Now official: Marcel Hartel has completed his transfer from @stlCITYsc to @Hannover96. Hartel logged 24g/13a over 2 years and 67 all competition matches for CITY SC, leaving as their 2nd all time leading goal scorer (to Klauss) and 2nd all time in goal contributions (to Löwen). #AllForCITY 🧵

More on Hartel to Hannover, I’m hearing there was indeed a personal and unique family situation that led to Hartel wanting to return to Germany to be closer to his family. The club had been working w/him for months to understand the situation & find a solution allowing him to do that. #AllForCITY

Marcel Hartel to Hannover is reportedly official and the fee is… not good. Hartel was one of the best chance creators in MLS with 24g/13a in all comps for @stlcitysc.com in 2 full years. He was under contract through June 2028 and now goes for less than €1m. #AllForCITY

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 An off week for @stlcitysc.com but there’s one big story unfolding to talk about: Marcel Hartel appears primed for a move. This week, a feature show: Soccer in the Lou, looking at all the angles: player, club, and big picture. #AllForCITY podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

Flyover Feature: Marcel Hartel on the way out?

Podcast Episode · Flyover Footy: A St. Louis CITY SC and Soccer in STL Podcast · August 7 · 44m

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After I voiced skepticism at Hartel independently wanting a move away from St. Louis, the timelines and the reasons @stlcitysc.com would have to move him and make a play for his DP slot, here's a portion of the player side of it. #AllForCITY (1/3)

Add'l thoughts on Hartel to Hannover... There's a trust the process angle to this... but we cannot keep removing high caliber players in order to improve other areas (such as ST). This isn't a zero sum game and we'll never win if we treat it as such. #AllForCITY 🧵

Now it’s serious. Hartel & Hannover in advanced negotiations after last weekend’s sequence of events, where Hartel left training early on Friday, did not start for the 1st time while being available and was “dealing with some stuff… and didn’t feel in the best place”… #AllForCITY

An update to a comment I made on @flyoverfooty.bsky.social this week: I'd stated @stlcitysc.com was off training until late this week but their schedule has them training the 1st 3 days of this week before taking Thur-Sun off w/o a match next weekend. #AllForCITY

Daniel Edelman spoke postgame and said to come away from that game w/a tie is disappointing. We want to be a great team, push ourselves to get better... we dominated except those 5 minutes when we slipped up. We were watching it back - I mistimed the jump when it was cleared. #AllForCITY

Alex Mǎțan spoke postgame today after his @stlcitysc.com debut and said it was a lot of fun. Happy to play his first game in roughly 2.5 months. Fans were amazing, pushed us hard and can't wait to get back out there. #AllForCITY

CITY captain Roman Bürki spoke postgame and said the main problem is we don't finish the game early. First half we have 65-70% possession, one shot on gaol... it's just not enough. There's always one action, not defending well, not pressing, a set piece, you can always concede one goal. #AllForCITY

Yoann Damet spoke after the @stlcitysc.com 1-1 draw to RSL. On Marcel Hartel: I've been in touch w/Cello this week, he wasn't feeling the greatest so we thought it best for him to sit on the bench to start the game. Damet later clarified that there was no illness at play. #AllForCITY

A lot to discuss and debate from tonight's 1-1 draw but one thing is unquestionable to me: Marcel Hartel continues to be the best player in an #AllForCITY kit.

With their 1-1 draw tonight, @stlcitysc.com continues their club record unbeaten run, now at 8 MLS matches and 9 in all comps. They're unbeaten in their last 9 and 10 of their last 11 in all comps. #AllForCITY

FT and it ends 1-1. @stlcitysc.com was clearly the better team throughout, but couldn't find a way to open it up and had to play catch up in the 2nd half. The game developed well early on, but the shots never fell. Then as Hartel/Mǎțan entered - the pace escalated dramatically #AllForCITY (1/4)

MARCEL HARTEL EVENS IT AT 72'!! A masterful interception off a keeper pass and it's clinical from there. Hartel with the aggressive play that pay off in spades to even it at 1-1. Energizer Park has COME ALIVE! #AllForCITY

Alex Mǎțan enters at 64' as he debuts for @stlcitysc.com, alongside Marcel Hartel. They enter for Edu Löwen & Chris Durkin, both of whom were on yellow cards. Mǎțan takes Durkin's central midfield role and Hartel takes his familiar L10 role. #AllForCITY

Roman Bürki just made a diving save on a bicycle kick shot at 55'. 🤯 #AllForCITY

St. Louis CITY have now gone 2 games in a row of allowing zero shots in the 1st half. #AllForCITY

HT and despite being 0-0, @stlcitysc.com has dominated this match. 69% possession 7-0 shots, 1-0 SoT 181-26 accurate passes in attacking half They've remained in their 3-3-4 shape w/the ball & 5-3-2 shape without the ball for the majority... #AllForCITY

The newest @stlcitysc.com signing & designated player, Carlo Holse is in the house for tonight’s game. #AllForCITY

Marcel Hartel is on the bench for the start of tonight's @stlcitysc.com match. The last time that happened? Never. Before tonight, Hartel has never been on the bench to start a game. Every other game he's been available, he's started dating back to his arrival in 2024. #AllForCITY

Massive surprise as Marcel Hartel is on the bench to start this one. Edu Löwen starts alongside Sangbin for the 1st time this yr. Nothing newsworthy to report on Hartel yet. As of now it’s purely coaches decision.

St Louis CITY SC@stlcitysc.com · last wk.

Our squad to take on Real Salt Lake 🗞️

Player Availability Reports for @stlcitysc.com v @realsaltlake.com and it’s only those we expected for CITY. Everyone else including Alex Mâțan is available for selection (Holse not yet). RSL noticeably more banged up. #AllForCITY

Huge week to talk @stlcitysc.com! The Holse presser told us a lot so it was great to break that down and turns out being on the cusp of the home field advantage playoff picture makes for a great preview show! #AllForCITY

Flyover Footy@flyoverfooty.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Carlo Holse is official! We dissect the Holse signing, his announcement presser and the @stlcitysc.com roster w/him + have our full matchday preview: CITY v RSL and more! #AllForCITY 🎙️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

Newest @flyoverfooty.bsky.social is in the books! Previewing @stlcitysc.com v RSL w/ @stuarthultgren.bsky.social but also a huge dive into Carlo Holse including a lot of fascinating quotes this week as our new DP became official. Episode out wherever you get your pods in the AM! #AllForCITY

Good on UEFA to draw a hard line in the sand. Happy to see this level of pushback to FIFA’s ridiculous plans to sell private equity stakes in the World Cup.

Ben Jacobs@jacobsben.bsky.social · 2w ago

BREAKING: UEFA sources tell talkSPORT all 55 Member Associations have decided to boycott the men's and women's World Cups in protest at Gianni Infantino's Fifa Forward Enterprise plans. UEFA members agreed on an emergency call today that they will not support any FIFA-run tournament.

Our DP Nine…teen has arrived. Holse becomes the 2nd player in club history to wear the 19, after Indiana Vassilev. #AllForCITY

St Louis CITY SC@stlcitysc.com · 2w ago

Our new 1⃣9⃣

St. Louis has their new designated player as Carlo Holse is #AllForCITY! 🇩🇰 Holse is a 27 yr old, 5'9 160 lb Danish left footed attacking midfielder who joins @stlcitysc.com for a reported club record $6m transfer fee through 28-29 w/an option year & will occupy an int'l roster slot.

St Louis CITY SC@stlcitysc.com · 2w ago

Welcome to CITY, Carlo! 🇩🇰 We have acquired Danish attacking midfielder Carlo Holse as a Designated Player on a permanent transfer from Turkey’s Süper Lig side Samsunspor. 🗞️ www.stlcitysc.com/news/st-loui...

Masterful work here, @stlcitysc.com 👏👏 Carlo Holse is #AllForCITY!

St Louis CITY SC@stlcitysc.com · 2w ago

Something’s cooking ⏲️