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Major League Soccer, Soccer Park, St. Louis
by (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
MLS Says No To St. Louis Bid For Soccer Team For Now
by (Analysis | Belleville News Democrat - March 21)
Portland, Ore., is the next city to be home to a Major League Soccer team, leaving St. Louis waiting for another year and hoping to develop Plan B. more details | go to article
Garber: We'll Sell Like Heck To Get Investors Interested In St. Louis.
by (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
St. Louis Bid For Soccer Expansion Team Receives Land From Anheuser-Busch
by (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
A-B Gives Fenton Soccer Park To St. Louis Soccer United
by (Analysis | St. Louis Post Dispatch - March 11)
Anheuser-Busch InBev is giving the Anheuser-Busch Center in Fenton to St. Louis Soccer United, opening the possibility a Major League Soccer team could play on the Missouri side of the river. more details | go to article
Anheuser-Busch Joins St. Louis Effort
by (Analysis | Yahoo - March 11)
Anheuser-Busch Cos. added clout to a St. Louis group seeking an MLS franchise on Wednesday, offering its soccer facility as a possible site for a future stadium. more details | go to article
Thoughts About MLS And The Soccer Park
by (Blog Entry | St. Louis Post Dispatch - March 11)
Though the league has never said it publically, the “distance” of Collinsville has hung over the Cooper bid from Day One. more details | go to article
Cooper: Do I Feel Like We'll Get It? Yes.
by (Profile/Interview | St. Louis Post Dispatch - March 4)
Jeff Cooper has always thought he’ll get an MLS expansion team for St. Louis, so the news of Miami dropping out of the race was interesting, but didn’t change his take on the situation. more details | go to article
St. Louis Deserves An MLS Team
by (Commentary | St. Louis Post Dispatch - January 15)
You may not know Don Garber, the commissioner of Major League Soccer. And he might just be the smartest commissioner of a professional sports league in North America. more details | go to article
MLS Commissioner: St. Louis Bid Still Shy
by (Profile/Interview | USA Today - January 15)
Major League Soccer remains on track for expansion in 2011 despite the recession, with two new cities to be added before the season starts in mid-March. St. Louis' chances hinge on strengthening its investor base. more details | go to article
Soccer Talk
by (Profile/Interview | St. Louis Post Dispatch - November 5)
Jeff Cooper, who is trying to bring an MLS team to the St. Louis area, joins readers at 11 a.m. Wednesday in a live chat and answers questions about his project. more details | go to article
Chat With Jeff Cooper
by (Profile/Interview | ESPN - October 30)
Welcome to The Show! On Thursday, prospective MLS owner Jeff Cooper will stop by to chat about his potential team in St. Louis. more details | go to article
Group Seeking MLS Club Will Have 6 Competitors
by (Analysis | St. Louis Post Dispatch - October 16)
Jeff Cooper and his St. Louis United group don't have a Major League Soccer team yet, but they learned on Wednesday who they will be in competition with — off the field — to get one of the league's next two expansion franchises. more details | go to article
Cooper Submits Application In Bid For Soccer Team
by (Analysis | St. Louis Business Journal - October 15)
Jeff Cooper, a lawyer spearheading efforts to bring a Major League Soccer team to St. Louis, said Wednesday he submitted the application to MLS to be considered for an expansion franchise. more details | go to article
Application Day
by (Blog Entry | St. Louis Soccer United - October 15)
Today we are submitting our formal application to Major League Soccer to be considered for an expansion franchise for St. Louis. more details | go to article
Athletica's Demise Another Blow To St. Louis Soccer
by (Article | Soccer America - May 28)
The Saint Louis Athletica became the second Women’s Professional Soccer team to fold in four months when its owners closed shop on Thursday. Athletica players, including such U.S. national team stars as Hope Solo, Shannon Boxx and Lori Chalupny, will be available as free agents to other WPS teams as of Tuesday. For now, AC St. Louis, the D-2 Pro League club operated by the same ownership group, remains in business. more details | go to article
Stadium Plan Needs Thorough Debate
by (Commentary | Alton Telegraph (IL) - August 21)
Jeff Cooper could be the biggest kick in the pants the city of Collinsville has seen in years. Then again, every soccer fan will tell you that such a kick can hurt if planted in the wrong place. more details | go to article
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