Following an unsettled offseason, Tony Glavin and the St. Louis Ambush find themselves playing catchup.

“I’d feel a lot better if this were July,” Glavin said following an early October press conference introducing him along with Shelly and Will Clark and Dr. Elizabeth Perez as the new ownership team for the fourth-year professional indoor soccer team that plays at Family Arena in St. Charles.

The Ambush opened its Major Arena Soccer League season Sunday, dropping an 8-3 road decision to the Kansas City Comets and will debut at home Saturday, taking on the Tacoma Stars at 7:05 p.m.

The Stars (2-1) play Friday in Dallas.

“We definitely saw positives against Kansas City,” said Glavin, a 58-year-old from Scotland who starred with and coached the St. Louis Steamers and who runs the Tony Glavin Soccer Club as well as the St. Louis Lions outdoor team of the Premier Development League. “Kansas City’s a veteran team. We went in with a pretty good idea what to expect, but knowing it and stopping it are different. We were in it for a good part of the game, but in the end, their experience was the difference.”