Building on a century of soccer competition between teams from Kansas City and St. Louis, the professional soccer history between the two cities dates back 55 years to the debut of the North American Soccer League in 1968 when the Kansas City Spurs finished first in a four-team division that also included the St. Louis Stars.
The inaugural season of Major League Soccer’s newest rivalry has now culminated with a scintillating Best-of-3 playoff series, which sets the stage for a postseason game in KC between MLB, MLS, NBA, NFL or NHL teams from Kansas City and St. Louis for the first time since the Royals’ 11-0 win over the Cardinals in Game 7 of the 1985 World Series.
