Club.