Originally published on December 22, 2020 10:14 am
The first player to wear St. Louis City SC’s jersey will be a professional gamer.
St. Louis’ Major League Soccer team won’t hit the pitch until 2023, but the franchise will begin competing in the virtual arena in January. The team signed St. Louis esports player Hasib Zulfic last month.
Zulfic, 20, will compete on behalf of the team in online FIFA tournaments. Zulfic s signing is part of a strategy by St. Louis City SC to attract more fans to the budding soccer team by leveraging one of the most popular sports video game series in the world.