MLS chief: St. Louis needs more partners for bid
Posted March 24, 2009 11:00 pm
COLLINSVILLE -- Major League Soccer's chief executive has some advice for a group looking to lure a franchise to southwestern Illinois -- find more partners and investors.
Last week, the league chose Portland, Ore., as its 18th franchise. That marked the second time Madison County personal-injury lawyer Jeff Cooper and his partners were left out.
The league's chief, Don Garber, says Cooper wasn't turned down for the franchise but rather needs more investors to support a potential one. Garber says Cooper didn't have an ownership group financially able to put together a full bid.
Garber says MLS really wants a team in the St. Louis area for geographic reasons, and he says that region has a soccer history.
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