pic.twitter.com/YKcQmen0Rr. MLS4TheLou announced the name, colors and crest of the team during a virtual event Thursday. St. Louis CITY SC’s ownership group is 100% local with deep roots in St. Louis business, philanthropy and soccer community, specifically the Taylor (Enterprise Holdings) and Kavanaugh (World Wide Technology) families. RELATED: St. Louis City SC | MLS franchise gets name, colors and crest, We are St. Louis CITY Soccer Club.#stlCITYsc #OurCITYOurSpirit pic.twitter.com/lw6liotZVG. Construction on the new stadium is expected to proceed as planned. Print × Expand. “But I think it's too early in this process to say 'we're going to be this team' or 'we're going to be that team.' The club will be called St. Louis City SC and will begin play in 2023. Kindle Betz said that decision hasn’t been made yet. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. Similarly, NBA star Bradley Beal also has been publicly advocating for the franchise. Led by Carolyn Kindle Betz, our club will be the first majority female-owned club in MLS history and one of the few in professional sports globally.
The Kindle Betz family owns the Enterprise rental car company, which has its name on the home of the St. Louis Blues' Enterprise Center. “So a sporting director, technical people. St. Louis City Soccer Club is the official name! The announcement was made Thursday by majority owner Carolyn Kindle Betz and Cardinals broadcaster Dan McLoughlin. The team's colors are red, blue and yellow, which coincides with the city's flag. Not only did they deliver, they knocked it out of the park.”. You have some that are incredible community leaders. St. Louis owner and CEO, Carolyn Kindle Betz, during the MLS 25th Season Kickoff at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. “The land, it was on and off access ramps from a highway,” she said, “so being able to close those down and actually start digging up those ramps was a big deal for our team. The only thing I can confidently say is we have to do what's best for the St. Louis fans. RELATED: MLS expansion to St. Louis pushed back to 2023 due to COVID-19 pandemic, RELATED: SLU's fall competitions postponed due to COVID-19, RELATED: Nashville out of MLS tournament after 9 players test positive for COVID-19, RELATED: Minority-owned, women-owned businesses awarded 21 of 55 contracts in MLS stadium project, RELATED: MLS to restart its season with tournament starting July 8, RELATED: MLS4TheLou launches social media campaign to support St. Louis Area Foodbank, RELATED: 5 On Your Side Countdown: The 10 greatest soccer players in St. Louis history, Like us on Facebook to see similar stories, Weeks into school year, groups pushing for more transparent COVID-19 data, An angry woman wrecked the wine display at a supermarket after being asked to follow COVID-19 one-way system, MLS expansion to St. Louis pushed back to 2023 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
And so what a great opportunity for us to get involved, you know, right now and be able to experience that growth with them.”. August 20, 2019. But for right now things are going as planned.”.
Player Referee MLS Referee Forum Coach Equipment & Gear. Construction on the new stadium is expected to proceed as planned. Many of the players on the 1950 U.S. World Cup team that beat England came from St. Louis, including Harry Keough, Frank Borghi and Gino Pariani. And they will dictate a lot of how the philosophy of the team rolls out.”. Some fans will also get an official scarf with the team name and look delivered to them. “And so we started the research and the journeys and the phone calls. 9:33 AM. Betz told St. Louis-based KMOX News Radio 1120 they received 6,000 suggestions on their website and whittled down the list to the top five or six. “But second, I mean, my family is eight women, when it's all said and done.
St. Louis City Soccer Club is the official name! St. Louis City SC will begin play in MLS in 2023, delayed a year due to the coronavirus pandemic and will play in a 22,500 seat soccer specific stadium near Union Station.
I told her I was from Kansas City and grew up as a fan of the indoor Kansas City Comets who loved hating the rival St. Louis Steamers and guys like Daryl Doran and Slobo Ilijevski.
I think right now in order to really make sure we have a very successful 2022 season, that has to be the main focus. © 2020 MLS. The MLS will be revealing St. Louis’ future soccer team’s name, crest, and colors. Although many think Boston sports fans are insufferable, Erin tries to see things from a neutral perspective. For the LOU.See you soon, St. Louis City SC! The pioneering owner gives an update on where things stand, with St. Louis two years away from having the curtains rise on MLS in the city. So when Kindle Betz and her fellow bidders won an MLS bid, the response in the city was loud.
Where will MLS St. Louis be on the spectrum of MLS owners and their desire to spend heavily (see: Atlanta, LAFC, L.A. Galaxy, Toronto) or conservatively (Dallas, New England, Colorado)? Learn how you can support, Privacy Policy Terms of Service Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Some fans will also get an official scarf with the team name and look delivered to them. “And so I think when we were wrapping up some other bigger projects that my family had been working on, it was, ‘O.K., there was a lot of excitement around this, so maybe we should go figure out why.’ Not being a soccer family, by the way.