The city of St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States is home to more than a dozen professional, semi-professional, and collegiate sports teams. The Sporting News rated St. Louis the nation's "Best Sports City" in 2000[1] and the Wall Street Journal named it the best sports city in 2015.[2]
St. Louis has three major league sports teams. The St. Louis Cardinals, one of the oldest franchises in Major League Baseball (MLB), have won 11 World Series, second only to the New York Yankees' 27.[3] One of their titles was played against the old cross-city rival St. Louis Browns in 1944. The St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL) won the 2019 Stanley Cup, appeared in three championship finals from 1968 to 1970, and made 25 consecutive playoff appearances from 1979–80 to 2003–04.[4] St. Louis City SC of Major League Soccer started play in 2023, and the St. Louis Battlehawks of the XFL, which had started play in that league's COVID-abbreviated 2020 season, resumed play along with the league in 2023.
The most recent team to begin play in St. Louis is St. Louis City SC, a Major League Soccer expansion team that started play in 2023. St. Louis has an extensive history in soccer, contributing at least one participant to each FIFA World Cup contested by the United States men's team. The city is the birthplace of corkball.
- ^ Rawlings, John. "Best Sports Cities 2000". Sporting News. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ Toler, Lindsay (2016-01-07). "Wall Street Journal: St. Louis Is the Top Sports City in 2015". www.stlmag.com. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ "MLB World Series Champions - Major League Baseball - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ "St. Louis Blues — History: Year-By-Year Records". St. Louis Blues. Archived from the original on 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2008-07-26.