16 year old Luis Gil, winner of 2009′s US Soccer young male athlete of the year, and currently riding the bench at Real Salt Lake, has been loaned to USSF D2 AC St. Louis for the rest of the year. ACSTL is currently languishing in fifth place in a six-team conference. What started out so promising in St.

It was an exciting game at Lockhart Stadium in Ft Lauderdale last night as Miami FC defeated AC St. Louis 4-2. This result eliminates St Louis from the playoffs.
The highlight of the match was Abe Thompson's hat trick! Abe has been inspired as of late and has undoubtedly found his form becoming the team's scoring leader with 9 goals.

The website Inside Minnesota Soccer is the go-to source for USSF Division II soccer news, the category directly below Major League Soccer. Site operator Brian Quarstad has compiled team previews for each of the 12 teams competing this year including AC St Louis. The league includes the Portland Timbers and the Vancouver Whitecaps, both of whom will be joining MLS in 2011.

Don't these fans deserve better?

Now I am starting to get why St. Louis has been passed over for expansion into Major League Soccer these last couple years. We knew going into the rounds of expansion the one thing hurting the bid was the money side. Apparently the money is being drained from their current teams in the USSF Division II and on the ladies side of things in the WPS.

On the day that the MLS and the Players Union agreed to a new five-year CBA, check out highlights from yesterday's 2-0 win over AC St. Louis:
Before the game, sprinklers interrupted warm ups:

Athletic Club of Saint Louis is on the verge of folding its North American Soccer League and Women's Professional Soccer clubs, sources have confirmed. The club's weakened cash reserves may not allow them to make their next payroll obligations, and despite ongoing conversations amongst the United States Soccer Federation, NASL, and WPS, no plan is currently in place which will allow the teams to complete their 2010 seasons.

Claude Anelka, AC St Louis by The Herald Scotland

More details continue to surface on Claude Anelka, recently announced as Head Coach of the AC St Louis squad that begins play in USSF Division II this year. An earlier article in the Guardian, from 2008, included Anelka on The 10 worst football managers list:

Bad managers are two a penny every club in the land could muster a lengthy list all their own.

Due to predictions of severe inclement weather to come this Saturday, the Kansas City Wizards exhibition match versus A.C. St. Louis has been rescheduled to this Friday at 5 p.m. CT at the Wizards' Swope Park Training Center.
Before the match against St. Louis, the Kansas City Wizards reserves will take on the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) at 3 p.

Playing without four starters from last week's season opener against DC (Davy Arnaud, Stephane Auvray, Ryan Smith, and Josh Wolff) the Wizards traveled to St. Louis to take on AC St. Louis in the second leg of their home and home series last night. With those 4 out, starts were given to Teal Bunbury, Zoltan Hercegfalvi, Santiago Hirsig, and Craig Rocastle.

The 2010 USSF Division-2 Pro League season will kick off this weekend with eight teams in action. The Carolina RailHawks will host the first of two opening-day matches when first-year club AC St. Louis visits WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., on Saturday, April 10 at 7 p.m. ET. That match will be closely followed by the contest between the Rochester Rhinos and Miami FC at Lockhart Stadium in Ft.

Website MLS Talk is reporting that there is financial trouble within the AC St Louis family that may lead to the NASL men's team and WPS women's team folding. From their story:

Athletic Club of Saint Louis is on the verge of folding its North American Soccer League and Women's Professional Soccer clubs, sources have confirmed.

Boy that didn't last long. As the financial issues continue to mount in St. Louis for Jeff Cooper's club some players are already leaving the club including longtime MLS veteran Steve Ralston. Reports this morning say Ralston is now headed back to MLS to play with the New England Revolution once again.

Dale Schilly, AC St Louis debut (on left)

ST. LOUIS, MO (June 29, 2010) – AC St. Louis of the U.S.S.F. Division II Pro League will face the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer tonight in a third-round match in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Kick-of is set for 9:30 p.m. CT from The Home Depot Center in Carson, California.

(Photo by Robert Mora)

It's been a week since Jen or I updated this blog, for which we profusely apologize and blame the World Cup and family vacations. It couldn't possibly be our own fault could it? No. Not in an America ruled by reality TV.

In that week the Galaxy played no fewer than three games league matches at Toronto and home to Seattle and a home tie with AC St.

Our rivals in Tampa have already announced a list of players returning for the 2011 season. Miami FC has still not transformed into the Strikers, nor are there any signs that this has started. Leading only to speculation and concern by those of us that follow the team. Perhaps they are waiting for NASL to be sanctioned as a Division 2 league by the USSF.

PRESS RELEASE CHICAGO (Jan. 7, 2009) – The U.S. Soccer Federation, United Soccer Leagues (USL) and the North American Soccer League (NASL) have come to an agreement on the formation and operation of a Division 2 professional soccer league for the 2010 season. Under the agreement, U.S. Soccer will oversee the league for the 2010 season, working with both the USL and NASL on the day-to-day league activities.

PRESS RELEASE CHICAGO (Jan. 7, 2009) – The U.S. Soccer Federation, United Soccer Leagues (USL) and the North American Soccer League (NASL) have come to an agreement on the formation and operation of a Division 2 professional soccer league for the 2010 season. Under the agreement, U.S. Soccer will oversee the league for the 2010 season, working with both the USL and NASL on the day-to-day league activities.

Claude Anelka, AC St Louis by The Herald Scotland

More details continue to surface on Claude Anelka, recently announced as Head Coach of the AC St Louis squad that begins play in USSF Division II this year. An earlier article in the Guardian, from 2008, included Anelka on The 10 worst football managers list:

Bad managers are two a penny every club in the land could muster a lengthy list all their own.

Steve Ralston, MLS original and New England Revolution great, has signed as NASL club AC St. Louis' first player signing. Ralston's departure from the Revs, announced last week, came as a mild...

I waited a while today to get to this news that most of you have already seen. AC St. Louis in the USSF's Division II league announced it's first big signing today in hometown boy Steve Ralston.

Big news in some ways and in others, eh, not so much.

First of all Ralston was one of the last MLS originals left on the table.

Veteran MLS and former U.S. National Team player Steve Ralston has signed on with the NASL's AC St. Louis. He will be playing and an assistant coach for the team. You can read more about it by clicking here.

Let's take a few laps around the interwebs, shall we? For the love? Steve Ralston is going home...to play in this... (I had a hand-held, electronic gridiron football game in the 80's that looked like that, blinking red LED's and...

CHICAGO (Feb. 8, 2010) — The U.S. Soccer Federation has announced the schedule for the 2010 Division 2 Professional League. The regular season will open in the second weekend of April and run until early October, with the playoffs to be contested during the following weeks.

Each of the 12 teams participating in the league will play 30 regular season games for a total of 180 games.

CHICAGO (Feb. 8, 2010) — The U.S. Soccer Federation has announced the schedule for the 2010 Division 2 Professional League. The regular season will open in the second weekend of April and run until early October, with the playoffs to be contested during the following weeks.

Each of the 12 teams participating in the league will play 30 regular season games for a total of 180 games.

Over the weekend, I posted an updated schedule of preseason games the Wizards would be playing and speculating that the Wizards would play AC St. Louis on the April 3rd date that had TBA listed on it. According to a poster on Bigsoccer today, AC St. Louis sent out an email to fans confirming my thought saying the Wizards will be in St.

Former Rockhurst keeper and Wizards trialist Chad Becker has been signed by AC St. Louis in the NASL. Becker is a local product for AC St. Louis since he is from nearby St. Charles.Chad Becker training with Kansas City...AC St. Louis also announced signing forward Gauchinho, Cassiano, Goalkeeper Alex Duffy who was with Red Bull NY and midfielders Gilbert Pogosyan and Jeff Cosgriff.

According to KSDK out of St. Louis, the Wizards home and home series with St. Louis is set, and with a twist. The first leg will be in KC at the Wizards Swope Park training complex March 20th at 2pm. The return leg will be two weeks later on April 3rd at AB Soccer Park at 7pm. Not only will the Wizards and ACSTL be playing, but the teams are also setting up a "Supporters Showdown" to have the fans of the two teams play after each of the games.

For this, read the full release:
The Kansas City Wizards announced today the club's formation of a new competition, with fellow Midwestern club A.C. St. Louis set to be the inaugural opponent. The contest, dubbed the "Supporters' Showdown," will consist of a game between the Kansas City Wizards and A.

ST. LOUIS, MO (March 4, 2010) – AC St. Louis, playing in the USSF Division 2 Pro League, announced that it will be playing the Kansas City Wizards from Major League Soccer in two exhibition matches. The cross state clubs will meet on Saturday March 20 at 2:00 p.m. in Kansas City at the Wizard's Swope Park training facility, and again on Saturday, April 3 at 7:00 p.

In the past I've looked at this website to find preseason games the Wizards are playing, I was checking the website today and noticed there are more games than we had known about. Here is a list of the new games added to the schedule. All the opponents are TBA at this point.
3/11 (Thursday) 7pm at Community America Ballpark
3/16 (Tuesday) 7pm at Community America Ballpark
3/20 (Saturday) 2pm at Swope
3/24 (Wednesday) 10am at Community America Ballpark
3/31 (Wednesday) 10 am at Swope
4/3 (Saturday) 7pm TBD
4/7 (Wednesday) 10 am at Swope
4/14 (Wednesday) 10 am at Swope
4/21 (Wednesday) 10 am at Swope
4/28 (Wednesday) 10 am at Swope
The rumors of the home and home with AC St.

ST. LOUIS, MO (March 4, 2010) – AC St. Louis, playing in the USSF Division 2 Pro League, announced that it will be playing the Kansas City Wizards from Major League Soccer in two exhibition matches. The cross state clubs will meet on Saturday March 20 at 2:00 p.m. in Kansas City at the Wizard's Swope Park training facility, and again on Saturday, April 3 at 7:00 p.

Due to the predicted forecast for Kansas City this weekend, the Wizards and AC St. Louis have moved up the first leg of their home and home series from this Saturday to Friday. With the move, the "Supporters' Showdown" schedule for after the game Saturday has been canceled. The Wizards final preseason game is now set for Friday at 5pm.

First of all, the Swope Park Rangers (reserves) are playing UMKC at 3 p.m. CT out at our Swope Training Center, with the 1st team facing AC St. Louis at 5 p.m. CT. It's a gorgeous day out. Skip work and join us for both matches, or head to Swope after work for the end of the 1st team game. The match is open to the public, free of charge.

The Wizards are a little over a week away from their home opener and closed out their preseason with two wins by a 2-0 score line out at Swope Park. I didn't make it in time, but first the Swope Park Rangers played UMKC for the second time in week. Thanks to two first half strikes by Kei Kamara the Rangers pulled off the win.

The Wizards don't have an MLS game this weekend, but it certainly won't be an off weekend for the team. KC makes their way to St. Louis for the second league of their home-home series with AC St. Louis. The Wizards lead the series 2-0 on aggregate after winning the first game two weeks ago. Tomorrow it should be a split squad playing against ACSTL, as the team also has a game against the University of Evansville the same night.

Tonight, the boys take on the University of Evansville at 5 p.m. CT and A.C. St. Louis of the USSF DII Pro League at 7 p.m. CT. We will provide live running commentary below. Check in this evening for up-to-the-minute results. You can also follow along via Twitter if you won't be in front of a computer.

MLS side the Kansas City Wizards defeated USSF Second Division side AC St. Louis 2-1 in an exhibition match today. You can read more about it by clicking here.

Pro Soccer Weekly is proud to present an exclusive interview with current AC St. Louis player Luke Kreamalmeyer. Luke recently signed with the newly created NASL club AC St. Louis, and as he describes its a homecoming of sorts for him, having grown up not far from St. Louis.
PSW: Luke, tell us a little bit about yourself, specifically how you got interested in playing soccer.

The 2010 USSF Division-2 Pro League season will kick off this weekend with eight teams in action. The Carolina RailHawks will host the first of two opening-day matches when first-year club AC St. Louis visits WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., on Saturday, April 10 at 7 p.m. ET. That match will be closely followed by the contest between the Rochester Rhinos and Miami FC at Lockhart Stadium in Ft.

This word is just out from the KC Star, that Wizards midfielder, Stephane Auvray will be missing 10-14 days as he is having arthroscopic knee surgery on his right knee. Auvray had missed last week's 2-2 draw with Chicago due to knee pain and will now look to remedy it with a quick surgery. If he has the surgery tomorrow, and it does take 10 to 14 days for him to return than he's only likely to miss the Columbus and Salt Lake games.