The St. Louis CITY SC Courier
Squad13 Mar 2028
39 days out for Marcel Hartel after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. St. Louis CITY SC will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Transfer targets13 Mar 2028
St. Louis CITY SC agree $12.0M for Paxten Aaronson
The clubs have shaken hands with Colorado Rapids; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Brendan McSorley 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.
Boardroom13 Mar 2028
St. Louis CITY SC go back to the board over Paxten Aaronson
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $16.1M — a club that wants Paxten Aaronson enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets13 Mar 2028
Door shut on Ethan Horvath
St. Louis CITY SC asked and Chicago Fire said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Tempers go at St. Louis CITY SC
Azriel Gonzalez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Miles Johnson signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Miles Johnson commits to St. Louis CITY SC for another 3 years.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Matthew Evans left off the list on the foreign quota
A rule about passports rather than about football has decided he cannot play. St. Louis CITY SC had more of them than the form allows, and somebody had to be the name that did not fit.
Boardroom13 Mar 2028
$433.3K lands at St. Louis CITY SC thanks to Simon Becher
A clause somebody insisted on years ago, in a negotiation nobody remembers, has just paid St. Louis CITY SC $433.3K. Simon Becher left a long time ago; the paperwork stayed.
In brief
- Market The Rafael Navarro story refuses to die
- Looking ahead Rafael Navarro goes back to face Colorado Rapids
- The dugout Miles Johnson gets it from the manager