Missouri hosts a number of sports teams. Missouri is home to six major league professional sports teams — three in the St. Louis metropolitan area, and three in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Missouri hosted the 1904 Summer Olympics at Washington University in St. Louis, the first time the games were hosted in the United States.
Major league sports teams
ClubSportLeagueKansas City ChiefsAmerican footballNational Football LeagueKansas City RoyalsBaseballMajor League BaseballSt. Louis BluesIce hockeyNational Hockey LeagueSt. Louis CardinalsBaseballMajor League BaseballSt. Louis City SCSoccerMajor League Soccer Sporting Kansas CityWhile representing the Kansas City metropolitan area, Sporting Kansas City's stadium and training facilities are physically located in Kansas City, Kansas.SoccerMajor League Soccer Kansas City Current Soccer National Women's Soccer League
Minor leagues ClubSportLeagueClub Atletico Saint LouisSoccerNational Premier Soccer LeagueDemize NPSLSoccerNational Premier Soccer LeagueKansas City BluesRugbyUSA Rugby Division 1Kansas City CometsIndoor SoccerMajor Arena Soccer LeagueKansas City MavericksIce hockeyECHL Kansas City Monarchs Baseball American AssociationKansas City PowerAustralian rules footballUSAFLKansas City RoguesRugbyUSA Rugby Division 3Kansas City StormAmerican football - WomenUnited Women's Football AssociationOzarks SpringbirdsBaseballTexas LeagueSpringfield LasersTennisWorld TeamTennisSt. Joseph GoatsArena footballThe Arena LeagueSt. Louis AmbushIndoor soccerMajor Arena Soccer LeagueSt. Louis BattleHawksAmerican footballUFLSt. Louis City 2SoccerMLS Next ProSt. Louis LionsSoccerUSL League 2Sporting Kansas City IISoccerMLS Next Pro
Former teams Teams which are no longer in Missouri ClubSportLeagueKansas City Athletics (moved from Philadelphia in 1955; moved to Oakland, California after the 1967 season and are now the Oakland Athletics)BaseballMajor League BaseballKansas City Kings (moved from Cincinnati in 1972; moved to Sacramento in 1985 and are now the Sacramento Kings; prior to locating in Kansas City, they were known as the Cincinnati Royals)BasketballNational Basketball AssociationKansas City Scouts (1974 expansion team, moved to Denver, Colorado in 1976 and became the Colorado Rockies, and would move again to Newark, New Jersey; now called the New Jersey Devils)Ice hockeyNational Hockey LeagueSporting Kansas City (moved home games to Kansas City, Kansas in 2008; still have front office and practice facilities in Kansas City, Missouri)SoccerMajor League SoccerSt. Louis Browns (moved from Milwaukee in 1902; moved to Baltimore, Maryland after the 1953 season and are now the Baltimore Orioles)BaseballMajor League BaseballSt. Louis Cardinals (moved from Chicago in 1960; moved to Tempe, Arizona in 1988 as the Phoenix Cardinals and now play in Glendale, Arizona as the Arizona Cardinals)American footballNational Football LeagueSt. Louis Hawks (moved from Milwaukee in 1955; moved to Atlanta in 1968 and became the Atlanta Hawks)BasketballNational Basketball AssociationSt. Louis Rams (moved from Anaheim, California in 1995; moved back to Los Angeles in 2016 and resumed the team's former identity of Los Angeles Rams)American footballNational Football League
Defunct ClubSportLeagueFC Kansas City (folded in 2017 and roster transferred to Utah Royals FC; not related to the present-day Kansas City Current, though the Current inherited the roster of Utah Royals FC after that team folded in 2020)Women's soccerNational Women's Soccer LeagueKansas City Blues/Cowboys (active 1924–1926, folded)American footballNational Football LeagueKansas City Monarchs (charter member of Negro National League, 1920. Played in Kansas City, MO, until moving to Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1956 after sending more players to Major League Baseball than any other Negro league team. The area's current American Association team renamed itself "Monarchs" in honor of this team shortly before the 2021 season.)Negro league baseballNegro National League Negro American LeagueKansas City PhantomsIndoor footballChampions Indoor FootballKansas City Sizzlers (moved to Topeka as the Topeka Sizzlers in 1986)BasketballContinental Basketball AssociationMissouri River Otters (franchise folded in 2006)Ice hockeyUnited Hockey LeagueRiver City Rascals (franchise folded in 2019)BaseballFrontier LeagueSaint Louis Athletica (franchise folded in June 2010)Women's soccerWomen's Professional SoccerSaint Louis FC (folded after the 2020 season)SoccerUSL ChampionshipSpirits of St. Louis (franchise played its home games in St. Louis from 1974 through 1976; franchise folded when the ABA merged with the NBA)BasketballAmerican Basketball AssociationSt. Charles Chill (folded in 2014 after one season)Ice hockeyCentral Hockey LeagueSt. Louis All Stars (active in 1923 only)American footballNational Football LeagueSt. Louis Bombers (charter BAA franchise in 1946, joined the NBA when it formed in 1949; ceased operations in 1950)BasketballNational Basketball AssociationSt. Louis Eagles (1934 relocation of the original Ottawa Senators, folded after the 1934–35 season)Ice hockeyNational Hockey LeagueSt. Louis Gunners (independent team, joined the NFL for the last three weeks of the 1934 season and folded thereafter)American footballNational Football LeagueSt. Louis Giants/Stars (1906–1931)Negro league baseballNegro National League
College sports
There are six NCAA Division I teams in the state, one of which started a transition from NCAA Division II in July 2022. The only D-I program in the Football Bowl Subdivision is the Missouri Tigers, with the Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears joining them in 2025. As of the 2024–25 school year, 13 schools play in NCAA Division II, with nine in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and four in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.
Team City Division Primary conference Kansas City Roos Kansas City NCAA Division I Summit League Lindenwood Lions NCAA Division I Ohio Valley Conference Missouri Tigers Columbia NCAA Division I Southeastern Conference Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears Springfield NCAA Division I Missouri Valley Conference Saint Louis Billikens NCAA Division I Atlantic 10 Conference Southeast Missouri Redhawks Cape Girardeau NCAA Division I Ohio Valley ConferenceCentral Missouri Mules and JenniesWarrensburgNCAA Division IIMIAADrury PanthersSpringfieldNCAA Division IIGreat Lakes ValleyLincoln Blue TigersJefferson CityNCAA Division IIGreat Lakes ValleyMaryville SaintsTown and CountryNCAA Division IIGreat Lakes ValleyMissouri S&T MinersRollaNCAA Division IIGreat Lakes ValleyMissouri Southern LionsJoplinNCAA Division IIMIAAMissouri Western GriffonsNCAA Division IIMIAANorthwest Missouri State BearcatsMaryvilleNCAA Division IIMIAARockhurst HawksKansas CityNCAA Division IIGreat Lakes ValleySouthwest Baptist BearcatsBolivarNCAA Division IIGreat Lakes ValleyTruman BulldogsKirksvilleNCAA Division IIGreat Lakes ValleyUMSL TritonsNCAA Division IIGreat Lakes ValleyWilliam Jewell CardinalsLibertyNCAA Division IIGreat Lakes ValleyFontbonne GriffinsClaytonNCAA Division IIIWashington University BearsNCAA Division IIIUniversity Athletic AssociationWebster GorloksWebster GrovesNCAA Division IIIWestminster Blue JaysFultonNCAA Division III
See also Sports in Kansas City Sports in St. Louis Soccer in St. Louis
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