Editing Busch Memorial Stadium (section)

===Soccer===

The [[St. Louis Stars (soccer)|St. Louis Stars]], a professional soccer team, played at Busch Stadium for several years in the 1960s and 1970s. They were initially a member of the [[National Professional Soccer League (1967)|National Professional Soccer League]] for one season in 1967 and moved to the [[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|North American Soccer League]] for their remaining seasons, which they split between Busch Stadium and [[Francis Field (St. Louis)|Francis Field]]. The team set their record attendance of 32,605 against the [[New York Cosmos (1970–1985)|New York Cosmos]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gordon |first=Jeff |date=November 18, 2018 |title=Gordo: Remembering the area's fringe sports teams |url=https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/jeff-gordon/gordo-stl-s-fringe-sports-teams/collection_5fd06089-69a3-55b1-b20c-52a358955001.html |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |url-access=subscription |accessdate=July 20, 2023 |archive-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721042456/https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/jeff-gordon/gordo-stl-s-fringe-sports-teams/collection_5fd06089-69a3-55b1-b20c-52a358955001.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Cross |first=Wally |date=June 24, 1977 |title=Stars Get The Verdict Before Record Witnesses |page=1C |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-stars-get-the-ve/128600548/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |accessdate=July 20, 2023 |archive-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721042455/https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-stars-get-the-ve/128600548/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Stars were relocated to [[Southern California]] after the 1977 season after being unable to sign a new lease at Busch Stadium.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cross |first=Wally |date=October 9, 1977 |title=How Many Players Will Move To West Coast With Soccer Stars? |page=10G |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-how-many-players/128600671/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=July 20, 2023 |archive-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721042456/https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-how-many-players/128600671/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The stadium also hosted international soccer. It served as the temporary home venue for [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago]] in a [[1985 CONCACAF Championship]] match against the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]], who won 2–1 in front of 15,823 fans. The match was part of regional qualifiers for the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Burnes |first=Cathie |date=May 17, 1985 |title=U.S. Wins, Ever So Slowly, 2-1 |page=5D |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-us-wins-ever/128600809/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=July 20, 2023 |archive-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721042907/https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-us-wins-ever/128600809/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The annual [[Saint Louis–SIU Edwardsville men's soccer rivalry|Bronze Boot Game]] between the [[Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer|Saint Louis Billikens]] and the [[SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer|SIU Edwardsville Cougars]] was played at Busch Stadium from 1972 until 1985. The matchup saw record size crowds, including the all-time record attendance for a regular season college soccer match: 22,512 on October 30, 1980.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's Soccer Attendance Records|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_RB/2014/attend.pdf|website=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]|publisher=ncaa.org|accessdate=July 3, 2024|archive-date=April 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410061617/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_RB/2014/attend.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>