Saint Louis Athletica - begins play on April 5th, 2009 (Time is TBD) as one of seven founding teams participating in the inaugural season of Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS).  Led by head coach Jorge Barcellos and U.S. Women’s National Team members Lori Chalupny, Tina Ellertson, and Hope Solo, Athletica home games in 2009 will be played at Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville’s Ralph Korte Stadium.  Recently Athletica drafted Kerri Hanks, two time MAC Hermann Winner. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.saintlouisathletica.com or call (888) STL-GOAL.

The mission of Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) is to be the premier women’s soccer league in the world and the global standard by which women’s professional sports are measured.  Play kicks off on March 29, 2009, with WPS teams based in the Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Jersey/New York, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C.  The league expects to expand in 2010 with the addition of Atlanta and Philadelphia. For more information, visit www.womensprosoccer.com.

USDA - Everyone agrees – the United States needs to improve as a soccer playing nation. Following a comprehensive review of elite player development in the United States and around the world, U.S. Soccer has created the U.S Soccer Development Academy to improve the everyday environment for the elite youth player.

St. Louis Scott Gallagher has four teams playing in the US Development Academy (IL U16 and U18 / MO U16 and U18).  We are the only club in the country to have more then 2 teams playing in this National League.  Tom Howe coaches the Missouri teams and Dale Schilly coaches the Illinois teams.

Using the U-17 National Team Residency program as a model of training and focus, clubs chosen to participate in the Academy program will only compete in Academy programming, thus increasing the amount of time that can be spent training and improving the quality of matches. National Team and National Staff coaches will scout the Academy matches and trainings to ensure that players are seen in their natural playing environment. 

Earlier this year in the 2009 MLS Super Draft, SLSG's Jack Traynor (Notre Dame) was drafted by the New York, Dado Hamzagic (SLU) went to New England & Brandon Barklage (SLU) by DC.  For more on this story - click here.