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Sports Illustrated
August 10, 2007
An attorney leading the charge to lure big-time soccer to the St. Louis area will make his case next week to the Metro East community of Collinsville, Ill., for a new 18,500-seat stadium he thinks will kick-start the courtship. Jeff Cooper's pitch Monday to the Collinsville City Council on behalf of the St. Louis Soccer United group marks the biggest step yet in his group's quest to land a Major League Soccer expansion team by the 2009 season. |
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The Future of Professional Soccer in St. Louis |
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Pete Hayes
The Telegraph
March 25, 2007
The cry for professional outdoor soccer’s return to St. Louis has been heard for years. But since the departure of the Stars of the now-defunct North American Soccer League in 1977, no big-time pro soccer teams have called St. Louis home. Jeff Cooper is out to remedy that situation. And this time, he says he holds the magic key to success a new stadium. |
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Collinsville Soccer Project Blooming Into Large-Scale, Mixed-Use Development |
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Alan J. Ortbals
Illinois Business Journal
July 11, 2007
The proposed professional soccer project in Collinsville is moving forward and expanding far beyond a new stadium, according to Jeff Cooper, managing partner in the law firm of SimmonsCooper LLC and investor in St. Louis Professional Soccer Expansion Group LLC which is pursuing the Professional Soccer League franchise. |
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'Regular Guy' Has Become a Big Player in Local Sports |
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Bernie Miklasz
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 24, 2006
Life is good for Jeff Cooper. He's 37. He's worth a lot of money -- well, a fortune -- thanks to an extremely successful law practice. And Cooper is emerging as a serious player on the St. Louis sports scene. He's worth watching, now, and in the future, because he will make things happen. |
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Major League Soccer May Come to Collinsville |
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Zach Groves
The Alestle
February 13, 2007
Collinsville may bring soccer fever to the Metro East.
According to Collinsville Mayor Stan Schaeffer, the city and private investor Jeff Cooper of SimmonCooper LLC, are negotiating plans to bring a Major League Soccer franchise and stadium to the city. |
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