St. Louis Ambush (MISL)
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| Founded | 2013 |
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| Stadium | Family Arena |
| Capacity | 9,643 |
| Owner | Will and Shelly Clark, Tony Glavin, and Dr. Elizabeth Perez |
| League | Major Arena Soccer League |
| 2016–17 | 5th, Central Division Playoffs: DNQ |
| Website | Club website |
The St. Louis Ambush is a professional indoor soccer team based in St. Charles, Missouri. They are the second team to use this name. This version of the Ambush play in the Major Arena Soccer League while the original St. Louis Ambush played in the National Professional Soccer League.
The current ownership group of the Ambush is Shelly and Will Clark, Tony Glavin and Dr. Elizabeth Perez.
The Ambush originally joined the Major Indoor Soccer League in 2013. In their only season as members of the MISL the Ambush posted only four wins while losing sixteen games.
After the 2013-2014 season, the team announced that it was leaving the MISL along with five other teams and join the Major Arena Soccer League.
At a May 3, 2016 press conference in Lakeland, Florida it was announced the Ambush were moving to the newly established IPL with the Baltimore Blast and expansion franchise Florida Tropics SC. However, on August 29, 2016, it was announced that all IPL teams would be joining (or re-joining) the MASL.
The MASL had a 'free agent' period for the first two weeks of May 2017, where any players who were free agents were free to negotiate with any team in the league. The Saint Louis Ambush failed to sign any players during the 'free agent' period, though few players changed teams in the league during this period in May.
On December 14, 2015, Tony Glavin took over as the head coach of the Saint Louis Ambush. However, on July 18, 2017, Glavin was removed from the head coach position, though he remains a part-owner of the team. A committee was formed to search for a new coach, with the position expected to be filled by the end of August 2017 prior to team tryouts. . On August 28, 2017, the St. Louis Ambush named Hewerton Moreira as their head coach.
As of November 7, 2017.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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