ESPN.com · Feb 5, 2016
MLS 'very focused' on expanding to St. Louis - Don Garber
More than 43,000 fans watched the U.S. play in St. Louis' Busch Stadium in November.Major League Soccer hopes to push forward with plans to bring a new club to St. Louis as early as 2020, commissioner Don Garber says.
With MLS looking to grow to 28 teams in the near future, Garber met with the chairman of the St. Louis Sports Commission, Dave Peacock, in New York on Thursday to discuss possible expansion to the Missouri city.
Garber, who has also spoken recently with Gov. Jay Nixon and Mayor Francis Slay, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the city has "a unique moment in time where we can really, finally see if St. Louis is MLS-ready."