{"id":7050,"date":"2024-02-02T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/?p=7050"},"modified":"2024-01-31T09:37:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T15:37:47","slug":"new-book-now-available-year-one-st-louis-city-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/new-book-now-available-year-one-st-louis-city-sc\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW BOOK NOW AVAILABLE YEAR ONE: ST. LOUIS CITY SC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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RELIVE THE INCREDIBLE STORY<\/strong> OF AN UNFORGETTABLE FIRST SEASON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ST. LOUIS, MO <\/strong>\u2014 Reedy Press is pleased to announce the release of Year One: St. Louis CITY SC<\/em><\/strong>, by Dave Lange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experience that remarkable first season in Year One: St. Louis CITY SC.<\/strong> Learn about the birth and buildup of CITY; enjoy game summaries, pictures, and player statistics; and relive all of the thrilling international matches held at CITYPARK. Year One is an incredible story about an unforgettable season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, St. Louis CITY Soccer Club completed an inaugural season that was unparalleled in the history of Major League Soccer. CITY\u2019s exciting, fast, and high-pressure style yielded goals and victories in bunches, won a regular-season conference championship, and thrilled sellout crowds at every MLS home game.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Year one saw CITY win the most games by an expansion team in MLS history, emerge as the first MLS expansion team to capture its regular season conference championship, and become the first MLS expansion team to win its first five games. Playing in perhaps the best soccer facility in the United States, CITY created a match-day experience unlike any other in St. Louis sports for the 22,423 fans who filled CITYPARK for every game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author and St. Louis native Dave Lange has chronicled St. Louis soccer for local and national media outlets since the 1970s. In Year One: St. Louis CITY SC, join him as he covers the highs and lows of St. Louis\u2019s newest sports franchise in its inaugural season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year One: St. Louis CITY SC<\/strong> is available wherever books are sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BOOK DETAILS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year One: St. Louis CITY SC, by Dave Lange<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISBN: 9781681065083<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hardcover, 9 x 12, 144 pages,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$39.95<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dave Lange is the author of the only comprehensive history of soccer in St. Louis\u2014Soccer Made in St. Louis: A History of the Game in America\u2019s First Soccer Capital (Reedy Press). He also wrote or coauthored Practice Makes Perfect: A Guide to Fun Training Sessions for 6-10 Year Olds; Cherishing Childhood: The First 100 Years of Community School; Webster University: A Century of Defining Moments; and Taming Troubled Waters: Dr. Henry Givens Jr. and the Transformation of Harris-Stowe State University. He also contributed a chapter to Soccer Frontiers: The Global Game in the United States, 1863\u20131913. Lange coached youth soccer and holds a USSF National D coaching license and a coaching certificate from the Royal Dutch Football Association. He is senior lecturer at the University of Missouri\u2013St. Louis and adjunct full professor at Webster University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SCHEDULED EVENTS FOR YEAR ONE: ST. LOUIS CITY SC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is advisable to check with the event venue for confirmation a few days ahead of a book signing or presentation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presentation and Book Signing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, February 18, from 2:00 \u2013 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Missouri History Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5700 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63112<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(314) 746-4599<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free and open to the public<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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