July 17 (2020)

Citing the impact of the virus pandemic, Major League Soccer announces that it will delay the start of the St. Louis expansion team to 2023. The extra year means that the stadium, scheduled for completion in mid–2022, would be available for the start of the 2023 season. Under the old timeline, the team would have played on the road for the first few months of the 2022 campaign. The benefits will extend well beyond the availability of the stadium. The extra year gives what will become St. Louis City Soccer Club more time to build its roster, technical staff and front office, and to conduct extensive research into what City’s chief experience officer, Matt Sebek, identifies as “stadium, community and engagement.”