ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - The first attempt to build a soccer-specific stadium in downtown was rejected by a cash-strapped city, as St. Louis County wasn't planning to take on any of the financial burden. But there could be more of a team effort this time.

KMOX's Michael Calhoun asks the area's top two elected officials, St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson and St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger, if they're in on the revived plans to lure a Major League Soccer team here.

When the first try at a MLS team and stadium failed, some wondered why the tax base of St. Louis County wasn't included. This time Stenger says he "can't get too deep" into the discussion he's had, but confirmed he is in on the conversations this time.

He says if they make a financial contribution to the downtown stadium, he would support a possible practice facility located in St. Louis County,

Krewson says it's too soon to comment, but just as she confirmed to KMOX last week, "there is a group really trying to bring soccer to St. Louis."

We previously reported on the Taylor family of Enterprise expressing interest in owning a stadium.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has a different take on this than his predecessor, Eric Greitens, who said there would be no state money used for stadiums. That left it up to St. Louis voters, who decided against spending $60 million from depleted city coffers.

The pro soccer stadium would likely happen on the same site that was previously preposed, just west of Union Station downtown. The land is owned by MoDOT.

A spokeswoman for Enterprise Holdings said in a statement: "Of course we’d love for the city to get a soccer team and are among the many people who believe the city would benefit from having one here."

The public push for pro soccer to St. Louis began in 2016, led by an ownership group with local business leaders Dave Peacock and Jim Kavanaugh and Boston-area businessman Paul Edgerley. Garber stated St. Louis would likely win one of the bids if a new stadium was agreed to be built. The St. Louis group, titled SC STL, offered to pay $95 million of the propsed 22,000-seat stadium, they offered to cover maintenance and operations costs for 30 years and pay the $150 million MLS expansion franchise fee.

A proposition on the 2017 April ballot asked for $60 million in public funding - it failed by about 3,300 votes in the highest turnout for an April St. Louis election in decades.