The St. Louis CITY SC Courier
The dugout10 Jan 2028
Chris Durkin says St. Louis CITY SC went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Louis Munteanu in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at St. Louis CITY SC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Jan 2028
One of our own: Paul Howard joins the St. Louis CITY SC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Paul Howard is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Jan 2028
Matt Tillman steps up from the St. Louis CITY SC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matt Tillman has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Jan 2028
St. Louis CITY SC promote Sean Tillman from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sean Tillman has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Jan 2028
One of our own: Owen Howard joins the St. Louis CITY SC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Owen Howard is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Akil Watts falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
Louis Munteanu has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at St. Louis CITY SC will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Xavier Valdez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Daniel Edelman a promise
- Squad The penny has dropped for Jaziel Orozco
- Squad George McKennie back in training