by Bill Pollock | Dec 20, 2016 | News, Sports Features
The state Development Finance Board postponed a vote during their scheduled meeting on Tuesday in Jefferson City, delaying a request from the city of St. Louis for $40 million in tax credits to go toward a $200 million downtown stadium plan to bring an MLS team to St....
by Bill Pollock | Nov 29, 2016 | Sports Features
Foundry St. Louis, an ownership group looking to bring a Major League Soccer franchise to St. Louis, is offering to pay approximately $80 million, or the public portion of a development, to help build a soccer stadium. Foundry’s CEO Dan Cordes sent a letter to...
by Bill Pollock | Nov 20, 2016 | Sports Features
Story courtesy: Â Central Missouri Athletics The third-ranked Central Missouri Jennies soccer team (21-2, 10-1 MIAA) fell 3-1 to No. 2 Grand Valley State in the National Quarterfinals of the NCAA-II Women’s Soccer Tournament Sunday afternoon. Hannah Pyle scored...
by Bill Pollock | Jul 25, 2016 | Sports Features
Sporting Kansas City is the first team in MLS history to hold a team to just one shot, accomplishing the feat twice in the same season. The first happened in a 0-0 draw at Los Angeles against the Galaxy on June 2nd. Sporting repeated the feat in the sweltering heat...
by Bill Pollock | Jul 11, 2016 | Sports Features
On Sunday, the ceremonial shovels scooped the first patches of dirt as Sporting Club, U.S. Soccer and Children’s Mercy broke ground on the National Training and Coaching Development Center in Kansas City, Kansas. The NTCDC will provide a world-class environment to...