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Donaldson Brace Sinks Lions

St. Louis, Mo. (May 22nd, 2011)- A festive atmosphere was on hand to greet the Lions at the Tony Glavin Soccer Complex on Sunday night but Colorado’s Julian Donaldson stole the show.

The St Louis Lions sporting their new green and white hooped uniforms came out fired up and ready to play. The Lions were looking sharp and the supporters section was into the game early when a costly mistake in the backfield led to the first goal of the game and a straight red cad to Lions keeper Israel Becerra.

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Lions finally got our season going!
Big win yesterday as they dispatched Springfield 6-1, with some great goals.
Gavin Smith's goal from the half way line could make goal of the week highlight, along with a couple others with great diagonal combination passing from side to side to open the Demise defense.
I suppose the lads got inspired by Barca's play, or could it be Tony's halftime talk "you get your stuff together or else..." , or could be both!!

Next Saturday off to KC who did a number on Des Moines knocking them out of USOC.

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Lions Roar to First Victory of Season

St Louis, MO…The Lions put a win in the win column with a convincing 6-1 victory over the Springfield Demize. Tarik Sehovic and Gavin “Dodgyâ€

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Lions Deny Brass’ Late Rally
Saturday, June 4, 2011

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — The St Louis Lions earned a hard-fought 3-2 victory against cross-state rivals the Kansas City Brass on a steamy evening at the Overland Park Soccer Complex. Dan Meagher scored what proved to be the game-winning goal for the Lions in the 75th minute.

The Lions stormed out of the gates early andscored in the first five minutes of the game when forward Henrique Suosa chased down a ball on the right side and found Pat Kelly at the near post. Kelly’s goal was his first of the season.

Later in the half the Lions went up 2-0 when Suosa buried a driven cross by Gavin Smith. Smith stole the ball from the Brass midfield and charged past the defender leading to the cross. The Lions continued to put pressure and had numerous opportunities in the first half but failed to add to their lead. Kelly was denied on a point-blank header late in the half and Smith missed the goal by inches late in the half.

In the second half the Lions continued to attack, but the Brass would not give up and pulled a goal back when Brian Harris scored from a free kick just outside the Lions penalty area in the 67th minute. The Brass would then find an equalizer six minutes later when Ricardo Yeverino outpaced the Lions defense on a through-ball from Ryan Hunter.

But the Lions retook the lead thanks to the scrappy play of Kelly, who controlled on the right side of the midfield and beat his defender one-on-one. Kelly then served the ball to the back post to a camped out Meagher who headed home to give the Lions a 3-2 victory.

The Lions return home next weekend to face theKansas City Brass on June 11thon St Louis Soccer Day. For Tickets visitwww.stllions.com or call 636-939-5151.



June 5th, 2011 |

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Lions Deny Brass’ Late Rally
Saturday, June 4, 2011

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — The St Louis Lions earned a hard-fought 3-2 victory against cross-state rivals the Kansas City Brass on a steamy evening at the Overland Park Soccer Complex. Dan Meagher scored what proved to be the game-winning goal for the Lions in the 75th minute.

The Lions stormed out of the gates early andscored in the first five minutes of the game when forward Henrique Suosa chased down a ball on the right side and found Pat Kelly at the near post. Kelly’s goal was his first of the season.

Later in the half the Lions went up 2-0 when Suosa buried a driven cross by Gavin Smith. Smith stole the ball from the Brass midfield and charged past the defender leading to the cross. The Lions continued to put pressure and had numerous opportunities in the first half but failed to add to their lead. Kelly was denied on a point-blank header late in the half and Smith missed the goal by inches late in the half.

In the second half the Lions continued to attack, but the Brass would not give up and pulled a goal back when Brian Harris scored from a free kick just outside the Lions penalty area in the 67th minute. The Brass would then find an equalizer six minutes later when Ricardo Yeverino outpaced the Lions defense on a through-ball from Ryan Hunter.

But the Lions retook the lead thanks to the scrappy play of Kelly, who controlled on the right side of the midfield and beat his defender one-on-one. Kelly then served the ball to the back post to a camped out Meagher who headed home to give the Lions a 3-2 victory.

The Lions return home next weekend to face theKansas City Brass on June 11th on St Louis Soccer Day. For Tickets visitwww.stllions.com or call 636-939-5151.



June 5th, 2011 |

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Saturday 6/11 @ 5:00pm LIONS vs KANSAS CITY

Let's make it 3 wins in a row!

Go Lions

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July 2nd 7:00pm at Lindenwood University the St Louis Lions take on the Kansas City Brass

Come out and show your support for St Louis Soccer as well as support for the St Jochim & Ann Food Pantry and DASA.

All youth players wearing a jersey and doanting a can of food get in free.

We would like to thank Lindenwood University for donating the beautiful facility for this evening.

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The St.Louis Lions of the PDL announced their 2012 schedule today. The schedule consists of 8 away games and 8 home games, including a game on June 30 at Lindenwood University in St.Charles. The Lions announced earlier that they will host the Chicago Inferno in a preseason match on May 5 at 5pm at the Tony Glavin Soccer Complex. The following is the full regular schedule for your St.Louis Lions:


*All Times Listed are CST*

May 12- St.Louis Lions @ Des Moines Menace – 7:30pm
May 19- St.Louis Lions @ WSA Winnipeg- 7pm
May 20- St.Louis Lions @ WSA Winnipeg- 2pm
May 26- Des Moines Menace @ St.Louis Lions- 5pm
May 31- St.Louis Lions @ Springfield Demize- 7pm
June 2- Springfield Demize @ St.Louis Lions- 5pm
June 8- St.Louis Lions @ Thunder Bay Chill- 6:30pm
June 9- St.Louis Lions @ Thunder Bay Chill- 6:30pm
June 16- Real Colorado Foxes @ St.Louis Lions- 5pm
June 17- Real Colorado Foxes @ St.Louis Lions- 5pm
June 23- Kansas City Brass @ St.Louis Lions- 5pm
June 30- Thunder Bay Chill @ St.Louis Lions- 7pm (@ Lindenwood University)
July 1- Thunder Bay Chill @ St.Louis Lions- 5pm
July 3- St.Louis Lions @ Kansas City Brass- 7pm
July 10- St.Louis Lions @ Kansas City Brass- 7pm
July 15- Des Moines Menace @ St.Louis Lions- 5pm

The St.Louis Lions play their home games at The Tony Glavin Soccer Complex in Cottleville, MO.

Visit the team’s website at http://www.stllions.com/ for schedule, ticket, and merchandise information.

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Call to the St Louis Hall of Fame for Glavin
St. Louis, Mo. (January 19, 2012) – The St Louis Soccer Hall of Fame has announced its Class of 2012 and “The Pocket Rocket” Tony Glavin will be among those inducted on Sept 27th at the Annual St Louis Soccer Hall of Fame Banquet.

“I am honored to be recognized,” said Tony Glavin “Soccer has such a rich heritage in St Louis and the Hall of Fame is a great organization that keeps reminding us how important soccer is to St Louis and the influence we have all had on soccer in the United States.”

Glavin began his professional playing career with Queen’s Park, the oldest club in Scotland, in 1976 to 1978. At the conclusion of the ‘78 season Glavin moved to the U.S. to pursue a career with the Philadelphia Fury of the old NASL.

The Fury was owned by the likes of Paul Simon, Peter Frampton and Rick Wakeman. Glavin played alongside world greats Johnny Giles, Alan Ball, Peter Osgood and Frank Worthington. In three seasons with Philadelphia Glavin appeared in 66 games and scored 13 goals.

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St. Louis Lions Announce Player Signings
Kranz, Dos Santos and Carreiro Officially Sign with Lions

Friday April 27, 2012
By Front Office

St. Louis, Mo. – The St. Louis Lions have announced the signing of three players to the 2012 roster. Kenny Kranz is returning for his third year with the club and will be joined by a couple of newcomers Diego Dos Santos and Marcelo Carreiro both from Brazil.

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Lou Fusz Coach Alen Bradaric Back On Lions Defense
Bradaric uses his experience with Lions to coach local youth team

Wednesday May 2, 2012
By Front Office

St. Louis, Mo. – Alen Bradaric is returning to the St Louis Lions for his seventh season. Bradaric has been with the Lions since their inception in 2006 when he joined the club immediately after his senior year at Affton High School.
Alen was born in Bosnia and moved to Germany with his family to escape the war in 1992. It was while in Germany that Alen started playing soccer at the age of 5. In 1999, Alen and his family moved to St. Louis where he played soccer for Affton High School and collected awards as an All-Conference, All District and All State player.

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LIONS CAPTURE FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON AT HOME OVER THE MENACE

St. Louis, MO, Thee St Louis Lions gained their first win of the season in a thrilling come from behind 2-1 victory over the Des Moines Menace. The Lions returned home for their Home Opener after spending the early part of the season on the road.

Earlier in the season the Menace got the upper hand against the Lions with a convincing 4 to 1 victory in Des Moines. Des Moines opened the scoring in the first 5 minutes when Brent Kallman had a long throw-in deep into the Lions box. The ball bounced off the Lions defenders and fell to the feet of Logan McDaniel who slipped the ball into the net for an early 1-0 lead for the Menace.

Things did not look good early for the Lions but they battled thru the heat and the pressure of the Menace attack to get to halftime down by only a goal.

“The early goal was disappointing but we knew if we just stuck to our game plan we would break thru and tie the game.” said Tony Glavin Lions Head Coach.

In the 61st minute the Lions found the equalizer. Defender Pat Kelly intercepted a long outlet pass by the Menace and found Lions forward Jamie Skillen on the right side of the Menace goal box. Skillen settled the ball with a great touch and crossed the ball to Gerrard John-Williams parked in front of the goal for the spectacular volley. The goal was John-Williams first as a St Louis Lion.

“I am very pleased for Big G getting on the score sheet. He has been working hard and it finally came to him.” said Glavin “His goal was an excellent finish. We just built on the momentum from there.”

Glavin was right with the momentum swung in the Lions favor and the St. Louiligan’s really getting the crowd into the game the Lions struck again.

In the 78thminute Dean Lovegrove scored the game winner. Lovegrove had pushed forwards from his midfield position near the top of the Des Moines goal box. The ball was played into Lovegrove played the ball up with his chest and it fell between the Menace defenders legs. Lovegrove toe poked the ball forward towards goal and then chipped the ball into the far post pas the charging Menace keeper.

“This was a really good win for us today. We kept ourselves in it and worked hard for the victory. This is a well deserved victory” said Glavin.

The victory broke a 12 game winless streak against the Menace,

Before the game the Loins players all wore t-shirts saying “4 U Casey” in honor of Casey Blick, one of the founders of the Lions Supporter Club the St Louligan’s. The Lions players also made a donation to the Siteman Cancer Research Center in Casey’s honor.
The Lions will hit the road this Thursday to take on the Springfield Demize on Thursday evening but return home on Saturday 5:00pm in the return portion of a home and home series with the Demize. Tickets can be purchased by calling 636.939.5151 or online at www.stllions.com

The St. Louis Lions are entering their seventh season in the PDL. The St Louis Lions provided an opportunity for players to be exposed to professional scouts throughout the United States and Internationally. Currently the Lions have assisted in placing twelve player’s into the professional ranks in the United States and Internationally.

The USL PDL had another outstanding number of players selected at the Major League Soccer SuperDraft in Kansas City, Mo. Overall, USL PDL alumni made up 26 of the 38 players selected, more than two-thirds, with six players taken in the Top 10. Leading the way was former Reading United and Carolina Dynamo standout Andrew Wenger, who was selected No.1 overall.
The USL PDL has now had 111 alumni selected in the past three years of the MLS SuperDraft, an average of more than 70 percent of the selections made. The leading amateur soccer league in North American, the USL PDL continues to offer the opportunity for growth and development during the summer as players work toward their goals of turning professional.

The St. Louis Lions are a member of the United Soccer League’s (USL) Premier Development League, where players have the ability to compete in the PDL throughout the summer months in a professionalized setting while maintaining their collegiate eligibility.

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The entire St Louis Lions Soccer Family is thinking and praying for Tony Glavin and his family today. Over the weekend Tony's father passed away. Tony was able to spend the last few days with his father back home in Scotland. They were able to spend that last few hours watching teh Celtic game together.

Stay strong Tony