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Later in 2008, St. Louis bid for one of two MLS expansion slots to enter the league in 2011. St. Louis was considered one of the early front runners, [14] due in part to the city's soccer history and a stadium plan. [15] But the St. Louis bid lacked an ownership group with deep pockets, and MLS awarded the expansion slots to Portland and Vancouver.
The St. Louis Soccer League was a professional soccer league in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1915 [ 1 ] With four teams drawn from two amateur leagues, it was at the time the country's only pro soccer league. [ 2 ]
St. Teresa won both years. In 1895, the Sodality League merged with the Association Foot Ball League, bringing in St. Teresa which promptly won the league title. In 1897, violent play on the part of St. Teresa led to a one-year suspension from the league. In 1907, the St. Louis Soccer League was established as a rival to the AFBL. In 1908, the ...
1958 – Landmarks Association of St. Louis established. 1959 – St. Louis sit-in during the Civil Rights Movement. [59] 1960 Population: 750,026. [41] Sister city relationship established with Stuttgart, Germany. [60] The National Football League's Chicago Cardinals relocate to St. Louis. They will remain through 1987.
The St. Louis soccer scene did not have a professional league during the 1906–07 season. [2] The St. Louis Soccer Football League was organized to fill that void before the 1907–08 season. [3] Dr. Alexander Murray was founding president [4] and Thomas W. Cahill founding secretary of the league. [5]
The following is a timeline of organizational changes in Major League Soccer (MLS), a professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that began play in 1996 with 10 teams and by 2025 will have 30 teams. This article includes expansions, contractions, renamings of clubs and conference realignment.
The people of St. Louis have waited a long time for their own MLS team. Fans did not disappoint at Saturday's home debut for St. Louis City SC.
Soccer is the main fall sport at SLU, which has not sponsored football since 1949. Despite the long soccer tradition in the city of St. Louis, the University did not field a varsity team until 1959, when the Billikens won the first NCAA soccer championship held. With Bob Guelker as coach, the team achieved a 11–1 record that season.