The internet was full of "Coach Beard" jokes this week as St. Louis City SC announced the hiring of John Hackworth as the club's new Director of Coaching. Hackworth's current facial hair lends a resemblance to Ted Lasso's assistant, but it's his soccer résumé that really matters to the team.
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Late last week, City SC released the club's new mobile app. If you haven't yet, read Matt Baker's first installment of Baker's City Bites for more details. The app is unquestionably and objectively awesome. However, our pals over in Charlotte decided the app release was not only not newsworthy, but chided the build up our administrative team put...
The thumping of drums echoing through the stadium...
Fall is upon us, and it has brought an incredible uptick in St. Louis CITY SC news and information. We are 4 weeks into the MLS Next season where our U17 team sits at 2-2 with a +6 goal differential and our U16 team is off to a 3-0 start with a +14 goal differential. Both teams are playing into...
Come summer time, many blogs and magazines pump out articles touting their favorite new summer reads. Most of the time, "summer reads" is code for "bad, trashy novels." In an attempt to buck that trend, I thought I'd share some of my favorite soccer books that I've read recently. Rather than simply focusing on the well-known titles, I want to...
On August 12th, 2020 at 10:00 AM CST...I had a doctor's appointment. My doctor's office always sets annual well checks a year in advance, so in August of 2019 when I agreed to the time-slot, how was I to know that on THAT date at that EXACT time would also be the most important #MLS4THELOU club announcement? Needless to say...I...
By now you've probably already read about the exciting, and somewhat unexpected,
ST. LOUIS (July 15, 2021) - Ahead of the club's inaugural Major League Soccer (MLS) NEXT season this fall, St. Louis CITY SC takes another step towards building the best soccer youth development program in North America, bringing on Andreas Schumacher as the club's Academy Head Coach. Schumacher will be joined by Luis Swisher, David Critchley...
