Saint Louis FC is an American professional soccer team based in St. Louis, Missouri. The team was founded in May 2014, and competes in the United Soccer League. The team plays their matches at Toyota Stadium, a venue inside the World Wide Technology Soccer Park.
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History
SLSG Pro LLC (affiliated with St. Louis area youth club St. Louis Scott Gallagher) was awarded the USL Pro franchise on May 1, 2014. That same day, the club announced that they would play their home games at the 5,500 seat World Wide Technology Soccer Park in Fenton, Missouri. Dale Schilly, the youth club director of SLSG, was named head coach.
On June 2, 2014, it was announced that the team's name was Saint Louis Football Club.
Former AC St. Louis player Mike Ambersley was the first player signed to the team on January 13, 2015.
On January 16, 2015, the team announced their affiliation with the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer.
St. Louis FC played their inaugural game on March 28, 2015, losing to Louisville City 2-0. Their first victory was against the Tulsa Roughnecks on April 2, 2015, winning 2-0. Jeremie Lynch scored the team's first ever goal in the 42nd minute. Their home debut was a 1-1 draw against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds on April 11, 2015, before of a sellout crowd of 5,280. The team's first home win came against the Wilmington Hammerheads on May 9, 2015, with the winning goal by Sam Fink.
On May 16, 2016, Saint Louis FC announced that they had acquired the PDL team Springfield Synergy FC and renamed the team as Saint Louis FC U-23.
On August 15, 2016 Saint Louis FC announced that Dale Schilly had been relieved of coaching duties; Tim Leonard was named as interim Head Coach.
On October 12, 2016 Saint Louis FC introduced Preki as the new head coach.
On February 15, 2017 Saint Louis FC announced that their affiliation with the Chicago Fire would not be renewed for the 2017 season.
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Supporters
The official supporters group of Saint Louis FC is the St. Louligans. The St. Louligans were founded in 2010 when several local soccer fan groups joined forces at AC St. Louis home games. These small groups eventually decided to create a new group to unite them all, and the St. Louligans were born. They have provided strong support for a number of St. Louis area soccer teams, including: AC St. Louis, Saint Louis Athletica, St. Louis Lions, and Illinois Piasa
Saint Louis FC is working very closely with the St. Louligans to encourage their support, and on July 9, 2014, the club awarded the Louligans with the first Saint Louis FC season ticket. The group has promised that for each home game, they will give a new fan the ticket as a way to encourage new fans to join the St. Louligans and support Saint Louis FC.
The St. Louligans also have a smaller subgroup, the Louligan Ladies, who were founded in 2014 as a way to encourage more women to support soccer and join the St. Louligans.
Colors and logo
The club conducted a fan vote to decide the team's crest. The logo chosen includes a fleur-de-lis, which acts as the focal point of the logo and pays tribute to Saint Louis' French heritage. Also included in the logo is a reference to the year the city was founded, 1764, and 5 lines to represent the club's 5 core values: Unity, Humility, Passion, Respect, and Tradition.
Year-by-year
- As of September 25, 2016
Current roster
Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.
- As of October 22, 2017
Out on loan
Staff
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Coaches
- Preki - head coach
- Tim Leonard - assistant coach
- Matt Caution - assistant coach
- Brian Jones - goalkeeping coach
- Nick Caruso - strength and conditioning coach
- Brian Bounds - athletic trainer
Front office
- Jim Kavanaugh - chief executive officer
- Tom Strunk - chief financial officer
- Rob Ebert - general counsel
- Patrick Barry - executive director
- Jeremy Alumbaugh - general manager
- Jon Beilstein - director of sales and business development
- Kevin Wygant - director of corporate partnerships
- Alex Chalmers - manager of corporate partnerships
- Andy Krus - director of finance
- Tyler Tetzlaff - communications manager
- Nick Dawes - marketing manager
See also
- Soccer in St. Louis
References
External links
- Official website
Source of article : Wikipedia
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