The answer to the trivia question will be Selmir Pidro and February 1st, 2022 will be the day that goes down in history as the day that St. Louis CITY SC announced him as their first player signing. While the inaugural season is still over a year away, Sporting Director Lutz Pfannenstiel and staff are clearly wasting no time...
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MLS Next Pro-What We Know So Far
Who will be the first professional players to wear the CITY crest? That answer is right around the corner. St. Louis CITY SC's division III professional club that will compete in the new MLS Next Pro league will kick off in March 2022. The anticipation and excitement have been building for this squad for the past half year since the...
MLS NEXT Pro is the new reserve league being launched by MLS in 2022. It is officially sanctioned by U.S. Soccer as a third-division league, making it a level below the USL Championship and equivalent in play to USL Division 1. The majority of MLS teams that have been fielding their "2" squads in USL are set to join MLS...
The future is here. Bradley Carnell has been announced as the first ever head coach of St. Louis CITY SC. In a press conference held this morning, January 5th with media, our Sporting Director Lutz Pfannenstiel introduced the longtime New York Red Bull assistant coach to the world as CITY's inaugural head coach. VP of Public Relations, Courtney...
On our last podcast, Matt Baker made a comment about our ability, as a fan-run and unaffiliated blog, to be able to critique the club on some of their decisions when we feel it's appropriate. Up until this point, I think we at the City Report have been essentially in total alignment that no missteps have been made thus far;...
Baker's City Bites: 11-23-21
This past week may have been quiet off the field, but as the temperatures continue to drop, the St. Louis CITY SC Academy is heating up. Coming off a highlight win against St. Louis Scott Gallagher, the U-17 squad returned to their Creve Coeur home to defend their home winning streak against Minnesota United FC. The MLS Next season is...
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Baker's City Bites: 11-10-21- Cave Edition
It has been another relatively quiet week of news coming out of St. Louis CITY SC so this might actually be bite sized for once. On the field, our Academy was in action both days this past weekend with the U-17s traveling to Houston, and the U-16s played a friendly against fellow local club St. Louis Maritsa FC. The MLS...
Baker's City Bites:11-3-21
Some weeks are dominated by news released by the team. Some weeks are dominated by things the team has done. This past week was mostly dominated by news about the team from 3rd party sources. While St. Louis CITY SC clearly enjoys crafting their own narrative and releasing news on their timeline, they have to be a bit thankful...
CITY HYPE: A Fan's Perspective, Chapter Four
Chapter 4: Making History - Umbrellas and Ws