St. Louis City SC

The development team for St. Louis City SC will host the MLS NEXT PRO Western Conference Final on Sunday. A victory against Tacoma would put City 2 into the championship game in its first season.

The Major League Soccer expansion team is reaching out to several parts of St. Louis as it prepares for its inaugural season.

St. Louis City SC named Mvstermind as the club’s director of musical experience. As director, Mvstermind will help curate the music that will be played on game days.

Clayton-based Centene Corp. signed a 15-year deal for naming rights at the 22,500-seat stadium, which will be completed this year.

Bradley Carnell will coach St. Louis City SC after several years as an assistant with the New York Red Bulls.

A one-mile stretch of the Brickline Greenway along Market Street in downtown St. Louis will host an art installation commemorating the history of the former neighborhood.

St. Louis City SC's club is free for any 15- or 16-year-old boys talented enough to make the squad, bucking the pay-to-play system that has long ruled competitive youth soccer.

Since the Major Soccer League team won't hit the pitch until 2023, leaders decided to expand to esports as a strategy to garner more young and international fans. That plan starts with Hasib Zulfic, the team's new FIFA player.

The new designs highlight a surrounding entertainment district intended to draw in St. Louisans throughout the year.

Some St. Louis residents have expressed concerns after demolition permits were issued for a group of historic buildings along the 1900 block of Olive Boulevard. The fate of another building, at 201 S. Jefferson, also has people speaking up. To city resident Catherine Hamacher, who works as an urban planner, both cases are a reminder that, oftentimes, “people have a hard time seeing the ‘what could be.’”