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February 20, 2008

St. Louis stadium on hold

Attorney Jeff Cooper is still confident that Major League Soccer will one day come to Collinsville, although that won't happen as soon as he had hoped. Collinsville and Philadelphia are in the running for the 16th expansion team but Cooper said Tuesday that it appears that MLS will soon award the team to Philadelphia. Collinsville, he said, will be in a strong position to land a 17th franchise the following year.

"2010 is what we're targeting," Cooper said.
In 2007, he was awarded a franchise in the newly-formed Women's Soccer League and if the stadium becomes a reality, the team would play its games there, Cooper said.
Earlier this year, River Cities FC, a Women's Premier Soccer League team owned by Copper ceased operations.