Source: St. Louis Will Be Awarded an MLS Expansion Franchise Next Week

St. Louis will be awarded an MLS expansion franchise next week and will follow Miami, Nashville and Austin into the league as team No. 28 in 2022, a source with knowledge of the plans confirmed to SI.com Wednesday evening. An announcement is planned for August 20 in St. Louis. The news was reported first by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

St. Louis emerged recently as the favorite for the next round of expansion behind a bid led by Carolyn Kindle Betz, a member of the Taylor family that owns and controls the Enterprise rental car conglomerate. Kindle Betz, members of her family, and St. Louis FC owner Jim Kavanaugh emerged from the ashes of a bid fronted by Paul Edgerley, a private equity…