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2024 St. Louis City SC season

The 2024 season is the second season for St. Louis City SC. It is the club's second season in existence, their first in the top-tier of American soccer, and their second season in Major League Soccer.

St. Louis City SC
2024 season
Sporting directorLutz Pfannenstiel
Head coachBradley Carnell
StadiumCityPark
MLSConference:TBD
Leagues CupGroup Stage
CONCACAF Champions CupRound One
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2025 →

2024 is the second year since 2023 that a top division club from Greater St. Louis played in the first tier of U.S. soccer, the last being the St. Louis Stars who played in the North American Soccer League from 1968 until 1977, and the old National Professional Soccer League in 1967.

Outside of MLS play, St. Louis City SC also will participate in the 2024 Leagues Cup and the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Summary edit

February and March edit

St. Louis City SC open the 2024 season in the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup playing against the Houston Dynamo. St. Louis earned its berth in the continental cup by winning the Western Conference of MLS.[1]

Club edit

Management edit

Position Name
OWNERSHIP
Chairman & Majority Owner   Carloyn Kindle
Co-Owner   Jo Ann Taylor Kindle
Co-Owner   Jim Kavanaugh
FRONT OFFICE
President & General Manager   Diego Gigliani
Sporting Director   Lutz Pfannenstiel
COACHING STAFF
Head Coach   Bradley Carnell
Director of Coaching   John Hackworth
Assistant Coach   Mitch Hildebrandt
Assistant Coach   Rainer Kraft
Goalkeeper Coach   Alex Langer
Director of Sports Performance   Jarryd Phillips
Head of Sports Science   Kelly Roderick

Roster edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SUI Roman Bürki (captain)
2 DF   USA Jake Nerwinski
4 DF   SWE Joakim Nilsson
6 MF   RSA Njabulo Blom
7 MF   CZE Tomáš Ostrák
8 MF   USA Chris Durkin
9 FW   BRA João Klauss
10 MF   GER Eduard Löwen
11 FW   USA Nicholas Gioacchini
12 MF   BRA Célio Pompeu
13 DF   USA Anthony Markanich
14 DF   NOR Tomas Totland
15 DF   GHA Joshua Yaro
16 FW   USA Samuel Adeniran
19 MF   USA Indiana Vassilev
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF   USA Akil Watts
21 MF   SWE Rasmus Alm
22 DF   CAN Kyle Hiebert
25 MF   USA Aziel Jackson
26 DF   USA Tim Parker
28 MF   USA Miguel Perez
29 FW   ISL Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson
31 GK   USA Christian Olivares
33 MF   USA Tyson Pearce
39 GK   GER Ben Lundt
44 DF   DEN Nikolas Dyhr
46 FW   USA Caden Glover
85 MF   JPN Hosei Kijima

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Ref.
8 MF   Chris Durkin   D.C. United Traded December 12, 2023 [2]
14 DF   Tomas Totland   BK Häcken Undisclosed December 21, 2023 [3]
33 MF   Tyson Pearce   St. Louis City SC Academy Homegrown player January 1, 2024 [4]
44 DF   Nikolas Dyhr   FC Midtjylland Undisclosed January 8, 2024 [5]
85 MF   Hosei Kijima   Wake Forest Universtity MLS SuperDraft February 20, 2024 [6]

Out edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Ref.
23 DF   Jon Bell   Seattle Sounders FC Out of contract November 29, 2023 [7]
31 GK   Michael Creek   FC Tulsa Option declined
14 DF   John Nelson   LA Galaxy Out of contract
18 DF   Owen O'Malley   Tacoma Defiance Walved
44 MF   Max Schneider   Indy Eleven Option declined
8 MF   Jared Stroud   D.C. United Traded December 12, 2023 [2]
24 DF   Lucas Bartlett
28 MF   Miguel Perez   Birmingham Legion FC Loan January 22, 2024 [8]
11 FW   Nicholas Gioacchini   Como 1907 Undisclosed January 24, 2024 [9]

Competitions edit

Major League Soccer edit

Main article: 2024 Major League Soccer season

Standings edit

Western Conference edit
Main article: Western Conference (MLS)
MLS Western Conference table (2024)
Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
7 Los Angeles FC 11 4 4 3 19 19 0 15 Qualification for Round One
8 Houston Dynamo FC 10 4 4 2 9 10 −1 14 Qualification for the Wild card round
9 St. Louis City SC 10 2 1 7 15 14 +1 13
10 Sporting Kansas City 11 2 4 5 18 19 −1 11
11 Seattle Sounders FC 11 2 5 4 13 13 0 10
Updated to match(es) played on May 5, 2024. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
Overall edit
Overall MLS standings table
Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
16 Philadelphia Union 10 3 2 5 19 16 +3 14
17 D.C. United 11 3 3 5 16 17 −1 14
18 St. Louis City SC 10 2 1 7 15 14 +1 13
19 Atlanta United FC 10 3 4 3 14 11 +3 12
20 CF Montréal 10 3 4 3 13 20 −7 12
Updated to match(es) played on May 5, 2024. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Match results edit

February 24 1 St. Louis City SC 1–1 Real Salt Lake St. Louis, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CST
Report
Stadium: CityPark
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez
March 2 2 St. Louis City SC 2–0 New York City FC St. Louis, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CST
Report
Stadium: CityPark
Attendance: 22,423
Referee: Erick Lezama Pavon
March 9 3 Austin FC 2–2 St. Louis City SC Austin, Texas
7:30 p.m. CST
Report
Stadium: Q2 Stadium
Attendance: 20,738
Referee: Guilherme Cerretta
March 16 4 LA Galaxy 3–3 St. Louis City SC Carson, California
9:30 p.m. CDT
Report
Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
Attendance: 25,174
Referee: Atahan Yaya
March 23 5 St. Louis City SC 2–2 D.C. United St. Louis, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CDT
Report
Stadium: CityPark
Attendance: 22,423
Referee: Amin Hadzic
March 30 6 Real Salt Lake 3–1 St. Louis City SC Sandy, Utah
8:30 p.m. CDT
Report
Stadium: America First Field
Attendance: 19,357
Referee: Drew Fischer
April 6 7 St. Louis City SC 0–0 FC Dallas St. Louis, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CDT
Report
Stadium: CityPark
Attendance: 22,423
Referee: Marcos DeOliveira II
April 14 8 St. Louis City SC 1–0 Austin FC St. Louis, Missouri
3:35 p.m. CDT
Report
Stadium: CityPark
Attendance: 22,423
Referee: Ted Unkel
April 20 9 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 St. Louis City SC Kansas City, Kansas
7:30 p.m. CDT
Report
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 19,637
Referee: Allen Chapman
May 4 10 Houston Dynamo FC 0–0 St. Louis City SC Houston, Texas
7:30 p.m. CDT
Report
Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium
Attendance: 22,039
Referee: Sergii Boiko
May 11 11 St. Louis City SC v Chicago Fire FC St. Louis, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: CityPark
May 15 12 St. Louis City SC v Los Angeles FC St. Louis, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: CityPark
May 18 13 FC Cincinnati v St. Louis City SC Cincinnati, Ohio
6:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
May 25 14 St. Louis City SC v Seattle Sounders FC St. Louis, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: CityPark
June 1 15 Inter Miami CF v St. Louis City SC Fort Lauderdale, Florida
6:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: Chase Stadium
June 8 16 St. Louis City SC v Portland Timbers St. Louis, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: CityPark
June 15 17 FC Dallas v St. Louis City SC Frisco, Texas
7:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: Toyota Stadium
June 19 18 St. Louis City SC v Colorado Rapids St. Louis, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: CityPark
June 22 19 St. Louis City SC v Atlanta United FC St. Louis, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: CityPark
June 29 20 Vancouver Whitecaps FC v St. Louis City SC Vancouver, British Columbia
9:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: BC Place
July 3 21 St. Louis City SC v San Jose Earthquakes St. Louis, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: CityPark
July 7 22 Colorado Rapids v St. Louis City SC Commerce City, Colorado
8:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
July 13 23 St. Louis City SC v Vancouver Whitecaps FC St. Louis, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: CityPark
July 17 24 Seattle Sounders FC v St. Louis City SC Seattle, Washington
9:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: Lumen Field
July 20 25 Sporting Kansas City v St. Louis City SC Kansas City, Kansas
7:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
August 24 26 Portland Timbers v St. Louis City SC Portland, Oregon
9:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: Providence Park
September 1 27 St. Louis City SC v LA Galaxy St. Louis, Missouri
2:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: CityPark
September 7 28 New England Revolution v St. Louis City SC Foxborough, Massachusetts
6:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Note: Match was originally scheduled for June 21
September 14 29 St. Louis City SC v Minnesota United FC St. Louis, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: CityPark
September 21 30 San Jose Earthquakes v St. Louis City SC San Jose, California
9:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: PayPal Park
September 28 31 St. Louis City SC v Sporting Kansas City St. Louis, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: CityPark
October 2 32 Los Angeles FC v St. Louis City SC Los Angeles, California
9:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: BMO Stadium
October 5 33 St. Louis City SC v Houston Dynamo FC St. Louis, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: CityPark
October 19 34 Minnesota United FC v St. Louis City SC Saint Paul, Minnesota
8:00 p.m. CDT Stadium: Allianz Field

U.S. Open Cup edit

Main article: 2024 U.S. Open Cup

St. Louis City SC was not sent to the tournament, and neither was their MLS Next Pro team St. Louis City SC 2 following the deal reached on March 1, 2024 due to their participation in the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup.[10]

CONCACAF Champions Cup edit

Main article: 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup
February 20 Round one St. Louis City SC   2–1   Houston Dynamo FC St. Louis, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CST
Report
Stadium: CityPark
Attendance: 20,900
Referee: Adonai Escobedo
February 27 Round one Houston Dynamo FC   1–0
(2–2 agg.)		   St. Louis City SC Houston, Texas
9:30 p.m. CST
Report
Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium
Attendance: 5,007
Referee: Marco Ortíz
Note: 2–2 on aggregate. Houston Dynamo FC won on away goals.

Leagues Cup edit

Main article: 2024 Leagues Cup

Group Stage (West 3) edit

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STL DAL JUA
1   St. Louis City SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage — Jul 27 Aug 4
2   FC Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — Jul 31
3   Juárez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — —
First match(es) will be played: July 27, 2024. Source: Leagues Cup
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
July 27 Group Stage St. Louis City SC   v   FC Dallas St. Louis, Missouri
8:00 p.m. CDT Report Stadium: CityPark
August 4 Group Stage St. Louis City SC   v   Juárez St. Louis, Missouri
8:00 p.m. CDT Report Stadium: CityPark

References edit

  1. ^ Hebel, Alli (February 19, 2024). "What to know about Concacaf Champions Cup ahead of CITY SC's tournament debut". KSDK.
  2. ^ a b "St. Louis CITY SC Acquires USYNT Midfielder Chris Durkin From D.C. United Via Trade". stlcitysc.com.
  3. ^ "St. Louis CITY SC Acquires Norwegian-American Right Back Tomas Totland". stlcitysc.com.
  4. ^ "St. Louis City SC Signs homegrown midfielder Tyson Pearce". mlssoccer.com.
  5. ^ "St. Louis CITY SC Signs Danish Left Back Nikolas Dyhr". stlcitysc.com.
  6. ^ "MLS SuperDraft Picks Hosei Kijima and Brendan McSorley Sign in St. Louis". stlcitysc.com.
  7. ^ "St. Louis CITY SC End of Season Roster Decisions". stlcitysc.com.
  8. ^ "St. Louis CITY SC Loans Homegrown Midfielder Miguel Perez to Birmingham Legion FC". stlcitysc.com.
  9. ^ "St. Louis CITY SC Transfer Forward Niko Gioacchini to Como 1907". stlcitysc.com.
  10. ^ Carisle, Jeff (March 1, 2024). "U.S. Open Cup revamp: Only 8 MLS first teams". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 1, 2024.

External links edit

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