St. Louis Scott Gallagher SC

They want to play as competitive as they can on a competitive team.

And, you know, you had the Kudises and the Bushes and the Scott Gallagher who had a senior team at that time because there wasn't enough teams for all the talent to play on.

So, yeah, I think in 88, I think the level of play at the senior ball was very high.

And I think the competition was at its highest point.

And, you know, looking at your bio, you are the Bradley man, right? I mean, undergrad, you were assistant, now head coach, right? Yeah.

Yeah, I've had the whole run here, and with a little gap in between, I left in 2002 and came back in 2017 as a coach, and not the typical college soccer pathway, playing after college and then going to different jobs in the sports, scouting for Toronto FC, working for the U.S. Soccer Federation, working for Scott Gallagher in St. Louis, Missouri, Indy 11 assistant coach, now USL championship coach, And it's not the normal way, but nonetheless gave me some really good insight into the game.

And I always feel that we're we never stop learning.

And for me in the world of college soccer, definitely never stopped learning in my 10th year.

... you brought that up because, you know, I, I personally, I've lived through it.

I, you know, uh, growing up here in St. Louis, um, f- with my kids in particular, they, they started off at St. Louis Scott Gallagher.

Um, Beckett in particular elevated up, was at St. Louis City for three years, and everybody's like, "Oh my God, you had to love it because it was free." I'm like, "Well, let's define free," because I still love my kid and I wanna watch and I wanna go and engage, see the games, et cetera.

Well, I, you know, what used to be a 12 to $15,000 a year, you know, with travel and everything at Gallagher, local club fees, all this stuff, and everybody's like, "Oh my God, that's crazy," and it is.

And I saw someone ask earlier, like, "Is there a Celtic equivalent in St. Louis?" 'Cause of course we're Rangers, you know, and so like, you know, you know, Rangers versus Celtic.

I guess technically that would be Scott Gallagher, you know, 'cause Scott Gallagher plays in Midwest Premier League.

They're the big academy, world renowned academy, but their, their color's green.

And instead of a, you know, a, um, you know, a, a clover they use a fleur-de-lis, you know, as their logo.

So i- it... to answer that question, yeah, Forest Park Rangers, if we're the Rangers, you know, of the local Midwest Premier League, I would say Scott Gallagher is probably the Celtic.

Uh, we're getting some, some, some, uh, some, uh, uh, some, some shout-outs here.

Bloody Bob saying, "Wild Boar Apparel always answers the phone." And then, uh, and then, and then one of the part, hard parts about getting new sponsorship as a new company or as a new soccer organization is setting the market.