The St. Louis CITY SC Courier
Market6 Mar 2028
Mamadou Mbacke asks to leave St. Louis CITY SC
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad6 Mar 2028
A one-man rearguard from Ben Lundt
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Marcel Hartel signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marcel Hartel commits to St. Louis CITY SC for another 3 years.
Market6 Mar 2028
Felipe Álvarez is a St. Louis CITY SC player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market6 Mar 2028
Ryan Morris comes home
The shirt still fits. Ryan Morris is back at St. Louis CITY SC, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market6 Mar 2028
Christian Ferreira is a St. Louis CITY SC player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Match4 Mar 2028
LA Galaxy take the points off St. Louis CITY SC
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad6 Mar 2028
The manager makes an example of Sebastián Gonzalez
“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.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Marcel Hartel finally opens his account
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. St. Louis CITY SC have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
In brief
- The terraces The press cannot get enough of Marcel Hartel
- Boardroom St. Louis CITY SC keep producing them