St. Louis

===Amateur sports===
St. Louis has hosted the [[Final Four]] of both the women's and men's [[college basketball]] [[NCAA Division I]] championship tournaments, and the [[Frozen Four]] collegiate ice hockey tournament. [[Saint Louis University]]<!-- DO NOT CHANGE; the university ALWAYS is referred to as "Saint Louis University" and is never abbreviated --> has won 10 [[NCAA men's soccer championship]]s, and the city has hosted the [[NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship|College Cup]] several times. In addition to collegiate soccer, many St. Louisans have played for the [[United States men's national soccer team]], and 20 St. Louisans have been elected into the [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]]. St. Louis also is the origin of the sport of [[corkball]], a type of baseball in which there is no base running.

Although the area does not have a [[National Basketball Association]] team, it hosts the St. Louis Phoenix, an [[American Basketball Association (2000–present)|American Basketball Association]] team.

[[Club Atletico Saint Louis]], a semi-professional soccer team, competes within the [[National Premier Soccer League]] and plays out of [[St. Louis University High School|St. Louis University High School Soccer Stadium]].