Saint Louis FC

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Saint Louis FC
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Full name Saint Louis Football Club
Founded 2014
Stadium World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Fenton, Missouri
Stadium
capacity
5,500[1]
Owner SLSG Pro LLC
CEO Jim Kavanaugh
Head Coach Dale Schilly
League USL
2015 9th, Eastern Conference
Playoffs: DNQ
Website Club home page
Current season

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 is the Major League Soccer affiliate of the Chicago Fire and plays at World Wide Technology Soccer Park.

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.[2] 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.[3]

On June 2, 2014, it was announced that the team's name was Saint Louis Football Club.[4]

Former AC St. Louis player Mike Ambersley was the first player signed to the team on January 13, 2015.[5]

On January 16, 2015, the team announced their affiliation with the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer.[6]

Saint Louis FC played their inaugural game on March 28, 2015, losing to Louisville City 2–0.[7] 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.[8] Their home debut was a 1–1 draw against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds on April 11, 2015, before of a sellout crowd of 5,280.[9] The team's first home win came against the Wilmington Hammerheads on May 9, 2015, with the winning goal by Sam Fink.[10]

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.[11]

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 Saint Louis area soccer teams, including: AC St. Louis, Saint Louis Athletica, St. Louis Lions, and Illinois Piasa [12]

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.[13]

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.

The club conducted a fan vote to decide the team's crest.[4] 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.[14]

Year-by-year

As of September 21, 2015
Season United Soccer League Play-offs US Open Cup Top Scorer
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos Player Goals
2015 28 8 9 11 30 40 -10 33 9th Did not qualify 4R United States Bryan Gaul 6

Team roster

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.
As of May 2, 2016. Sources: [15]

No. Position Player Nation
0 Goalkeeper Eduardo Cortes      Mexico
1 Goalkeeper Mark Pais      United States
2 Defender Richard Dixon      Jamaica
3 Defender Sam Fink      United States
4 Defender A. J. Cochran      United States
5 Defender Mitchell Lurie      United States
6 Midfielder Parker Maher      United States
7 Midfielder Jamiel Hardware      Jamaica
8 Midfielder Chad Bond      Wales
9 Forward Jeremie Lynch      Jamaica
10 Midfielder Kentaro Takada      Japan
11 Midfielder Charles Renken      United States
12 Midfielder Tyler David      United States
13 Goalkeeper Ryan Thompson      Jamaica
14 Defender James Musa      New Zealand
15 Forward Mike Ambersley      United States
16 Defender Jake Bond      United States
17 Midfielder Jacob Bushue      United States
18 Midfielder Drew Conner (on loan from Chicago Fire)     United States
19 Forward Irvin Herrera      El Salvador
20 Midfielder Vince Cicciarelli      United States
21 Defender Chad Vandegriffe      United States
22 Defender Patrick Doody (on loan from Chicago Fire)     United States
23 Forward Jordan Roberts      England
24 Goalkeeper Sean Clancy      United States
25 Midfielder Brandon Barklage      United States
32 Midfielder Schillo Tshuma      Zimbabwe
91 Midfielder Seth Rudolph      United States
Midfielder Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal      Malaysia

Staff

Source: [16]

Coaches

  • United States Dale SchillyHead Coach
  • England Tim Leonard – Assistant Coach
  • United States Brian Jones – Goalkeeping Coach
  • United States Nick Caruso – Strength and Conditioning Coach
  • United States Brian Bounds – Athletic Trainer

Front office

  • Jim Kavanaugh – CEO
  • Tom Strunk – CFO
  • Rob Ebert – CLO
  • Patrick Barry – executive director
  • Jeremy Alumbaugh – general manager
  • Jon Beilstein – director of sales and business development
  • Kevin Wygant – director of corporate partnerships
  • Andy Krus – director of finance
  • Grant Finley – communications and game operations manager
  • Nick Dawes – marketing manager

See also

References

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