Rainy Night with the St. Louligans

Last night (13 April), I was at World Wide Technology Soccer Park (https://www.saintlouisfc.com/SOCCERPARK) for Saint Louis FC's (https://www.saintlouisfc.com/) USL Championship (https://www.uslsoccer.com/usl-championship) match against Birmingham Legion FC (https://www.bhmlegion.com/). The night started at the St. Louligans (http://stlouligans.com/) tailgate in the parking lot. I enjoyed a burger with sides, along with a Schlafly (http://www.schlafly.com/) Ale d'Or. Money was raised this night for Crisis Nursery Saint Louis (https://www.crisisnurserykids.org/).

Also there were my Mehlville High School (https://mehlvillehigh.mehlvilleschooldistrict.com/) classmates and friends Paul Trelford and Tom Mantych. They had tickets in a different section of the game, but wanted to check out a St. Louligans tailgate. We talked, catching up on things, and I told them about how these tailgates operate. Paul and Tom both enjoyed their time there, and I thanked them for coming just before the march into Toyota Stadium for the match.

We marched into the stadium under a cloudy sky, which opened up with rain as the match went on. Saint Louis FC fell behind 1-0 in the first half, then leveled it early in the second half. Birmingham scored two goals to take a 3-1 lead late in the match. Saint Louis FC got one back from a penalty kick, but it wasn't enough. Birmingham Legion ran out 3-2 winners, ending Saint Louis FC's unbeaten streak to start the season. However, Saint Louis remains atop the Eastern Conference of the USL Championship. They go on the road to Pittsburgh Riverhounds this Saturday.

Later.