August 04, 2025
St. Louis Soccer Kicks Out Man for MAGA Hat
Timothy Birdnow
St. Louis has a professional soccer team and it's become a huge draw, mostly for urban hipsters. I've had zero interest in it since it showed up on our doorstep; soccer is for Europeans. Granted, St. Louis was once the soccer capital of America and like all good Catholic boys I played eight years of it. But pro soccer never really caught on despite our having had multiple teams over the years.
Now we have the corporately-named St. Louis City Soccer Club (yes, it's SLCSC) and it has become quite popular, largey among the loft-dwelling liberal hipsters who lurk around the downtown area (and who will invade the Blue Jay Brewery after games; the owner of the brewery loves it because it's money but that's the only time his excellent establishment gets really busy. (I heartily recommend Blue Jay!)
At any rate the hipsters kicked a guy out of the stadium for wearing a MAGA hat.
Security claims he was violating stadium policy, which bans "electioneering" or promoting a candidate. They also ban flags, meaning American flags. Rainbow or other flags of allegiance to radicalism seem to be just fine.
As Donald Trump is not running for office, and there is no election this year, and MAGA isn't just about Trump anyway, there is no logical way anyone could conclude this man's hat was in violation of the rule.
According to security someone "complained". Since when does some idiot who can't mind his or her own business decide who gets to stay and watch the game? The SLSC didn't refund the man's money it appears.
The Department of Justice is investigating this incident as a violation of the man's civil rights.
St. Louis has a professional soccer team and it's become a huge draw, mostly for urban hipsters. I've had zero interest in it since it showed up on our doorstep; soccer is for Europeans. Granted, St. Louis was once the soccer capital of America and like all good Catholic boys I played eight years of it. But pro soccer never really caught on despite our having had multiple teams over the years.
Now we have the corporately-named St. Louis City Soccer Club (yes, it's SLCSC) and it has become quite popular, largey among the loft-dwelling liberal hipsters who lurk around the downtown area (and who will invade the Blue Jay Brewery after games; the owner of the brewery loves it because it's money but that's the only time his excellent establishment gets really busy. (I heartily recommend Blue Jay!)
At any rate the hipsters kicked a guy out of the stadium for wearing a MAGA hat.
Security claims he was violating stadium policy, which bans "electioneering" or promoting a candidate. They also ban flags, meaning American flags. Rainbow or other flags of allegiance to radicalism seem to be just fine.
As Donald Trump is not running for office, and there is no election this year, and MAGA isn't just about Trump anyway, there is no logical way anyone could conclude this man's hat was in violation of the rule.
According to security someone "complained". Since when does some idiot who can't mind his or her own business decide who gets to stay and watch the game? The SLSC didn't refund the man's money it appears.
The Department of Justice is investigating this incident as a violation of the man's civil rights.
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Soccer is a sport for little boys that never grew up. Years ago Martha and I went to a soccer game with a friend, a waiter and bartender at TGI Friday's whose son was playing on one of the teams. The only reason we went was because he asked us to, and because he promised us lunch at Friday's afterward. We've stayed friends with him, but never went to any games afterward.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at August 05, 2025 12:06 AM (Gtb2F)
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It really is a kid's game insofar as it involves mostly running around as fast as you can. Granted, ball handling requires some skill.
I don't know if I ever told you the story about the time my friend and I were at the Strassenfest, St. Louis' German street festival held in August (used to be; it's gone now.) The best goalie in the indoor league was on the St. Louis team and my friend (a tremendous natural athlese) utterly humiliated the man. It was "score on Slobo" and you had three tries to score on Slobo Illievski, the goalie. My buddy was drunk as a hoot owl, I mean really blitzed, but he never once failed to score. The poor man was enraged, beating on the ground and trying his absolute best and Dan just popped one shot in after another. A crowd gathered to watch. Eventuallymy friend's beer ran out so we moved on - to a totally destroyed professional goal tender.
My buddy was the most amazing natural athlete; he could do anything just about. First time he went skiing he skied adouble black diamond (experts only) and looked like a pro. I barely made the beginners slope.
At any rate that was a different soccer team; St. Louis has had many and the current team will probably only last at most ten years, if history is any guide.
Soccer is more fun to play than watch, in my opinon. Never did understand why people got excited about it.
As for me I wasn't half bad when I was a kid (I wasn't half good either); I came from a neighborhood famous for producing great soccer players and so trained with the best. It brought my game up to perhaps mediocrity. I generaly played fullback - the defender. I wasn't fast enough for anything else, alas. But I learned how it was done.
But anyway I don't really care HOW it's done as I find other sports far more interesting.
BTW my father coached my brothers team and they almost won all-city. Many of his players went on to turn pro. Funny; dad never played soccer when he was young, having been a Protestant kid in public school.
Goes to show you don't need to be an expert, or at least you didn't used to, to succeed at soccer.
I don't know if I ever told you the story about the time my friend and I were at the Strassenfest, St. Louis' German street festival held in August (used to be; it's gone now.) The best goalie in the indoor league was on the St. Louis team and my friend (a tremendous natural athlese) utterly humiliated the man. It was "score on Slobo" and you had three tries to score on Slobo Illievski, the goalie. My buddy was drunk as a hoot owl, I mean really blitzed, but he never once failed to score. The poor man was enraged, beating on the ground and trying his absolute best and Dan just popped one shot in after another. A crowd gathered to watch. Eventuallymy friend's beer ran out so we moved on - to a totally destroyed professional goal tender.
My buddy was the most amazing natural athlete; he could do anything just about. First time he went skiing he skied adouble black diamond (experts only) and looked like a pro. I barely made the beginners slope.
At any rate that was a different soccer team; St. Louis has had many and the current team will probably only last at most ten years, if history is any guide.
Soccer is more fun to play than watch, in my opinon. Never did understand why people got excited about it.
As for me I wasn't half bad when I was a kid (I wasn't half good either); I came from a neighborhood famous for producing great soccer players and so trained with the best. It brought my game up to perhaps mediocrity. I generaly played fullback - the defender. I wasn't fast enough for anything else, alas. But I learned how it was done.
But anyway I don't really care HOW it's done as I find other sports far more interesting.
BTW my father coached my brothers team and they almost won all-city. Many of his players went on to turn pro. Funny; dad never played soccer when he was young, having been a Protestant kid in public school.
Goes to show you don't need to be an expert, or at least you didn't used to, to succeed at soccer.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at August 05, 2025 06:02 AM (KGSyL)
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