The St. Louis CITY SC Courier
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
St. Louis CITY SC close the window on a squad of their own making
13 in and 1 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marcel Hartel signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Marcel Hartel and St. Louis CITY SC agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marcel Hartel wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at St. Louis CITY SC can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at St. Louis CITY SC
Roman Bürki and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Walker Zardes steps up from the St. Louis CITY SC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Walker Zardes 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 Aug 2026
Tim McKennie steps up from the St. Louis CITY SC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tim McKennie 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 Aug 2026
St. Louis CITY SC promote Luca Wright from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luca Wright 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 Aug 2026
St. Louis CITY SC promote Christian Howard from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Christian Howard 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
10 new faces, and St. Louis CITY SC are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Transfer targets St. Louis CITY SC try to borrow Jack Kortkamp
- Match St. Louis CITY SC share the spoils with Real Salt Lake
- The dugout Half-satisfied: David Sargent on the draw