St. Louis Magazine

Game Changer

ast spring, a few weeks after Diego Gigliani joined St. Louis City SC as the club's new president and general manager, he flew to St. Louis to catch his first game. He picked a good one. Sporting Kansas City was in town for the first meeting between natural rivals. Downtown West crackled with the energy of 20,000 fans pulling for the good guys. The 4–0 St. Louis victory was thrilling enough, but it was the matchday revelry and full-throated support that opened his eyes to CITY's potential. “I felt.” The Argentina-born Gigliani spent the past decade working with Premier League powerhouse Manchester City, while overseeing teams across the world that operate under the City Football Group umbrella. He knows what a winning organization looks like from the C-suite to the training room, and in St. Louis, it's his responsibility to steer CITY toward a prosperous future.

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