EXPANSION: "Outside Looking In" St Louis's Jeff Cooper Ponders USL Future

It looks as though the MLS dream for St. Louis is fading somewhat after a failure on the part of Jeff Cooper's Soccer United Marketing to meet the requirements of MLS for a deep pocketed investor. MLS having seen a Miami team fold due to the lack of such an investor may be rightfully reluctant to take on the risk of what would be viewed as a massive failure if a St Louis team folded.Courtesy of the St Louis Telegraph:Jeff Cooper could be the poster child for Type A Personality. The local attorney, who's also the St. Louis Athletica owner, lets no grass grow under his feet. He's here, there and everywhere. And much of that time, he's still busy pursuing a men's professional soccer team for St. Louis.Cooper was in Boston earlier this week and is now in India on a business-related trip - from New England to the Near East.A St. Louis men's pro team has long been Cooper's goal. His efforts along that line helped bring about the women's team, Athletica, whi...