Author: Matthew Bird

  • Season Review

    Season Review

    Well, we’re ten games in. What’s the verdict? How’s things on the field? We know off the field things really couldn’t be better from our standpoint. Coming to games is excellent experience for veteran and new fans alike. A recent survey on the clubs website asked what people’s favorite aspect of the game was and…

  • Taka and Mark Pais talk Open Cup and playing their old teams.

    Taka and Mark Pais talk Open Cup and playing their old teams.

    “To me Open cup is kind show case for all the players especially lower division players. It’s a great opportunity to prove yourself to show your capability. And lots of lower teams defeat higher teams that’s beauty of football too. For our organization [STLFC] it’s great opportunity to display who we are to all the…

  • Akron Ohio 2011

    Akron Ohio 2011

    They were a great team. National Champions. Led by Caleb Porter (Portland Timbers) he coached a who’s who of the future of American soccer. He was so well thought of he was about to try to get the US team to qualify for the olympics in Nashville. On that 2011 Akron team, defending NCAA champions…

  • Bye Week

    Bye Week

    No seriously. Bye…. Begone. This is like an international break, just much much worse. I like the international breaks, when the USMNT played overseas it gave us a chance to go watch Dempsey, Howard, Holden, Bradley et al. A chance to see our players on home soil. Even now, an international break offers something, you…

  • USL amend Saint Louis FC schedule

    USL amend Saint Louis FC schedule

    Tampa FL, BREAKING: Saint Louis FC have successfully appealed to change the schedule for the rest of the inaugural USL season.   MAY Sat. 9 at Tulsa Roughnecks 7:30 PM Tickets Thu. 14 at Oklahoma City Energy 7:00 PM Tickets Wed. 20 Madison Fire / Des Moines in Oklahoma U.S. Open Cup 7:00 PM Tickets…

  • Keep The Faith

    Keep The Faith

    Goals will come. Wins will come As a Manchester United fan I write this knowing full well that it is easy to be a fan of a team that wins more than its’ fair share. Most of you reading this will support a variance of Chelsea, Arsenal, Bayern, Barca, Real and <insert European powerhouse team>…

  • How was your week?

    How was your week?

    Ours was pretty great no? I’d say it was probably the best week for soccer in St. Louis in at least a decade, probably longer. Since the heyday of the Steamers and Ambush. The first 2 Saint Louis games and a US national team game in our own back yard. Not too shabby I’d say.…

  • Brilliant

    Brilliant

    “The support shown by St. Louligans on Saturday was outstanding once again.  Some people might be surprised by such a strong supporter presence at a preseason friendly, but that’s what we’ve come to expect from the Louligans.” ~ Tom Rodgers, Communications, Saint Louis FC Seriously, how great was Saturday? The result wasn’t obviously, but everything else…

  • Saint Louis FC add three well known faces

    Saint Louis FC today announced the addition of three local players to the roster in Chad Vandegriffe, Michael Roach and Jack Mathis. Mike Roach, 26 was born in St Louis played for 2 years at University of Indiana before transferring back to SLU. Roach netted 28 goals in 68 starts for the Billikens. He was…

  • Hardware added to the Saint Louis FC Roster

    Hardware added to the Saint Louis FC Roster

    In late preseason switch from Harrisburg City Islanders to Saint Louis FC, Standout winger Jamiel Hardware has been added to the roster for the forthcoming USL season. The 22 year old Jamaican played 44 times for Harrisburg since joining in 2013 scoring 4 times. Prior to his time in Pennsyvannia he played in the Swedish…