WPS May Take Over Athletica
by Tom Timmermann (Article | St. Louis Post Dispatch - May 24)
There’s no clear progress on the Athletica-AC St. Louis front but the WPS has raised the possibility of taking over the Athletica for the remainder of the season. more details | go to article

Ac St. Louis Prepares To Play Despite Financial Crisis
by Tom Timmermann (Preview | St. Louis Post Dispatch - May 22)
With AC St. Louis' future in peril after the team's major investor pulled out, coach Claude Anelka faces a challenge when his team meets Tampa Bay tonight at 7 at the Anheuser-Busch Center. Can he keep his players focused and motivated? more details | go to article

Leagues Concerned About St. Louis Atheltica, Ac St. Louis
by Tom Timmermann (Profile/Interview | St. Louis Post Dispatch - May 21)
The U.S. Soccer Federation and Women's Professional Soccer are taking an active interest in the finances of St. Louis' two soccer teams, AC St. Louis and the Athletica, after the teams have run into funding problems. more details | go to article

St. Louis Is In U.S. Soccer's World Cup Bid
by Tom Timmermann (Blog Entry | St. Louis Post Dispatch - May 14)
I had a chance to take a look at the bid books that U.S. Soccer submitted to FIFA today — five volumes, about 1,200 pages, lots of pictures and charts and diagrams and descriptions of everything from how many jumbo jets you can park at LAX to how the political system works. And on two pages, you can find St. Louis. more details | go to article

Soccer Has Become A Big Hit In U.S.– If Mexico Is Playing
by Tom Timmermann (Analysis | St. Louis Post Dispatch - May 11)
Ricardo Ruiz came to America from Guadalajara, Mexico, 20 years ago and is an American citizen. "I love this country," he said. "I support this country. I would go to war for this country." But when it comes to soccer? "My heart is always in Mexico," he said. more details | go to article

Stan Kroenke Keeps Low Profile With Arsenal Soccer Club
by Tom Timmermann (Profile/Interview | St. Louis Post Dispatch - April 26)
Any intrigue that surrounds Stan Kroenke's attempt to buy the St. Louis Rams may pale in comparison with his involvement with another of the teams he's part owner of, English soccer club Arsenal. more details | go to article

If You're Going To Chicago For The Qualifier…
by Tom Timmermann (Blog Entry | St. Louis Post Dispatch - June 5)
More than 50,000 tickets have already been sold for the U.S.-Honduras World Cup qualifier at Soldier Field on Saturday. (And a lot of them have been sold to fans of Honduras.) Soldier Field seats about 60,000, so it will be close to a capacity crowd there. more details | go to article

Grueling Schedule Confronts U.S. Team
by Tom Timmermann (Result | St. Louis Post Dispatch - June 3)
Playing in Costa Rica is never easy for the U.S. national soccer team — Estadio Ricardo Saprissa in San Jose is probably the toughest place to play in the region after Mexico City's Estadio Azteca — which means the Americans will face a challenging start to a rough stretch of games when they play a World Cup qualifier there tonight. more details | go to article

Major League Soccer, Soccer Park, St. Louis
by Tom Timmermann (Blog Entry | St. Louis Post Dispatch - March 21)
St. Louis' latest run at a Major League Soccer expansion team came to an end Friday when the league officially unveiled Portland as the site of its 18th team, two days after Vancouver became the 17th team. After the announcement, MLS Commissioner Don Garber said the league still wanted St. Louis to get a team and would work with potential investors to try to bring one here. more details | go to article

Garber: We'll Sell Like Heck To Get Investors Interested In St. Louis.
by Tom Timmermann (Blog Entry | St. Louis Post Dispatch - March 20)
MLS Commissioner Don Garber told me a little while ago that the league will continue to try to steer investors toward Jeff Cooper in an effort to put a team in St. Louis and that having now solidified itself on the West Coast as well as the Northeast, the next area the league wanted to strengthen was the Midwest. more details | go to article

Two In 2012 For MLS If …
by Tom Timmermann (Blog Entry | St. Louis Post Dispatch - March 20)
From the official announcement from MLS about the Portland expansion: Portland completes this round of expansion for MLS, which could expand to 20 teams by 2012 if two additional cities are deemed ready to join. more details | go to article

A Chance To Meet Athletica Players
by Tom Timmermann (Blog Entry | St. Louis Post Dispatch - March 20)
St. Louis Athletica isn’t having any exhibition games, and all of its scrimmages are being played behind closed doors, but if you want to meet the players, there are two chances coming up. more details | go to article

Portland On The Way; Next Expansion In 2012?
by Tom Timmermann (Blog Entry | St. Louis Post Dispatch - March 19)
Though everyone is acting cagey about it, unless something really strange happens, Portland will be introduced as the 18th team in Major League Soccer on Friday, joining the league in 2011. Though the league hasn’t confirmed it, all signs point to a press conference there. more details | go to article

Athletica Wins Scrimmage; Solo Has Minor Surgery On Elbow
by Tom Timmermann (Blog Entry | St. Louis Post Dispatch - March 16)
Athletica beat Missouri 7-2 in a scrimmage at the Scott Gallagher facility in Creve Coeur on Monday. It was the first chance for some of the national team types — specifically Lori Chalupny and Angie Woznuk — to hit the field with their teammates. more details | go to article

St. Louis Bid For Soccer Expansion Team Receives Land From Anheuser-Busch
by Tom Timmermann and Jeremiah McWilliams (Analysis | St. Louis Post Dispatch - March 12)
The group bidding to bring a Major League Soccer expansion franchise to St. Louis received a boost on Wednesday when Anheuser-Busch said it would give the group the Soccer Park near Fenton as a site for a new stadium and lobby the league on St. Louis' behalf. more details | go to article