The other issue, for me, is that there was only one outgoing trade. This is a little below what I expected. I assumed two trades, but the trade market never quite moved. This shows that St. Louis valued the player acquisition aspect more than trying to maximize allocation money, with only forward Jake Lacava being picked up by the New York Red Bulls and then traded to Inter Miami CF. Just as the Expansion Draft ended, St. Louis also acquired center back Tim Parker in a trade from Houston Dynamo FC. St. Louis now has 17 players under contract for the inaugural season. “We want to build a team here,” athletic director Lutz Pfannenstiel said on the live show with Andrew Wiebe and Calen Carr. “We want to build a club culture, so everyone on the pitch – the 11 on the pitch, the coaching staff, the substitutes and even all the guys in the stands, are just as important as everyone else. That’s why this DP is thinking, this PR player is thinking, not just my team’s cup.”
