The St. Louis CITY SC Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marcel Hartel stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Marcel Hartel and St. Louis CITY SC agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marcel Hartel 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at St. Louis CITY SC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Eduard Löwen is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Roman Bürki gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Jeong Sang-Bin was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.25. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Cedric Teuchert
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market10 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Jeong Sang-Bin's contract
48 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Match8 Aug 2026
Jeong Sang-Bin rescues a point for St. Louis CITY SC
It needed Jeong Sang-Bin to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against San Jose Earthquakes, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Market10 Aug 2026
St. Louis CITY SC sign Brenden Sargent, one for the future
Brenden Sargent is 14, and St. Louis CITY SC have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Market A long bet from St. Louis CITY SC on Jordan Wright
- Market St. Louis CITY SC sign Walker Howard, one for the future