April 22, 2023

Does St. Louis City Know It's an Expansion Team?: Expansion club St. Louis City has begun in Major League Soccer with 18 points in its first eight games and sits atop the table in the Western Conference. The team is scoring 2.5 goals a game. "We haven't just opened up checkbooks and signed five $12 million players,” said manager Bradley Carnell. "I feel we've got a pretty good roster together without going into the market deeply."

posted by rcade to soccer at 10:33 AM - 3 comments

They've been fun to watch and the team is a pretty cohesive unit. It's a bit of shame that tickets are pretty far out of what I can reasonably afford, but I'm also not the least bit surprised. Maybe next season.

posted by Ufez Jones at 04:38 PM on April 22, 2023

What's the secondary market like for those tickets, Ufie? Do they ever go below face value on gameday? Or is the team just that popular right now?

posted by NoMich at 04:41 PM on April 24, 2023

Last I heard the ongoing wait list for season tickets is still longer than there are actual seats in the new stadium (and that's after all this season's folks got theirs), so it really is exceptionally hot right now. I can't say I've tried hitting any of the aftermarket apps getting close to game time or anything, but I think you'd have to get pretty lucky to land something without paying out the nose.

That said, there are other opportunities to check out the new digs. City2 is playing at least some portion of their home games there and there are the mini-tourneys, like tonight's Open Cup game vs. Omaha that (I believe) general tickets are/were available for. I'll likely try to hit up something like that later in the season once NBA/NHL Playoffs are over.

posted by Ufez Jones at 12:37 PM on April 25, 2023

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