Soccer

Answers to the Riverfront Times 2012 News Quiz

In January Riverfront Times published its annual "News Challenge" -- 78 multiple-choice questions testing how well readers paid attention to current events over the past twelve months. Within a week, more than 100 of you submitted your answers to us. A few weeks later a dozen readers e-mailed a simi ... More >>

Why You Should Care about Man City vs. Chelsea F.C. at Busch Stadium

Lately, the Premiership, or the Barclay's Premier League, or just the Premier League, has been called the world's "top league" -- mostly by players coming into the British league from France, Germany, Spain and yes, the United States. That's because in the twenty-team Premier League, play is faster, ... More >>

[UPDATED] Hey, How About Turning Union Station Into...A Soccer Stadium?

Update October 17: Alert reader Mike M. from Arlington, Virginia, has written in with a hopeful message about St. Louis' prospects for a Major League Soccer team. Find out what it is at the end of this post. ------ Original Post: As far as malls go, Union Station has always been kind of a dud. Sur ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

So, the Rams Are London Bound?

​Perhaps you missed it in the run-up to last night's rather big game, but Jim Thomas over at the Post-Dispatch reported late yesterday that the Rams and the Convention and Visitors Commission are very close to an agreement concerning that troubling proviso in the lease. As you may recall, the Rams ... More >>

Hispanic Businesses on Cherokee Fall Prey to Soccer Scam

​The event was billed as a charity match between former players of the Chivas and America pro soccer teams. It would be held, the Mexican promoter promised, on September 25 at Fenton Soccer Park. Hundreds of tickets were sold; radio spots were run; a buzz was created. And it never happened. The pr ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Special Soccer Edicion

Calling All Producers: JBJR Wants You in the Producer's Network

Facebook groups: if they can topple totalitarian regimes, perhaps they improve the way producers exchange ideas too.​As we wrote about a couple of weeks ago, this year's S.L.U.M. Fest Beat Battle Champion James "JBJR" Bishop explained how he shuts out the world when he sits down at his compute ... More >>

Mark Chartrand: Youth Soccer Coach Told Girlfriend He Was Undercover Agent

Youth soccer coaches and fake federal agents: They get no respect.​We're sure that teaching kids how to play soccer is a fun and rewarding profession. We're pretty sure, too, that it doesn't pay all that much, which helps explain the bizarre indictment handed down Friday in federal court in St. Lo ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events this Weekend: May 27-30

Photo by Steve Mitchell/Festival Partners LLC​Summer's so close, we can taste it. Find out exactly what flavors lead into the season at events such as Rib America Festival and the Third Annual Rib-Off at Iron Barley during the extended holiday weekend. Friday (May 27): Rib America Festival @ ... More >>

Lamar Howell: St. Louis Homicide No. 50; Shot Multiple Times in the Chest

The 3100 block of Arsenal, where Lamar Howell was found dead in the street last night.​Lamar Howell, 41, was shot and killed on the 3100 block of Arsenal, just a half-block west of Gravois, last night.Howell, who also lived on that block, was shot multiple times in the chest around 9:30 p.m. His b ... More >>

Get Your Early-Morning Soccer Kicks Here

​It's 6:30 a.m. on a recent Sunday morning inside Tigín Irish Pub on Washington Avenue -- the perfect time for a breakfast pint of Guinness. OK, so it's not actually 6:30 a.m. -- it's more like 9:45 (some morning drinkers are bolder than others). But a few of the patrons here actually did st ... More >>

Stan Kroenke Now Owns a True Football Team -- Arsenal of British Premier League

Stan Kroenke's fabulous life just got fabulouser. ​Stan Kroenke, owner of the St. Louis Rams, is now the majority owner of a legitimate football squad. You know, the variation of the sport that -- as its name suggests -- is played with the feet. Yes, here in the U.S. of A. we call that soccer. Why ... More >>

Report: AC St. Louis Shuts Down for Good

​St. Louis' professional soccer team, AC St. Louis, is out of business, according to an online report. IMSoccer News reports that multiple league sources have confirmed that the team, which played just one season at Anheuser-Busch Soccer Park in Fenton, won't be returning for the 2011 season. The ... More >>

RIP Paul the Psychic Octopus

Gut Check followed this year's World Cup with unusual fervor, including our "World Cuppage" reports from venues around town, so indulge us as we pay our respects to one of our favorite characters from this year's competition. Paul the Psychic Octopus, who correctly predicted eight out of eight World ... More >>

Robin Murphy of Bailey's Chocolate Bar, Rooster, and Bridge, Part 2

This is part two of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice profile of Robin Murphy of Baileys' Chocolate Bar, Rooster and Bridge. Part one is available here; part three, a recipe, we'll publish on Friday. Robin Wheeler​Did your family cook when you were a child? If so, what meals stand out? My mom was ... More >>

Is That a Vuvuzela in Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy to See Lindsay Davenport?

We had $50 on the St. Louis Blues home opener as the St. Louis professional-sports debut of World Cup noisemaker icon the vuvuzela. However, an operative passed along this photo from last night's St. Louis Aces team-tennis match of a shirtless man serenading Aces Lindsay Davenport and Andrei Pavel w ... More >>

The World Cup trophy is pretty darn ugly. But nothing says balls like the Golden Cup!

Argentina vs. Germany

Ask a Mexican: The Mexican explains the hate over Landon Donovan and exclusivity

US vs. Ghana World Cup Match

Wash. U. Prof Explains American Indifference to Soccer

Image sourceZakumi, the official mascot of the 2010 World Cup tournament. He's a green-haired leopard, in case you couldn't tell.​You know the World Cup is on, right? Yeah, it is. Till July 11. Lots and lots of soccer. The rest of the world is going berserk right now. Here in St. Louis, a few ... More >>

Best Places to Watch the 2010 World Cup in St. Louis

Image sourceThe gold is actually foil and there's milk chocolate underneath.​The 2010 World Cup is finally here. Well, it's actually in South Africa, but thanks to the modern miracle known as ESPN, the games will be broadcast live at dozens of bars and restaurants in St. Louis.There's nothing quit ... More >>

St. Louis Soccer Legend Harry Keough Offers Advice on Beating Brits -- He Oughta Know

Keough in the 1950s.​It was 60 years ago this year that Harry Keough joined five other St. Louis natives (Frank Borghi, Gino Pariani, Pee Wee Wallace, Bob Annis, and Charley Columbo) in forming the bulk of the United States' 1950 World Cup soccer team. That 1950 team was the last to face England a ... More >>

St. Louis Beats England

RIP Ruben Mendoza: St. Louis Soccer Great Played for the U.S. National Team in the 1950s

Wikimedia CommonsRuben Mendoza performs his signature move, the bicycle kick​Ruben Mendoza, a legendary soccer player and coach from St. Louis, died Sunday at the age of 78. He was a three-time Olympian and a member of the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame.Mendoza was perhaps best known locally as the ... More >>

Jeff Cooper, Other Team Owners to Form New Soccer League

Tired of waiting for Major League Soccer (MLS) to grant St. Louis an expansion franchise, Jeff Cooper is joining other soccer team owners to begin -- in the words of Penny Marshall -- a league of their own. ​Cooper, a well-off Illinois attorney with the Simmons Law Firm, has been attempting to get ... More >>

Q&A: Jeff Cooper Discusses Plans for Professional Soccer Team

Jeff Cooper​Earlier today Daily RFT shared an announcement about a new professional soccer league that plans to bring a team to St. Louis. This afternoon, we got in touch with the league's spokesperson, Jeff Cooper, the Illinois attorney who's been trying to bring a Major League Soccer (MLS) franc ... More >>

Female Athletes Can Be Assholes, Too

flickr.com/photos/hernanvalenciasSolo goaltending for the U.S. Olympic team.​And that is a good thing, writes Jason Zengerle in a brief profile in The Atlantic of St. Louis Athletica goalie Hope Solo.Solo's polarizing persona is what makes her so crucial to the new league's fortunes. The last prof ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Special Soccer Edition

We're Now a Four-Sport Town

Thursday, March 12: Morning's Newz

Police in Maryland Heights are on the lookout for the "feces bandit" -- a suspect accused of spreading human excrement in Wesport Plaza bathrooms. The bandit has also been leaving his (or her) "trail" on vending machines on college campuses. Terry Sedlacek, the man charged with gunning down the Rev. ... More >>

St. Louis Going Balls Out for Soccer Team

Just for Kicks: St. Louis will field a new professional women's soccer team next spring

League of Nations: Immigrant soccer players from across the globe go balls out at a tiny park in north St. Louis

Home Sweet Soccer: St. Louis has become part of an international phenomenon

Where to Watch the Champions League Final Today

That Blue Was Revolting

Geezer Butler Rules

Fungus Among Us

The Mexican defends a national delicacy.

Not Unless They's Nekkid

The Futureheads

News and Tributes (Vagrant)

World Cup o' Beer!

Golazo!

This World Cup game will make you shout like Andrés Cantor.

Unamerican Dream

Goal! follows an immigrant's pursuit of a European fantasy

Kicking+Steaming

Handwriting experts, Bosnian profanity and televised breakups: all part of Michael Hetelson's revolutionary vision for indoor soccer in St. Louis

Kickin' It

The Street Soccer Cup USA is taking it to the, um, streets

Best Thoroughfare for Dodging Traffic at Any Hour

Arsenal Street

Penalty Kick

Faded soccer glory seen in a U.S. World Cup team without St. Louis talent

Extreme Tuna