Mayor Chris Coleman will meet Tuesday with Major League Soccer’s deputy commissioner to discuss a potential stadium site in St. Paul.

Coleman has pitched the former Metro Transit bus barn site at Snelling and University avenues for a new stadium to house the Minnesota United FC soccer team.

MLS awarded an expansion franchise to the team in March, but the team’s request for tax relief on a $150 million, downtown Minneapolis stadium was rebuffed by the state Legislature in May. Since then, Coleman has stepped up his efforts to lure the team to St. Paul.

Coleman’s meeting with MLS Deputy Commissioner Mark Abbott will not be open to the press, but he will hold a conference call Wednesday to discuss the meeting.

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