ST. LOUIS -- A competing group wants to join forces with SC STL in building a new $200 million downtown St. Louis soccer stadium in hopes of attracting an MLS franchise, offering to pay $80 million to eliminate the need for public financing.SC STL unveiled a stadium plan Nov. 17 that calls for voters in April to consider funding up to $80 million of the project.The group Foundry St. Louis has also been pushing for a Major League Soccer franchise, though MLS clearly favors the SC STL plan. Commissioner Dan Garber said in a statement earlier this month that SC STL is the ideal ownership group that will provide St. Louis the best opportunity for a future expansion team.Foundry St. Louis CEO Dan Cordes, in a letter to Dave Peacock of SC STL dated Nov. 23 and released Tuesday, offers to join forces while criticizing the public funding aspect of the SC STL proposal. Cordes wrote that his groups involvement eliminates the need for St. Louis taxpayers to cover the gap through taxpayer-subsidized corporate welfare.MLS in St. Louis cannot and should not serve as an anchor dragging on city finances and services, Cordes wrote. Rather, it should employ minority-owned consultants, vendors and contractors, create salaried and high-wage jobs, spur population growth and advance the conversation about racial equality and economic inclusion.The letter does not elaborate on the source of Foundry St. Louis funding, but spokeswoman Jen Crichton said money would come from investors in the group. She declined to name the investors but said they have a combined net worth of $2.5 billion. SC STL spokesman Jim Woodcock declined comment.The MLS last year announced an expansion team in Minnesota, and plans another in Miami. League spokesman Dan Courtemanche said plans call for four additional teams, though a timetable for when theyd join has not been determined. Courtemanche said St. Louis is among eight markets that have publicly expressed interest.The SC STL open-air stadium would have 20,000 seats with the ability to expand to 28,500. It would sit next to St. Louis Union Station on land currently owned by the Missouri Department of Transportation. The city has an option to buy the site, but the value is still being appraised.---This story corrects spelling of Jen Crichtons first name.USA Soccer Store . -- Ryan Blaney provided more evidence that Penske Racings No. Custom USA Soccer Jerseys .S District Court against Major League Baseball, the Office of the Commissioner and his own union, the MLBPA. https://www.cheapusasoccer.com/ .S. hockey team after paying his dues as an NHL general manager for more than three decades and giving up a lot of his free time to help USA Hockey. USA Soccer Shirts . Both players have lower body injuries that will keep them out of the lineup until at least January 31, which is the first game they can be activated from IR. USA Soccer Jerseys 2019 . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from.Louisville?quarterback Lamar Jackson is the clear Heisman front-runner with just two games left in the regular season, and hes quickly approaching all kinds of records.Jackson is?one score behind Deshaun Watsons ACC single-season record of 47 touchdowns responsible for. Hes 96 rushing yards short of surpassing Howard Stevens single-season school record of 1,429 set in 1971. With one more rushing touchdown, Jackson will become the sixth player in FBS history wiith 20 passing TDs and 20 rushing TDs in a season.ddddddddddddNo. 5 Louisville plays at?Houston?on Thursday night (8 p.m. ET on ESPN) with an 85 percent chance to win, per ESPNs Football Power Index. Houston has won 14 consecutive home games dating back to the 2014 season. The Cougars knocked off Louisville on the road last season.? ' ' '