Bayern Munich's Red with white and blue check would seemingly work if those colors are "necessary" for the kit.

It was used heavily in the promotion for "MLS 4 The Lou," and I'd be surprised if it wasn't carried over.




I am little worried about the possible name of this team. I hope it's not something boring like STL United or STL FC or Gateway FC or something like that. I'd prefer something like Steamers or Ambush (old indoor teams here, look at that Steamers' logo). Rhythm would also be a cool name, given the Stanley Cup winning hockey team here (St. Louis would be the home of the Rhythm and Blues). Same with The Spirit. The NFL expansion team that was stolen from us 26 years ago was going to be called the Stallions, so that'd be a nice FU to the NFL, but if you're going horse-themed, Clydesdales is the obvious answer. If you stick with the natural disaster theme of Fire and Earthquakes, you could probably go with St. Louis Flood, but maybe not Riots. In the goofy side, What High School Did You Go To FC is the clear winner.

Thought that rolled off the tongue nicely. Too many Uniteds out there already.

I've heard that the Brits think America's football philistinism is showing when they do things like calling brand new clubs Something United.

Lots of angst about Atlanta United when that name came out.

Real Salt Lake has always sounded rather goofy to my ears. To be honest, I really don't think any American team should be Real.

F'ing Chicago Fire, ughh

Why must my team suck (sorry for the tangent rant, but I could see a STL franchise coming in, and immediately kicking the crap out of and embarrasing the Fire on a regular basis, sort of like their non MLS team already did this year)

and color change, but the most recent rumors are that the name will likely be retained.

By the way, as a (sad) Chicago Fire supporter, I already hate St. Louis with a passion.

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