*The financially stricken National Soccer Hall of Fame is departing its Oneonta, N.Y., facility and moving permanent displays to various locations around the country. Those sites are to be determined in the coming months. The Hall has existed since 1979 and been based at the current site for 11 years.
Given the historical importance of soccer to the St. Louis community, I believe the soccer powers that be ought to push to move the Soccer Hall of Fame permanently to the Gateway to the West.
No offense to Oneonta, which I'm sure is fabulous, but it's only claim to fame that I can see is that it is vaguely near Cooperstown. St. Louis, on the other hand, has World Cup history behind it, the Hermann Trophy, the (sadly long gone) NCAA soccer dynasty that was St. Louis University, and scores of U.S. soccer luminaries past and present. Also, the St. Louis community can be counted upon to support the Hall in a way few other communities could.
It makes sense.
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