2023 St. Louis City SC season

The 2023 season was the inaugural season for St. Louis City SC. It is the club's first season in existence, their first in the top-tier of American soccer, and their first season in Major League Soccer. During the regular season, City SC became the first expansion team to win its conference, finishing first in the Western Conference, and earned the most wins; the team fell short of the all-time points record for an expansion team set by Los Angeles FC in 2018.^[2] Head coach Bradley Carnell used 32 different starting lineups during the regular season's 34 matches.^[3]

St. Louis City SC

2023 season
Sporting director	Lutz Pfannenstiel
Head coach	Bradley Carnell
Stadium	CityPark
MLS	Conference: 1st Overall: 4th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Round One
Leagues Cup	Group Stage
U.S. Open Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Gioacchini, Klauss (10) All: Gioacchini, Klauss (10)
Highest home attendance	22,423
Lowest home attendance	22,423
Average home league attendance	22,423^[1]
Biggest win	League: STL 5–1 CIN (Apr. 15) Open Cup: STL 5–1 OMA (Apr. 25)
Biggest defeat	Leagues Cup: STL 0–4 CFA (July 27)
Home colors Away colors
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2023 was the first year since 1977 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 participated in the U.S. Open Cup and the 2023 Leagues Cup.

Drafts

Expansion Draft

CITY were allowed to select 5 players from a list of 23 teams as part of building out their inaugural roster in the 2022 MLS Expansion Draft.^[4]

Name	Age	Selected from	Status
Niko Gioachinni	21	Orlando City SC	Signed
Indiana Vassilev	21	Inter Miami CF	Signed
Jon Bell	25	New England Revolution	Signed
John Nelson	24	FC Cincinnati	Signed
Jake LaCava	21	New York Red Bulls	Traded (Inter Miami CF)

Summary

February and March

St. Louis City SC opened their inaugural MLS season on the road Feb 25 at Austin FC. Tim Parker opened up the scoring by heading home the first goal in franchise history, coming off a corner kick in the 24th minute. After going down 2–1, St. Louis City SC got second-half goals from Jared Stroud (78’) and João Klauss (86’) to come from behind and earn their first win as a franchise, 3–2. St. Louis City SC midfielder Indiana Vassilev suffered a broken nose in the 17th minute.^[5]

The following week, Mar 4, Charlotte FC came to town to open CityPark for the first home game in franchise history. Enzo Copetti scored the first goal in CityPark history (25’) to give Charlotte a 1–0 lead, but a Bill Tuiloma own goal (41’) and an Eduard Löwen PK (45+5’) gave St. Louis City SC a 2–1 lead heading into halftime. João Klauss (71’) closed out the scoring to give St. Louis City SC a 3–1 win, their first home win as a franchise. With the win, St. Louis City SC became just the fourth expansion team to start their existence 2–0. Indiana Vassilev returned while wearing a mask in the 73rd minute.^[6]

St. Louis City SC's second away game came Mar 11 at Portland Timbers. A quick Timbers goal to start the game put St. Louis City SC behind 1–0, but Jared Stroud tied it up in first half stoppage time (45+1’). What looked like a good potential road draw in a tough environment turned into St. Louis City SC's 3rd win out of 3 when Kyle Hiebert headed in (75’) an Eduard Löwen free kick to put St. Louis City SC ahead 2–1. This was not only their 3rd come-from-behind win, but also tied the 2009 Seattle Sounders for most wins by an expansion franchise to start a season (3–0–0).^[7]

San Jose Earthquakes came to CityPark Mar 18 for Matchday 4. Goals from Niko Gioacchini (34’), João Klauss (45+3) and Tomáš Ostrák (68’) led to a 3–0 win — St. Louis City SC's 4th straight, and first Clean Sheet in franchise history. The win set a new record for an expansion franchise start at 4–0–0.^[8]

A trip to Real Salt Lake on Mar 25 finished out the month of March. St. Louis City SC were in good form coming off the 3–0 win the previous week. After a 0–0 first half, Niko got the scoring started in the 47th minute, followed by 2 goals from Klauss (61’, 66’) and a finisher from Rasmus Alm (76’) to cap a 4–0 win. It was Roman Bürki's second Clean Sheet of the season and St. Louis City SC's 5th straight win, further extending the new record for most wins by an expansion franchise to start a season at 5–0–0.^[9]

April

Coming home for April Fools' Day, St. Louis City SC had the tough task of breaking apart Minnesota United's low block system. The game was 0–0 late and was inching towards St. Louis City SC's first draw on the year. However, a foul in the box by Kyle Hiebert in the 76th minute led to a penalty kick, which was converted to give Minnesota a 1–0 lead. Despite a flurry of an attack at the end of the game and a great chance on goal by Sam Adeniran, Minnesota held on to give St. Louis City SC their first loss on the season.^[10] Of note, Njabulo Blom joined the team for the first time since Match 2 against Charlotte FC, coming on as a sub in the 60th minute. He had missed the previous 3 games due to COVID.^[11]

What many penciled in as St. Louis City SC's first true test of the season came on Matchday 7 at Seattle Sounders FC the following week, Apr 8. For the first half, St. Louis City SC were up to the task, taking a 0–0 game into the locker room. But just after the hour mark Josh Atencio scored a screamer to put the Sounders ahead 1–0. From there, momentum and strategy shifted. St. Louis City SC were on the back foot and conceded a second goal at 71’. With the game in hand Seattle capped off a 3–0 win with help from a Jake Nerwinski own goal (another St. Louis City SC first) at 89’. Of note, Njabulo Blom came off in the 64th minute with a groin injury and would miss 5–6 weeks.^[12]

Following two straight losses, St. Louis City SC had another tough task welcoming FC Cincinnati to CityPark on Apr 15. At the time, both teams had led the Supporters Shield race at one point in the season with St. Louis City SC carrying a 5–2–0 record, while Cincy came in undefeated at 5–0–2. Just prior to the game a line of thunderstorms ripped through the St. Louis area setting off tornado sirens downtown at CityPark.^[13] The game was delayed for hours while fans took shelter in nearby bars and Union Station. By 10 pm local time, the storms had passed and the field was ready for playing. St. Louis City SC did not waste any more time to get on the scoresheet, with Jared Stroud's 3rd goal of the year coming in just the 3rd minute of play. St. Louis City SC added two more goals in the first half from Löwen (39’) and Hiebert (45+2’) to lead 3–0. The second half was much the same. A quick goal by Niko at 53’ and an own goal on GK Roman Celentano (57’; shot by Rasmus Alm) put St. Louis City SC up 5-0 inside an hour. Cincy did respond five minutes later with a goal by Sergio Santos at 62’, but that ended the scoring on the night with a 5–1 St. Louis City SC win and a move back into 1st place in the Shield race.^[14]

Matchday 9 on Apr 22 at Colorado Rapids wasn't going to be an easy task and St. Louis City SC wouldn't come away unscathed. After a quiet, 0–0 first half Rasmus Alm gave St. Louis City SC the lead in the 57th minute. Not long after, in the 61st minute, João Klauss went down away from play rubbing his quad and was subbed off due to injury. Colorado made wholesale changes at 70’ to change the dynamic of the game. Roman Bürki was truly tested for the rest of the half. One of those Colorado subs, Michael Barrios, got the equalizer in stoppage time to give St. Louis City SC their first draw in franchise history. Klauss, initially thought to be out 10–14 days, would end up missing 17 weeks and 14 games due to the injury.^[15]

While St. Louis has a long and storied history with the U.S. Open Cup, going back over 100 years, St. Louis City SC's first game in the tournament came on Tuesday, Apr 25 at CityPark – a matchup against Union Omaha of USL League One. A sold-out crowd of 22,423 would not only set an attendance record for a U.S. Open Cup Third Round match,^[16][17] but also see St. Louis City SC cruise to a 5–1 win on the backs of Aziel Jackson (3’, 66’), Akil Watts (62’), Löwen (86’) and an Omaha own goal (48’). Prior to the game, St. Louis City SC loaned out Sam Adeniran to San Antonio FC of USL Championship.^[18]

St. Louis City SC were back in MLS action the following Saturday, Apr 29, welcoming Portland Timbers to CityPark. It was the second matchup of the season between the two teams, with St. Louis City SC winning 2–1 in Portland on Matchday 3. The teams went into halftime at 0–0 and it was looking like neither wanted the win. But with the weather turning cold and rainy, a foul in the box gave Evander a PK at 63’ to put Portland up 1–0. Célio Pompeu would give St. Louis City SC hope, equalizing at 81’, but Portland immediately answered at 82’ to take the lead and the game 2–1.^[19]

May

By May the MLS Scheduling Gods introduced themselves to the new boys of the league. On May 6, St. Louis City SC visited Frisco, TX for their first matchup against FC Dallas. The first half ended at 0–0. But coming back from halftime the weather was about to turn sour. Five minutes into the second half, with thunderstorms near, the referee stopped play and sent both teams back to their locker rooms. Play never resumed, but rather than restart the next day, it was determined the game would be postponed until a later date.^[20] It ended up being rescheduled for Wednesday, June 7 and play would resume at the 50’ mark. Furthermore, the same starters and subs for both teams must be on the field exactly as they were when play was halted.^[21]

After traveling to Texas to play half of a game, St. Louis City SC's next match was Tuesday, May 9 at Chicago Fire for their Round 32 matchup in the U.S. Open Cup. Chicago kicked things off early with a goal at 3’ by Maren Haile-Selassie. From there they cruised, never really being challenged in St. Louis City SC's worst game of the season to date. A goal by Fabian Herbers at 75’ put Chicago up 2–0. A stoppage time goal by Miggy Perez (90+3’) made the scoreline seem much closer than the game actually was. St. Louis City SC were officially out of U.S. Open Cup.^[22]

Four days later, St. Louis City SC again traveled to Chicago. This time for MLS Matchday 11 on May 13. Njabulo Blom was back from his injury woes, but Tim Parker served a 1-game suspension due to yellow card accumulation. The game was closer than May 9, but the result was the same – a 1–0 Chicago win on the back of a Rafael Czichos goal in the 40th minute. Of note in this game, St. Louis City SC defender Johnny Nelson picked up the franchise's first red card in the 70th minute after receiving his second yellow card of the game. 16-year-old Caden Glover made his debut appearance in the 77th minute.^[23]

On May 20, St. Louis City SC returned home from that away-double against a potential rival only to welcome another potential rival, Sporting KC, to CityPark for the first time. With goals from Löwen (19’), Indiana Vassilev (25’, 75’) and Niko (55’), St. Louis City SC secured a 4–0 win and Bürki's 3rd Clean Sheet of the season.^[24]

Vancouver Whitecaps FC came into CityPark the following week, May 27. St. Louis City SC took a 1–0 lead at 10’ on a Löwen free kick from about 35 yards out that subsequently won Goal of the Matchday. A Vancouver own goal in the 45th minute and a stoppage time goal by Miggy Perez (90+4’) sealed the 3–1 win.^[25]

St. Louis City SC's first MLS midweek game was due to be played May 31 at LAFC. However, due to LAFC's advancement to the CONCACAF Champions League Final, the first leg of that Final was scheduled to be played May 31. As a result, the MLS matchup between LAFC and St. Louis City SC was rescheduled for July 12.^[26]

June

Houston Dynamo visited CityPark for the first time Jun 3. St. Louis City SC started the game off quick with a goal by Löwen in the 9th minute, then followed with goals by Ostrák (51’) and Niko (83’) leading to a 3–0 win. The shutout was Bürki's 4th Clean Sheet of the season.^[27]

St. Louis City SC next headed back to Dallas Jun 7 for the restart of the postponed game from May 6. It resumed with the score 0–0 and 40 minutes left to play. Much of the half was uneventful, but in the 80th minute Jesus Ferreira struck to put Dallas up 1–0. Not long after, Marco Farfan joined him to make it 2–0 and sealed Dallas's long-waited result over St. Louis City SC.^[28]

Looking to turn the page, St. Louis City SC welcomed 13th place LA Galaxy to CityPark on Jun 11. The teams played to a 1–1 draw with Niko scoring first in the 68th minute. But St. Louis City SC were not able make it stand up, allowing the equalizer in the 85th.^[29]

Eduard Löwen developed a quad injury in training leading up to the game at Nashville SC June 17 causing him to miss the game and sit out until Aug 20. The game didn't provide much better news. Hany Mukhtar put Nashville ahead in the 11th minute, but Niko (41’) was able to equalize right before half to give St. Louis City SC hope. However Kyle Hiebert earned a red card due to his second yellow of the game in the 68th minute. Down to 10 men, St. Louis City SC tried to hold the draw as best they could. But two more goals by Hany Mukhtar (70’, 75’) put the game away and gave Nashville the 3–1 win.^[30]

Amidst their toughest stretch of games of the season St. Louis City SC came back home to welcome Real Salt Lake to CityPark on Jun 21. The two teams had played earlier in the season with St. Louis City SC grabbing a 4–0 win. Coming into the game, RSL were the best away team in the league and they showed why. After falling behind 1–0, Niko equalized in the 21st minute. But RSL quickly went back on top soon after coming out of halftime. In the 66th minute RSL scored their third goal to leave town with a 3–1 win.^[31]

Playing their 6th game in 21 days, St. Louis City SC went to San Jose on Jun 24 to play the Earthquakes in a rematch from earlier in the season. Sam Adeniran was called back from loan in San Antonio and placed in the lineup as a starter.^[32] The move paid off as Adeniran scored a brace (41’, 58’) to take the double from San Jose on the season, winning 2–1.^[33]

July

Colorado Rapids came to town on Jul 1 with St. Louis City SC looking for revenge for the late draw in April. It did not take long to strike. Goals by Parker (4’) and Stroud (11’) were enough to secure a 2–0 win and Bürki's 5th Clean Sheet.^[34]

St. Louis City SC's first visit to Canada came on Jul 8 against Toronto FC. Looking to make it 3 wins in 3, it took until the 50th minute before Aziel Jackson slid home his first-ever MLS goal to give St. Louis City SC a 1–0 lead. It was enough to claim all 3 points on the day and give Bürki his 6th Clean Sheet.^[35]

In the rescheduled game against LAFC (May 31), St. Louis City SC travelled to LA Jul 12 for a midweek matchup that many were anticipating. For 70 minutes it did not disappoint. But a similar late-game letdown at Seattle (Matchday 7) unfolded with LAFC getting goals at 72’, 82’ and 90+2’ amounting to a 3–0 win. In the 69th minute Eduard Löwen returned from a quad injury he developed prior to the matchup against Nashville (Jun 17), missing 5 total games.^[36]

The final game before the All-Star/Leagues Cup break, St. Louis City SC welcomed Inter Miami CF to CityPark on Jul 15. It would also be Miami's last game prior to Lionel Messi's first appearance. St. Louis City SC won the match 3–0 on the strength of goals by Adeniran (28’), Parker (40’) and Löwen (80’). Bürki logged his 7th Clean Sheet of the season.^[37]

MLS All-Star Game

St. Louis City SC had two players named to the MLS All-Star team: goalie Roman Bürki and defender Tim Parker. For both, it was their first selection. The game was played at Audi Field (home of D.C. United) on July 19 against Arsenal FC. Bürki started the game in goal and played 34 minutes, being subbed out for Tyler Miller. Parker played 45 minutes, coming on at half time for Walker Zimmerman and seeing the game out.^[38]

Bürki also participated in the All-Star Skills Challenge, serving as goalie in the Cross & Volley Challenge.^[39]

Leagues Cup

The MLS seeding for Leagues Cup was determined by every team's final position for the 2022 season. Since St. Louis City SC did not field an MLS team in 2022 they were considered 29th of 29 MLS teams and seeded as such.^[40] This, despite coming into Leagues Cup sitting in 1st place in the Western Conference and 3rd place in the overall Shield race, meant that St. Louis City SC were placed in an unfavorable group with Columbus Crew and Club América. (The Crew would go on to win MLS Cup 2023 in the fall; América would go on to win the 2023 Liga MX Apertura.)

Originally set to kick off at 7:30 pm local time, Jul 23, St. Louis City SC's first visit to Columbus was beset by weather and delayed for nearly four hours. When play finally did start, St. Louis City SC found themselves down quickly. A Lucas Zelarayán free kick (11’) and a Cucho Hernández PK (29’) was all Columbus would need to control the game. A late own goal by Columbus made things interesting, but they secured the 3 points by holding on to a 2–1 win.^[41]

St. Louis City SC then welcomed Club América to CityPark Jul 27, but due to the quirks of Leagues Cup, they did so as an away team playing in their home stadium. Furthermore, despite the game starting after 9 pm local time to accommodate Mexico City, temps were hovering at 100 °F. América got down to business early with Henry Martín scoring in the 5th minute and América controlling the game thereafter. They would add 3 goals in the second half in yet another game of two halves by St. Louis City SC. The 4–0 loss eliminated St. Louis City SC from Leagues Cup and meant they would be sitting idle for more than three weeks while the rest of the tournament played out.^[42]

August

During the summer transfer window, St. Louis City SC added two players: forward Nökkvi Thórisson from Beerschot VA in Belgium ^[43] and defender Anthony Markanich from the Colorado Rapids.^[44]

The MLS season picked back up Aug 20 and Austin FC came to town for what would be another steamy night in St. Louis. With temps pushing 100 °F at game time, Tim Parker got St. Louis City SC on the board in the 22nd minute. Niko added a second goal before halftime (45+2’) and a third just after (50’). Austin would try to climb back into the game with a Sebastián Driussi PK (61’), but from there the two teams would trade goals. Sam Adeniran (72’, 90+5’) and Tomáš Ostrák (88’) kept Austin at arms length to seal a 6–3 win. The 6 goals in a single game would be the most St. Louis City SC would score all season across all competitions. The game marked the long-awaited debut of Joakim Nilsson who came on in the 87th minute.^[45]

The long-awaited return of Klauss came Aug 26 at Orlando City SC. A steady first half by both teams left the game scoreless, but St. Louis City SC found themselves down 1–0 within moments of starting the second half. A number of subs for St. Louis City SC after the 70th minute would be key in getting an equalizer from Alm (79’). The goal was St. Louis City SC's 50th on the season in just 25 games – the fastest expansion team to accomplish the feat. However just ten minutes later St. Louis City SC would again find themselves in the unfortunate position of giving up a handball in the box and a resulting PK. That stoppage time goal would seal Orlando's win over St. Louis City SC.^[46][47]

In their third meeting in two games, FC Dallas came to St. Louis on Aug 30 for a midweek matchup. A 12th minute red card on Dallas GK Maarten Paes saw St. Louis City SC up a man for much of the game. Yet it wasn't until after the 80th minute that they got on the board. Anthony Markanich scored his first St. Louis City SC goal in the 82nd minute, quickly followed by Nökkvi Thórisson's first St. Louis City SC goal in the 85th. Dallas would claw back a stoppage time goal, but St. Louis City SC took the win 2–1 to split the season's meetings.^[48]

September

St. Louis City SC's first-ever visit to Sporting KC came in a Labor Day weekend matchup Sep 2. Sam Adeniran got scoring started in the 22nd minute to put St. Louis City SC up 1–0, but two goals by Alan Pulido sent SKC into half with a 2–1 lead. That score would stand, but not without controversy. A second half equalizer by Adeniran was called back for being offside, however it was not reviewed by either VAR or the referee. Replays suggest he was indeed onside and the goal should have stood. Later, an apparent SKC handball in the box was missed and not reviewed.^[49]

Coming off that tight game, St. Louis City SC traveled to the west coast for a Sep 10 matchup against LA Galaxy. In what was probably the best half of soccer all season, St. Louis City SC jumped out to a 2–0 lead on goals by Sam Adeniran (4’) and Klauss (28’). Things unraveled in the second half, however. In a string of bad luck, Sam Adeniran was given a yellow card for a handball in the box and LA converted the resulting PK. Less than ten minutes later, Adeniran again was called for a yellow and sent off. St. Louis City SC, now playing down a man tried to hold on, but conceded the equalizer late and left LA with a 2–2 draw.^[50]

A third straight road game, a tough match at Houston Dynamo on Sep 16, followed. Houston took a 1–0 lead into halftime and seemed capable of holding that scoreline for the entire game. Yet a late goal by Klauss (88’) would prove to secure a second consecutive road draw at 1–1.^[51]

Coming back to CityPark for a midweek matchup Sep 20 against LAFC, St. Louis City SC had a chance to secure a playoff spot with a win. However, both teams played tight to a 0–0 draw. It was Roman Bürki's 8th clean sheet of the season. Following the game, results elsewhere around the league came together to indeed secure St. Louis City SC's playoff berth — the sixth expansion team to do so.^[52][53]

A quick turnaround saw St. Louis City SC back on the road Sep 23 for a Matchday 31 revenge game at Minnesota United FC. In a downpour from start to finish, Minnesota took a 1–0 lead on a PK given up by Bürki moments into the second half. However, shortly after coming on as a sub in the 58th minute, Klauss equalized with a header in the 64th. Less than ten minutes later, Njabulo Blom (73’) would give St. Louis City SC the lead and the win with his first goal of the season (and which would win Goal of the Matchday).^[54]

In a month bookended by matches with Sporting KC, September was capped off with a Sep 30 meeting between the two for the second time at CityPark, and third time on the season. A tight game for much of the match was broken open quickly with a Sam Adeniran goal in the 73rd minute. The floodgates then burst with three more goals: one by Jared Stroud (75’) and two by Klauss (79’ and 85’). With the game in hand, St. Louis City SC looked to close out another 4–0 win over Kansas at CityPark. However, a goal at the death made it 4–1 and denied Bürki a 9th Clean Sheet on the season. The win would be St. Louis City SC's 17th on the season, most ever by an expansion team. It also gave them 56 points, good for second-most ever by an expansion team (2018 LAFC 57pts).^[55][56][57] Furthermore, with LAFC's loss to Real Salt Lake the next day, St. Louis City SC clinched the #1 seed in the Western Conference — the first expansion team ever to accomplish the feat.^[58][59]

October

Undefeated in five games for the second time on the season, St. Louis City SC headed to Vancouver Whitecaps FC Oct 4 to try to stretch it to six. However, having secured their season accolades, St. Louis City SC seemed to take their foot off the gas and played all game on the back heel. The first half ended 0–0 despite two disallowed Vancouver goals. But Vancouver came out in the second half with purpose and took the game 3–0. St. Louis City SC were never the same after.^[60]

Two and half weeks later, the Seattle Sounders FC came into CityPark for Decision Day (the final day of the regular season) Oct 21. However, the malaise from Vancouver earlier in the month carried over. Seattle went up 1–0 in the 23rd minute and then benefitted from a Tim Parker own goal in the 38th. They would hold on to win the game 2–0, thwarting St. Louis City SC's chance to tie or overtake LAFC's 57 points in their inaugural 2018 season.^[61]

MLS Cup

The 2023 version of MLS Cup initiated a new structure which saw a total of 9 teams from each conference qualify. The Nos. 8 and 9 teams in each conference played each other in a play-in game, with the winner going on to play the #1 seed in the First Round. That First Round was a best-of-3 matchup, with games 1 and 3 at the higher seed and game 2 at the lower seed.^[62] As the #1 seed, St. Louis City SC would play Sporting KC as their First Round opponent.

St. Louis City SC's first-ever playoff appearance came Oct 30 against Sporting KC on a cold and rainy night in St. Louis. It was already their 4th matchup in the rivalry's short existence. At first it seemed these two would play a tight game. SKC went up 1–0 in the 27th minute, but St. Louis City SC responded a minute later with Tim Parker scoring St. Louis City SC's first playoff goal in franchise history (28') off a corner kick. Unfortunately though, St. Louis City SC's late-season funk came right back to haunt them. Two more first-half goals followed for SKC as they took control of the game into halftime. SKC added a 4th goal in the 61st minute and won Game 1 by a score of 4–1.^[63]

November

In their 5th matchup of the season, St. Louis City SC traveled west to Kansas for Game 2 of Round 1 of MLS Cup. Much of the first half was tight and looked to be going into halftime tied. However SKC scored in stoppage time to make it 1–0. A 73rd-minute goal gave SKC a lead it wouldn't relinquish, despite a Célio Pompeu goal in the 86th and a flurry of offense for 12 minutes of stoppage time. SKC ended St. Louis City SC's season with a 2–1 loss, its fourth straight.^[64]

Club

Management

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
Assistant Coach	John Hackworth
Assistant Coach	John Miglarese
Assistant Coach	Elvir Kafedžić
Goalkeeper Coach	Alex Langer
Director of Sports Performance	Jarryd Phillips
Head of Sports Science	Kelly Roderick

Inaugural Roster

As of August 30, 2023

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 2 DF   USA Jake Nerwinski 4 DF   SWE Joakim Nilsson 6 MF   RSA Njabulo Blom 7 MF   CZE Tomáš Ostrák 8 MF   USA Jared Stroud 9 FW   BRA João Klauss 10 MF   GER Eduard Löwen 11 FW   USA Nicholas Gioacchini 12 MF   BRA Célio Pompeu 14 DF   USA John Nelson 15 DF   GHA Joshua Yaro 16 FW   USA Samuel Adeniran 17 DF   BIH Selmir Pidro 18 MF   USA Owen O'Malley 19 FW   USA Indiana Vassilev

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF   USA Akil Watts 21 MF   SWE Rasmus Alm 22 DF   CAN Kyle Hiebert 23 DF   USA Jon Bell 24 DF   USA Lucas Bartlett 25 MF   USA Aziel Jackson 26 DF   USA Tim Parker 28 MF   USA Miguel Perez 29 FW   ISL Nökkvi Thórisson 30 MF   DEN Isak Jensen 31 GK   USA Michael Creek 39 GK   GER Ben Lundt 41 MF   USA John Klein 44 MF   GER Max Schneider 46 FW   USA Caden Glover

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
17	DF	Selmir Pidro	FK Sarajevo	Undisclosed	February 2, 2022	^[65]
7	MF	Tomáš Ostrák	1. FC Koln	Free	March 1, 2022	^[66]
9	FW	Joao Klauss	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Undisclosed	March 3, 2022	^[67]
1	GK	Roman Bürki	Borussia Dortmund	Free	March 16, 2022	^[68]
4	DF	Joakim Nilsson	Arminia Bielefeld	Free	June 1, 2022	^[69]
10	MF	Eduard Löwen	Hertha BSC	Undisclosed	June 24, 2022	^[70]
30	MF	Isak Jensen	SonderjyskE Fodbold	Free	July 11, 2022	^[71]
22	DF	Kyle Hiebert	St. Louis City SC 2	Free	August 3, 2022	^[72]
15	DF	Joshua Yaro	St. Louis City SC 2	Free	August 3, 2022	^[73]
25	MF	Aziel Jackson	Minnesota United FC	Undisclosed	November 7, 2022	^[74]
8	MF	Jared Stroud	Austin FC	Undisclosed	November 7, 2022	^[75]
21	MF	Rasmus Alm	IF Elfsborg	Free	November 8, 2022	^[76]
11	FW	Nicholas Gioacchini	Orlando City SC	Undisclosed	November 12, 2022	^[77]
19	MF	Indiana Vassilev	Inter Miami CF	Undisclosed	November 12, 2022	^[78]
23	DF	Jon Bell	New England Revolution	Undisclosed	November 12, 2022	^[79]
14	DF	John Nelson	FC Cincinnati	Undisclosed	November 12, 2022	^[80]
—	FW	Jake LaCava	New York Red Bulls	Undisclosed	November 12, 2022	^[81]
26	DF	Tim Parker	Houston Dynamo	Undisclosed	November 12, 2022	^[82]
20	MF	Akil Watts	St. Louis City SC 2	Free	November 17, 2022	^[83]
12	MF	Célio Pompeu	St. Louis City SC 2	Free	November 17, 2022	^[84]
44	MF	Max Schneider	St. Louis City SC 2	Free	November 18, 2022	^[85]
2	DF	Jake Nerwinski	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Free	November 28, 2022	^[86]
16	FW	Samuel Adeniran	Seattle Sounders FC	Undisclosed	December 15, 2022	^[87]
18	MF	Owen O'Malley	Creighton University	Free (SuperDraft)	December 22, 2022	^[88]
41	MF	John Klein	Saint Louis University	Free (SuperDraft)	December 22, 2022	^[89]
6	MF	Njabulo Blom	Kaizer Chiefs	Undisclosed	December 23, 2022	^[90]
39	GK	Ben Lundt	Phoenix Rising FC	Free	January 6, 2023	^[91]
46	FW	Caden Glover	St Louis City SC Academy	Free	January 9, 2023
19	FW	Indiana Vassilev	Aston Villa	Free	January 31, 2023
28	MF	Miguel Perez	St Louis City SC Academy	Free	February 21, 2023
31	GK	Michael Creek	St. Louis City SC 2	Free	March 1, 2023
24	DF	Lucas Bartlett	FC Dallas	Free	March 8, 2023	^[92]
29	FW	Nökkvi Thórisson	K Beerschot VA	Undisclosed	July 21, 2023	[1]
13	DF	Anthony Markanich	Colorado Rapids	Undisclosed	August 1, 2023

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
—	FW	Jake LaCava	Inter Miami CF	$150,000	November 11, 2022	^[93]
—	MF	John Klein III	St. Louis City SC 2	Free	February 28, 2023

Loan in

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
41	MF	John Klein III	St. Louis City SC 2	Loan	May 20, 2023

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
31	GK	Michael Creek	St. Louis City SC 2	Loan	March 26, 2023
18	MF	Owen O' Malley	St. Louis City SC 2	Loan	March 26, 2023
25	MF	Aziel Jackson	St. Louis City SC 2	Loan	March 26, 2023
30	MF	Isak Jensen	St. Louis City SC 2	Loan	March 26, 2023
44	MF	Max Schneider	St. Louis City SC 2	Loan	March 26, 2023
12	MF	Célio Pompeu	St. Louis City SC 2	Loan	April 2, 2023
20	DF	Akil Watts	St. Louis City SC 2	Loan	April 2, 2023
39	GK	Ben Lundt	St. Louis City SC 2	Loan	April 2, 2023
46	FW	Caden Glover	St. Louis City SC 2	Loan	April 7, 2023
16	FW	Samuel Adeniran	San Antonio FC	Loan	April 25, 2023
23	DF	Jon Bell	St. Louis City SC 2	Loan	April 30, 2023
30	MF	Isak Jensen	Viborg FF	Loan	August 30, 2023

Competitions

Major League Soccer

Main article: 2023 Major League Soccer season

Standings

Western Conference

Main article: Western Conference (MLS)

MLS Western Conference table (2023)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Louis City SC	34	17	12	5	62	45	+17	56	Qualification for Round One and the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	14	9	11	41	32	+9	53	Qualification for Round One
3	Los Angeles FC	34	14	10	10	54	39	+15	52
4	Houston Dynamo FC	34	14	11	9	51	38	+13	51
5	Real Salt Lake	34	14	12	8	48	50	−2	50

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

Overall MLS standings table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Orlando City SC	34	18	7	9	55	39	+16	63	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One^[a]
3	Columbus Crew (C)	34	16	9	9	67	46	+21	57	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16^[b]
4	St. Louis City SC	34	17	12	5	62	45	+17	56	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One^[c]
5	Philadelphia Union	34	15	9	10	57	41	+16	55	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One^[d]
6	New England Revolution	34	15	9	10	58	46	+12	55	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One^[e]

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)
(C) MLS Cup champion
Notes:

1. As highest-ranked club in 2023 MLS Supporters' Shield not already qualified
2. As 2023 MLS Cup champions
3. As 2023 Western Conference regular season champions
4. As 2023 Leagues Cup third place
5. As second highest-ranked club in 2023 MLS Supporters' Shield not already qualified

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	17	5	12	62	45	+17	56	11	2	4	41	17	+24	6	3	8	21	28	−7

Last updated: October 27, 2023.
Source: MLS, FBref

Results by season splits

First Third								Middle Third								Final Third
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	6	1	3	22	13	+9	19	12	7	1	3	21	14	+7	22	11	4	3	4	19	18	+1	15

Source: MLS

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	@	H	@	H	@	H	@	H	@	H	@	H	H	H	@	H	@	H	@	H	@	@	H	H	@	H	@	@	@	H	@	H	@	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	L
West	2	3	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Shield	5	5	1	1	1	1	5	1	3	5	5	5	3	2	2	4	6	6	5	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4
Points	3	6	9	12	15	15	15	18	19	19	19	22	25	28	28	29	29	29	32	35	38	38	41	44	44	47	47	48	49	50	53	56	56	56
GD	1	3	4	7	11	10	7	11	11	10	9	13	15	18	16	16	14	12	13	15	16	13	16	19	18	19	18	18	18	18	19	22	19	17

Updated to match(es) played on October 21, 2023. Source: MLS
H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; @ = Away

Matches

Austin FC v St. Louis City SC

February 25 1	Austin FC	2–3	St. Louis City SC	Austin, Texas
7:30pm (CST)	Driussi   45+4' Gallagher   72'	Report	Ostrák   17' Parker   24' Stroud   78' Klauss   86'	Stadium: Q2 Stadium Attendance: 20,738 Referee: Allen Chapman

St. Louis City SC v Charlotte FC

March 4 2	St. Louis City SC	3–1	Charlotte FC	St Louis, Missouri
7:30 pm (CST)	Tuiloma   41' (o.g.) Hiebert   43' Parker   45' Löwen   45+5' (pen.) Stroud   61' Klauss   71'	Report	Copetti   25' Malanda  39' Westwood   45+1' Swiderski   45+4' Shinyashiki   64' Byrne   87'	Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Ted Unkel

Portland Timbers v St. Louis City SC

March 11 3	Portland Timbers	1–2	St. Louis City SC	Portland, Oregon
9:30 PM PST	McGraw   3',   74' Zuparic   54' Moreno   68'	Report	Stroud   29',   45+1' Perez   65' Hiebert   75'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 23,386 Referee: Victor Rivas

St. Louis City SC v San Jose Earthquakes

March 18 4	St. Louis City SC	3–0	San Jose Earthquakes	St Louis, Missouri
7:30 pm (CST)	Gioacchini   34' Klauss   45+3' Ostrák   68' Löwen   90+4'	Report	Rodrigues   14' Trauco   40' Kikanovic   46' Cowell   64' Baldisimo   66'	Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Real Salt Lake v St. Louis City SC

March 25 5	Real Salt Lake	0–4	St. Louis City SC	Sandy, Utah
8:30pm (CST)	Kreilach   24' Eneli   68' Glad   75'	Report	Gioacchini   47' Bartlett   55' Klauss   61', 66' Alm   76',   85'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 19,508 Referee: Mark Allatin

St. Louis City SC v Minnesota United FC

April 1 6	St. Louis City SC	0–1	Minnesota United FC	St Louis, Missouri
7:30 pm (CST)	Stroud   28' Parker   61' Hiebert   76'	Report	Fragapane   19' Amarilla   78' (pen.) Arriaga   83'	Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Jon Freemon

Seattle Sounders FC v St. Louis City SC

April 8 7	Seattle Sounders FC	3–0	St. Louis City SC	Seattle, Washington
9:30pm (CST)	Atencio   65' Ruidíaz   71' Nerwinski   89' (o.g.)	Report	Bartlett   6' Parker   84'	Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 31,789 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

St. Louis City SC v FC Cincinnati

April 15 8	St. Louis City SC	5–1	FC Cincinnati	St Louis, Missouri
7:30 pm (CST)	Stroud   3',  80' Löwen   39' Hiebert   45+2' Gioacchini   53' Celentano   57' (og) Ostrák   76'	Report	Nwobodo   27' Santos   43',  62'	Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

Colorado Rapids v St. Louis City SC

April 22 9	Colorado Rapids	1–1	St. Louis City SC	Commerce City, Colorado
8:30pm (CST)	Abubakar   89' Barrios   90+2' Priso   90+6'	Report	Stroud   47' Alm   57' Pompeu   79' Parker   90+5'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 15,045 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

St. Louis City SC v Portland Timbers

April 29 10	St. Louis City SC	1–2	Portland Timbers	St Louis, Missouri
7:30 pm (CST)	Hiebert   71' Pompeu   81'	Report	McGraw   8' Evander   63' (pen.) Chará   82' Mosquera   90+2'	Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Ismail Elfath

Chicago Fire FC v St. Louis City SC

May 13 11	Chicago Fire FC	1–0	St. Louis City SC	Chicago, Illinois
12:00 pm (CST)	40' Czichos   59' Giménez   64' Herbers	Report	26' Perez   43'   70' Nelson   49' Gioacchini	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 18,231 Referee: Filip Dujic

St. Louis City SC v Sporting Kansas City

May 20 12	St. Louis City SC	4–0	Sporting Kansas City	St Louis, Missouri
8:30 pm (CST)	Löwen   19' Vassilev   25', 75' Nerwinski   30' Gioacchini   55'	Report	Kinda   28' Sallói   42'	Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Chris Penso

St. Louis City SC v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

May 27 13	St. Louis City SC	3–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	St Louis, Missouri
7:30 pm (CST)	Löwen   10' Nerwinski   20' Parker   23' Blackmon   45' (o.g.) Stroud   60' Blom   86' Perez   90+4'	Report	Berhalter   49' White   83' Gressel   90+3' Gauld   90+4'	Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

St. Louis City SC v Houston Dynamo FC

June 3 14	St. Louis City SC	3–0	Houston Dynamo FC	St Louis, Missouri
7:30 pm (CST)	Löwen   9' Blom   45+5' Ostrák   51' Jackson   69' Gioacchini   83' Alm   90+1'	Report	Caicedo   45+2' Carrasquilla   45+5' Franco   45+7' Bartlow   78'	Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

FC Dallas v St. Louis City SC

June 7 15	FC Dallas	2–0	St. Louis City SC	Frisco, Texas
7:30pm (CST)	Ferreira   80' Farfan   89'	Report	Gioacchini   25' Ostrák   45+3' Parker   47' Bartlett   67'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 19,096 Referee: Drew Fischer
Note: Match originally began on May 6 but was postponed due to inclement weather. It resumed at the 50 minute mark.^[94]

St. Louis City SC v LA Galaxy

June 11 16	St. Louis City SC	1–1	LA Galaxy	St Louis, Missouri
12 pm (CST)	Löwen   8' Blom   40' Alm   45+4' Gioacchini   68' Ostrák   83'	Report	Brugman   52' Neal   54' Aguirre   85'	Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Victor Rivas

Nashville SC v St. Louis City SC

June 17 17	Nashville SC	3–1	St. Louis City SC	Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 pm (CST)	Mukhtar   11', 70', 75' Bauer   37' McCarty   45+1' Washington   83' Zubak   87'	Report	Vassilev   33' Gioacchini   41' Hiebert   54'   68'	Stadium: Geodis Park Attendance: 30,109 Referee: Nima Saghafi

St. Louis City SC v Real Salt Lake

June 21 18	St. Louis City SC	1–3	Real Salt Lake	St Louis, Missouri
7:30 pm (CST)	Gioacchini   21' Stroud   29' Ostrák   30' Nerwinski   47' Bartlett   55'	Report	Luna   15' Kreilach   48', 66' Vera   54' Beavers   71'	Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

San Jose Earthquakes v St. Louis City SC

June 24 19	San Jose Earthquakes	1–2	St. Louis City SC	San Jose, California
9:30 pm (CST)	Monteiro   47',   49' Tsakiris   84' Akapo   90+1'	Report	Adeniran   41', 58' (pen.) Jackson   59' Pompeu   90+2' Ostrák   90+6'	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 15,074 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

St. Louis City SC v Colorado Rapids

July 1 20	St. Louis City SC	2–0	Colorado Rapids	St Louis, Missouri
7:30 pm (CST)	Parker   4' Stroud   11'	Report	Priso   75'	Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Toronto FC v St. Louis City SC

July 8 21	Toronto FC	0–1	St. Louis City SC	Toronto, Canada
6:30 pm (CST)	Antonoglou   90+4'	Report	Blom   38' Parker   47' Jackson   50'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 26,156 Referee: Filip Dujic

Los Angeles FC v St. Louis City SC

July 12 22	Los Angeles FC	3–0	St. Louis City SC	Los Angeles, California
9:30 pm (CST)	Cifuentes   14',   90+2' Maldonado   30' Vela   72' Biuk   82'	Report	Bell   51' Nerwinski   77'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,010 Referee: Joseph Dickerson
Note: Match was rescheduled due to Los Angeles FC's participation in 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.

St. Louis City SC v Inter Miami CF

July 15 23	St. Louis City SC	3–0	Inter Miami CF	St Louis, Missouri
7:30 pm (CST)	Adeniran   28' Parker   40' Löwen   80' Yaro   90+3'	Report	Cremaschi   70' Miller   79'	Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

St. Louis City SC v Austin FC

August 20 24	St. Louis City SC	6–3	Austin FC	St Louis, Missouri
8:30 pm (CST)	Blom   17' Parker   22' Gioacchini   45+2', 50' Adeniran   72', 90+5' Ostrák   88'	Report	Driussi   61' (pen.) Bruin   87' Rigoni   90+1'	Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Timothy Ford

Orlando City SC v St. Louis City SC

August 26 25	Orlando City SC	2–1	St. Louis City SC	Orlando, Florida
6:30 pm (CST)	Torres   48', 90+1' (pen.) Pereyra   56' Cartagena   73'	Report	Jackson   50' Adeniran   50' Alm   79' Nerwinski   87'   90+10' Markanich   90'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 22,156 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

St. Louis City SC v FC Dallas

August 30 26	St. Louis City SC	2–1	FC Dallas	St Louis, Missouri
7:30 pm (CST)	Stroud   44' Markanich   82' Thórisson   85' Vassilev   90+4'	Report	Paes   12' Obrain   46' Farfan   60' Illarramendi   67' Quignon   75' Ansah   90+5'	Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

Sporting Kansas City v St. Louis City SC

September 2 27	Sporting Kansas City	2–1	St. Louis City SC	Kansas City, Kansas
7:30 pm (CST)	Pulido   31', 44',   71' Melia   86' Espinoza   90+7'	Report	Adeniran   22' Alm   81' Klauss   89'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 21,650 Referee: Allen Chapman

LA Galaxy v St. Louis City SC

September 10 28	LA Galaxy	2–2	St. Louis City SC	Carson, California
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This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia s quality standards You can help The talk page may contain suggestions January 2024 The 2023 season was the inaugural season for St Louis City SC It is the club s first season in existence their first in the top tier of American soccer and their first season in Major League Soccer During the regular season City SC became the first expansion team to win its conference finishing first in the Western Conference and earned the most wins the team fell short of the all time points record for an expansion team set by Los Angeles FC in 2018 2 Head coach Bradley Carnell used 32 different starting lineups during the regular season s 34 matches 3 St Louis City SC2023 seasonSporting directorLutz PfannenstielHead coachBradley CarnellStadiumCityParkMLSConference 1stOverall 4thMLS Cup PlayoffsRound OneLeagues CupGroup StageU S Open CupRound of 32Top goalscorerLeague Gioacchini Klauss 10 All Gioacchini Klauss 10 Highest home attendance22 423Lowest home attendance22 423Average home league attendance22 423 1 Biggest winLeague STL 5 1 CIN Apr 15 Open Cup STL 5 1 OMA Apr 25 Biggest defeatLeagues Cup STL 0 4 CFA July 27 Home colorsAway colors2024 2023 was the first year since 1977 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 participated in the U S Open Cup and the 2023 Leagues Cup Contents 1 Drafts 1 1 Expansion Draft 2 Summary 2 1 February and March 2 2 April 2 3 May 2 4 June 2 5 July 2 6 MLS All Star Game 2 7 Leagues Cup 2 8 August 2 9 September 2 10 October 2 11 MLS Cup 2 12 November 3 Club 3 1 Management 3 2 Inaugural Roster 4 Transfers 4 1 In 4 2 Out 4 3 Loan in 4 4 Loan out 5 Competitions 5 1 Major League Soccer 5 1 1 Standings 5 1 1 1 Western Conference 5 1 1 2 Overall 5 1 2 Results summary 5 1 3 Results by season splits 5 1 4 Results by match 5 1 5 Matches 5 2 MLS Cup Playoffs 5 3 U S Open Cup 5 4 Leagues Cup 5 4 1 Central 1 6 Statistics 6 1 Appearances 6 2 Goalkeeper statistics 6 3 Goals amp Assists 6 4 Disciplinary record 7 Awards 7 1 MLS Player of the Matchday 7 2 MLS Goal of the Matchday 7 3 MLS Team of the Matchday 7 4 MLS All Star Selections 7 5 MLS Year End Awards 7 5 1 Individual Awards 7 5 2 MLS Best XI 8 References 9 External linksDrafts editExpansion Draft edit CITY were allowed to select 5 players from a list of 23 teams as part of building out their inaugural roster in the 2022 MLS Expansion Draft 4 Name Age Selected from Status nbsp Niko Gioachinni 21 Orlando City SC Signed nbsp Indiana Vassilev 21 Inter Miami CF Signed nbsp Jon Bell 25 New England Revolution Signed nbsp John Nelson 24 FC Cincinnati Signed nbsp Jake LaCava 21 New York Red Bulls Traded Inter Miami CF Summary editFebruary and March edit St Louis City SC opened their inaugural MLS season on the road Feb 25 at Austin FC Tim Parker opened up the scoring by heading home the first goal in franchise history coming off a corner kick in the 24th minute After going down 2 1 St Louis City SC got second half goals from Jared Stroud 78 and Joao Klauss 86 to come from behind and earn their first win as a franchise 3 2 St Louis City SC midfielder Indiana Vassilev suffered a broken nose in the 17th minute 5 The following week Mar 4 Charlotte FC came to town to open CityPark for the first home game in franchise history Enzo Copetti scored the first goal in CityPark history 25 to give Charlotte a 1 0 lead but a Bill Tuiloma own goal 41 and an Eduard Lowen PK 45 5 gave St Louis City SC a 2 1 lead heading into halftime Joao Klauss 71 closed out the scoring to give St Louis City SC a 3 1 win their first home win as a franchise With the win St Louis City SC became just the fourth expansion team to start their existence 2 0 Indiana Vassilev returned while wearing a mask in the 73rd minute 6 St Louis City SC s second away game came Mar 11 at Portland Timbers A quick Timbers goal to start the game put St Louis City SC behind 1 0 but Jared Stroud tied it up in first half stoppage time 45 1 What looked like a good potential road draw in a tough environment turned into St Louis City SC s 3rd win out of 3 when Kyle Hiebert headed in 75 an Eduard Lowen free kick to put St Louis City SC ahead 2 1 This was not only their 3rd come from behind win but also tied the 2009 Seattle Sounders for most wins by an expansion franchise to start a season 3 0 0 7 San Jose Earthquakes came to CityPark Mar 18 for Matchday 4 Goals from Niko Gioacchini 34 Joao Klauss 45 3 and Tomas Ostrak 68 led to a 3 0 win St Louis City SC s 4th straight and first Clean Sheet in franchise history The win set a new record for an expansion franchise start at 4 0 0 8 A trip to Real Salt Lake on Mar 25 finished out the month of March St Louis City SC were in good form coming off the 3 0 win the previous week After a 0 0 first half Niko got the scoring started in the 47th minute followed by 2 goals from Klauss 61 66 and a finisher from Rasmus Alm 76 to cap a 4 0 win It was Roman Burki s second Clean Sheet of the season and St Louis City SC s 5th straight win further extending the new record for most wins by an expansion franchise to start a season at 5 0 0 9 April edit Coming home for April Fools Day St Louis City SC had the tough task of breaking apart Minnesota United s low block system The game was 0 0 late and was inching towards St Louis City SC s first draw on the year However a foul in the box by Kyle Hiebert in the 76th minute led to a penalty kick which was converted to give Minnesota a 1 0 lead Despite a flurry of an attack at the end of the game and a great chance on goal by Sam Adeniran Minnesota held on to give St Louis City SC their first loss on the season 10 Of note Njabulo Blom joined the team for the first time since Match 2 against Charlotte FC coming on as a sub in the 60th minute He had missed the previous 3 games due to COVID 11 What many penciled in as St Louis City SC s first true test of the season came on Matchday 7 at Seattle Sounders FC the following week Apr 8 For the first half St Louis City SC were up to the task taking a 0 0 game into the locker room But just after the hour mark Josh Atencio scored a screamer to put the Sounders ahead 1 0 From there momentum and strategy shifted St Louis City SC were on the back foot and conceded a second goal at 71 With the game in hand Seattle capped off a 3 0 win with help from a Jake Nerwinski own goal another St Louis City SC first at 89 Of note Njabulo Blom came off in the 64th minute with a groin injury and would miss 5 6 weeks 12 Following two straight losses St Louis City SC had another tough task welcoming FC Cincinnati to CityPark on Apr 15 At the time both teams had led the Supporters Shield race at one point in the season with St Louis City SC carrying a 5 2 0 record while Cincy came in undefeated at 5 0 2 Just prior to the game a line of thunderstorms ripped through the St Louis area setting off tornado sirens downtown at CityPark 13 The game was delayed for hours while fans took shelter in nearby bars and Union Station By 10 pm local time the storms had passed and the field was ready for playing St Louis City SC did not waste any more time to get on the scoresheet with Jared Stroud s 3rd goal of the year coming in just the 3rd minute of play St Louis City SC added two more goals in the first half from Lowen 39 and Hiebert 45 2 to lead 3 0 The second half was much the same A quick goal by Niko at 53 and an own goal on GK Roman Celentano 57 shot by Rasmus Alm put St Louis City SC up 5 0 inside an hour Cincy did respond five minutes later with a goal by Sergio Santos at 62 but that ended the scoring on the night with a 5 1 St Louis City SC win and a move back into 1st place in the Shield race 14 Matchday 9 on Apr 22 at Colorado Rapids wasn t going to be an easy task and St Louis City SC wouldn t come away unscathed After a quiet 0 0 first half Rasmus Alm gave St Louis City SC the lead in the 57th minute Not long after in the 61st minute Joao Klauss went down away from play rubbing his quad and was subbed off due to injury Colorado made wholesale changes at 70 to change the dynamic of the game Roman Burki was truly tested for the rest of the half One of those Colorado subs Michael Barrios got the equalizer in stoppage time to give St Louis City SC their first draw in franchise history Klauss initially thought to be out 10 14 days would end up missing 17 weeks and 14 games due to the injury 15 While St Louis has a long and storied history with the U S Open Cup going back over 100 years St Louis City SC s first game in the tournament came on Tuesday Apr 25 at CityPark a matchup against Union Omaha of USL League One A sold out crowd of 22 423 would not only set an attendance record for a U S Open Cup Third Round match 16 17 but also see St Louis City SC cruise to a 5 1 win on the backs of Aziel Jackson 3 66 Akil Watts 62 Lowen 86 and an Omaha own goal 48 Prior to the game St Louis City SC loaned out Sam Adeniran to San Antonio FC of USL Championship 18 St Louis City SC were back in MLS action the following Saturday Apr 29 welcoming Portland Timbers to CityPark It was the second matchup of the season between the two teams with St Louis City SC winning 2 1 in Portland on Matchday 3 The teams went into halftime at 0 0 and it was looking like neither wanted the win But with the weather turning cold and rainy a foul in the box gave Evander a PK at 63 to put Portland up 1 0 Celio Pompeu would give St Louis City SC hope equalizing at 81 but Portland immediately answered at 82 to take the lead and the game 2 1 19 May edit By May the MLS Scheduling Gods introduced themselves to the new boys of the league On May 6 St Louis City SC visited Frisco TX for their first matchup against FC Dallas The first half ended at 0 0 But coming back from halftime the weather was about to turn sour Five minutes into the second half with thunderstorms near the referee stopped play and sent both teams back to their locker rooms Play never resumed but rather than restart the next day it was determined the game would be postponed until a later date 20 It ended up being rescheduled for Wednesday June 7 and play would resume at the 50 mark Furthermore the same starters and subs for both teams must be on the field exactly as they were when play was halted 21 After traveling to Texas to play half of a game St Louis City SC s next match was Tuesday May 9 at Chicago Fire for their Round 32 matchup in the U S Open Cup Chicago kicked things off early with a goal at 3 by Maren Haile Selassie From there they cruised never really being challenged in St Louis City SC s worst game of the season to date A goal by Fabian Herbers at 75 put Chicago up 2 0 A stoppage time goal by Miggy Perez 90 3 made the scoreline seem much closer than the game actually was St Louis City SC were officially out of U S Open Cup 22 Four days later St Louis City SC again traveled to Chicago This time for MLS Matchday 11 on May 13 Njabulo Blom was back from his injury woes but Tim Parker served a 1 game suspension due to yellow card accumulation The game was closer than May 9 but the result was the same a 1 0 Chicago win on the back of a Rafael Czichos goal in the 40th minute Of note in this game St Louis City SC defender Johnny Nelson picked up the franchise s first red card in the 70th minute after receiving his second yellow card of the game 16 year old Caden Glover made his debut appearance in the 77th minute 23 On May 20 St Louis City SC returned home from that away double against a potential rival only to welcome another potential rival Sporting KC to CityPark for the first time With goals from Lowen 19 Indiana Vassilev 25 75 and Niko 55 St Louis City SC secured a 4 0 win and Burki s 3rd Clean Sheet of the season 24 Vancouver Whitecaps FC came into CityPark the following week May 27 St Louis City SC took a 1 0 lead at 10 on a Lowen free kick from about 35 yards out that subsequently won Goal of the Matchday A Vancouver own goal in the 45th minute and a stoppage time goal by Miggy Perez 90 4 sealed the 3 1 win 25 St Louis City SC s first MLS midweek game was due to be played May 31 at LAFC However due to LAFC s advancement to the CONCACAF Champions League Final the first leg of that Final was scheduled to be played May 31 As a result the MLS matchup between LAFC and St Louis City SC was rescheduled for July 12 26 June edit Houston Dynamo visited CityPark for the first time Jun 3 St Louis City SC started the game off quick with a goal by Lowen in the 9th minute then followed with goals by Ostrak 51 and Niko 83 leading to a 3 0 win The shutout was Burki s 4th Clean Sheet of the season 27 St Louis City SC next headed back to Dallas Jun 7 for the restart of the postponed game from May 6 It resumed with the score 0 0 and 40 minutes left to play Much of the half was uneventful but in the 80th minute Jesus Ferreira struck to put Dallas up 1 0 Not long after Marco Farfan joined him to make it 2 0 and sealed Dallas s long waited result over St Louis City SC 28 Looking to turn the page St Louis City SC welcomed 13th place LA Galaxy to CityPark on Jun 11 The teams played to a 1 1 draw with Niko scoring first in the 68th minute But St Louis City SC were not able make it stand up allowing the equalizer in the 85th 29 Eduard Lowen developed a quad injury in training leading up to the game at Nashville SC June 17 causing him to miss the game and sit out until Aug 20 The game didn t provide much better news Hany Mukhtar put Nashville ahead in the 11th minute but Niko 41 was able to equalize right before half to give St Louis City SC hope However Kyle Hiebert earned a red card due to his second yellow of the game in the 68th minute Down to 10 men St Louis City SC tried to hold the draw as best they could But two more goals by Hany Mukhtar 70 75 put the game away and gave Nashville the 3 1 win 30 Amidst their toughest stretch of games of the season St Louis City SC came back home to welcome Real Salt Lake to CityPark on Jun 21 The two teams had played earlier in the season with St Louis City SC grabbing a 4 0 win Coming into the game RSL were the best away team in the league and they showed why After falling behind 1 0 Niko equalized in the 21st minute But RSL quickly went back on top soon after coming out of halftime In the 66th minute RSL scored their third goal to leave town with a 3 1 win 31 Playing their 6th game in 21 days St Louis City SC went to San Jose on Jun 24 to play the Earthquakes in a rematch from earlier in the season Sam Adeniran was called back from loan in San Antonio and placed in the lineup as a starter 32 The move paid off as Adeniran scored a brace 41 58 to take the double from San Jose on the season winning 2 1 33 July edit Colorado Rapids came to town on Jul 1 with St Louis City SC looking for revenge for the late draw in April It did not take long to strike Goals by Parker 4 and Stroud 11 were enough to secure a 2 0 win and Burki s 5th Clean Sheet 34 St Louis City SC s first visit to Canada came on Jul 8 against Toronto FC Looking to make it 3 wins in 3 it took until the 50th minute before Aziel Jackson slid home his first ever MLS goal to give St Louis City SC a 1 0 lead It was enough to claim all 3 points on the day and give Burki his 6th Clean Sheet 35 In the rescheduled game against LAFC May 31 St Louis City SC travelled to LA Jul 12 for a midweek matchup that many were anticipating For 70 minutes it did not disappoint But a similar late game letdown at Seattle Matchday 7 unfolded with LAFC getting goals at 72 82 and 90 2 amounting to a 3 0 win In the 69th minute Eduard Lowen returned from a quad injury he developed prior to the matchup against Nashville Jun 17 missing 5 total games 36 The final game before the All Star Leagues Cup break St Louis City SC welcomed Inter Miami CF to CityPark on Jul 15 It would also be Miami s last game prior to Lionel Messi s first appearance St Louis City SC won the match 3 0 on the strength of goals by Adeniran 28 Parker 40 and Lowen 80 Burki logged his 7th Clean Sheet of the season 37 MLS All Star Game edit St Louis City SC had two players named to the MLS All Star team goalie Roman Burki and defender Tim Parker For both it was their first selection The game was played at Audi Field home of D C United on July 19 against Arsenal FC Burki started the game in goal and played 34 minutes being subbed out for Tyler Miller Parker played 45 minutes coming on at half time for Walker Zimmerman and seeing the game out 38 Burki also participated in the All Star Skills Challenge serving as goalie in the Cross amp Volley Challenge 39 Leagues Cup edit The MLS seeding for Leagues Cup was determined by every team s final position for the 2022 season Since St Louis City SC did not field an MLS team in 2022 they were considered 29th of 29 MLS teams and seeded as such 40 This despite coming into Leagues Cup sitting in 1st place in the Western Conference and 3rd place in the overall Shield race meant that St Louis City SC were placed in an unfavorable group with Columbus Crew and Club America The Crew would go on to win MLS Cup 2023 in the fall America would go on to win the 2023 Liga MX Apertura Originally set to kick off at 7 30 pm local time Jul 23 St Louis City SC s first visit to Columbus was beset by weather and delayed for nearly four hours When play finally did start St Louis City SC found themselves down quickly A Lucas Zelarayan free kick 11 and a Cucho Hernandez PK 29 was all Columbus would need to control the game A late own goal by Columbus made things interesting but they secured the 3 points by holding on to a 2 1 win 41 St Louis City SC then welcomed Club America to CityPark Jul 27 but due to the quirks of Leagues Cup they did so as an away team playing in their home stadium Furthermore despite the game starting after 9 pm local time to accommodate Mexico City temps were hovering at 100 F America got down to business early with Henry Martin scoring in the 5th minute and America controlling the game thereafter They would add 3 goals in the second half in yet another game of two halves by St Louis City SC The 4 0 loss eliminated St Louis City SC from Leagues Cup and meant they would be sitting idle for more than three weeks while the rest of the tournament played out 42 August edit During the summer transfer window St Louis City SC added two players forward Nokkvi Thorisson from Beerschot VA in Belgium 43 and defender Anthony Markanich from the Colorado Rapids 44 The MLS season picked back up Aug 20 and Austin FC came to town for what would be another steamy night in St Louis With temps pushing 100 F at game time Tim Parker got St Louis City SC on the board in the 22nd minute Niko added a second goal before halftime 45 2 and a third just after 50 Austin would try to climb back into the game with a Sebastian Driussi PK 61 but from there the two teams would trade goals Sam Adeniran 72 90 5 and Tomas Ostrak 88 kept Austin at arms length to seal a 6 3 win The 6 goals in a single game would be the most St Louis City SC would score all season across all competitions The game marked the long awaited debut of Joakim Nilsson who came on in the 87th minute 45 The long awaited return of Klauss came Aug 26 at Orlando City SC A steady first half by both teams left the game scoreless but St Louis City SC found themselves down 1 0 within moments of starting the second half A number of subs for St Louis City SC after the 70th minute would be key in getting an equalizer from Alm 79 The goal was St Louis City SC s 50th on the season in just 25 games the fastest expansion team to accomplish the feat However just ten minutes later St Louis City SC would again find themselves in the unfortunate position of giving up a handball in the box and a resulting PK That stoppage time goal would seal Orlando s win over St Louis City SC 46 47 In their third meeting in two games FC Dallas came to St Louis on Aug 30 for a midweek matchup A 12th minute red card on Dallas GK Maarten Paes saw St Louis City SC up a man for much of the game Yet it wasn t until after the 80th minute that they got on the board Anthony Markanich scored his first St Louis City SC goal in the 82nd minute quickly followed by Nokkvi Thorisson s first St Louis City SC goal in the 85th Dallas would claw back a stoppage time goal but St Louis City SC took the win 2 1 to split the season s meetings 48 September edit St Louis City SC s first ever visit to Sporting KC came in a Labor Day weekend matchup Sep 2 Sam Adeniran got scoring started in the 22nd minute to put St Louis City SC up 1 0 but two goals by Alan Pulido sent SKC into half with a 2 1 lead That score would stand but not without controversy A second half equalizer by Adeniran was called back for being offside however it was not reviewed by either VAR or the referee Replays suggest he was indeed onside and the goal should have stood Later an apparent SKC handball in the box was missed and not reviewed 49 Coming off that tight game St Louis City SC traveled to the west coast for a Sep 10 matchup against LA Galaxy In what was probably the best half of soccer all season St Louis City SC jumped out to a 2 0 lead on goals by Sam Adeniran 4 and Klauss 28 Things unraveled in the second half however In a string of bad luck Sam Adeniran was given a yellow card for a handball in the box and LA converted the resulting PK Less than ten minutes later Adeniran again was called for a yellow and sent off St Louis City SC now playing down a man tried to hold on but conceded the equalizer late and left LA with a 2 2 draw 50 A third straight road game a tough match at Houston Dynamo on Sep 16 followed Houston took a 1 0 lead into halftime and seemed capable of holding that scoreline for the entire game Yet a late goal by Klauss 88 would prove to secure a second consecutive road draw at 1 1 51 Coming back to CityPark for a midweek matchup Sep 20 against LAFC St Louis City SC had a chance to secure a playoff spot with a win However both teams played tight to a 0 0 draw It was Roman Burki s 8th clean sheet of the season Following the game results elsewhere around the league came together to indeed secure St Louis City SC s playoff berth the sixth expansion team to do so 52 53 A quick turnaround saw St Louis City SC back on the road Sep 23 for a Matchday 31 revenge game at Minnesota United FC In a downpour from start to finish Minnesota took a 1 0 lead on a PK given up by Burki moments into the second half However shortly after coming on as a sub in the 58th minute Klauss equalized with a header in the 64th Less than ten minutes later Njabulo Blom 73 would give St Louis City SC the lead and the win with his first goal of the season and which would win Goal of the Matchday 54 In a month bookended by matches with Sporting KC September was capped off with a Sep 30 meeting between the two for the second time at CityPark and third time on the season A tight game for much of the match was broken open quickly with a Sam Adeniran goal in the 73rd minute The floodgates then burst with three more goals one by Jared Stroud 75 and two by Klauss 79 and 85 With the game in hand St Louis City SC looked to close out another 4 0 win over Kansas at CityPark However a goal at the death made it 4 1 and denied Burki a 9th Clean Sheet on the season The win would be St Louis City SC s 17th on the season most ever by an expansion team It also gave them 56 points good for second most ever by an expansion team 2018 LAFC 57pts 55 56 57 Furthermore with LAFC s loss to Real Salt Lake the next day St Louis City SC clinched the 1 seed in the Western Conference the first expansion team ever to accomplish the feat 58 59 October edit Undefeated in five games for the second time on the season St Louis City SC headed to Vancouver Whitecaps FC Oct 4 to try to stretch it to six However having secured their season accolades St Louis City SC seemed to take their foot off the gas and played all game on the back heel The first half ended 0 0 despite two disallowed Vancouver goals But Vancouver came out in the second half with purpose and took the game 3 0 St Louis City SC were never the same after 60 Two and half weeks later the Seattle Sounders FC came into CityPark for Decision Day the final day of the regular season Oct 21 However the malaise from Vancouver earlier in the month carried over Seattle went up 1 0 in the 23rd minute and then benefitted from a Tim Parker own goal in the 38th They would hold on to win the game 2 0 thwarting St Louis City SC s chance to tie or overtake LAFC s 57 points in their inaugural 2018 season 61 MLS Cup edit The 2023 version of MLS Cup initiated a new structure which saw a total of 9 teams from each conference qualify The Nos 8 and 9 teams in each conference played each other in a play in game with the winner going on to play the 1 seed in the First Round That First Round was a best of 3 matchup with games 1 and 3 at the higher seed and game 2 at the lower seed 62 As the 1 seed St Louis City SC would play Sporting KC as their First Round opponent St Louis City SC s first ever playoff appearance came Oct 30 against Sporting KC on a cold and rainy night in St Louis It was already their 4th matchup in the rivalry s short existence At first it seemed these two would play a tight game SKC went up 1 0 in the 27th minute but St Louis City SC responded a minute later with Tim Parker scoring St Louis City SC s first playoff goal in franchise history 28 off a corner kick Unfortunately though St Louis City SC s late season funk came right back to haunt them Two more first half goals followed for SKC as they took control of the game into halftime SKC added a 4th goal in the 61st minute and won Game 1 by a score of 4 1 63 November edit In their 5th matchup of the season St Louis City SC traveled west to Kansas for Game 2 of Round 1 of MLS Cup Much of the first half was tight and looked to be going into halftime tied However SKC scored in stoppage time to make it 1 0 A 73rd minute goal gave SKC a lead it wouldn t relinquish despite a Celio Pompeu goal in the 86th and a flurry of offense for 12 minutes of stoppage time SKC ended St Louis City SC s season with a 2 1 loss its fourth straight 64 Club editManagement edit Position Name OWNERSHIP Chairman amp Majority Owner nbsp Carloyn Kindle Co Owner nbsp Jo Ann Taylor Kindle Co Owner nbsp Jim Kavanaugh FRONT OFFICE President amp General Manager nbsp Diego Gigliani Sporting Director nbsp Lutz Pfannenstiel COACHING STAFF Head Coach nbsp Bradley Carnell Assistant Coach nbsp John Hackworth Assistant Coach nbsp John Miglarese Assistant Coach nbsp Elvir Kafedzic Goalkeeper Coach nbsp Alex Langer Director of Sports Performance nbsp Jarryd Phillips Head of Sports Science nbsp Kelly Roderick Inaugural Roster edit As of August 30 2023 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 nbsp SUI Roman Burki 2 DF nbsp USA Jake Nerwinski 4 DF nbsp SWE Joakim Nilsson 6 MF nbsp RSA Njabulo Blom 7 MF nbsp CZE Tomas Ostrak 8 MF nbsp USA Jared Stroud 9 FW nbsp BRA Joao Klauss 10 MF nbsp GER Eduard Lowen 11 FW nbsp USA Nicholas Gioacchini 12 MF nbsp BRA Celio Pompeu 14 DF nbsp USA John Nelson 15 DF nbsp GHA Joshua Yaro 16 FW nbsp USA Samuel Adeniran 17 DF nbsp BIH Selmir Pidro 18 MF nbsp USA Owen O Malley 19 FW nbsp USA Indiana Vassilev No Pos Nation Player 20 MF nbsp USA Akil Watts 21 MF nbsp SWE Rasmus Alm 22 DF nbsp CAN Kyle Hiebert 23 DF nbsp USA Jon Bell 24 DF nbsp USA Lucas Bartlett 25 MF nbsp USA Aziel Jackson 26 DF nbsp USA Tim Parker 28 MF nbsp USA Miguel Perez 29 FW nbsp ISL Nokkvi Thorisson 30 MF nbsp DEN Isak Jensen 31 GK nbsp USA Michael Creek 39 GK nbsp GER Ben Lundt 41 MF nbsp USA John Klein 44 MF nbsp GER Max Schneider 46 FW nbsp USA Caden GloverTransfers editIn edit No Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source 17 DF nbsp Selmir Pidro nbsp FK Sarajevo Undisclosed February 2 2022 65 7 MF nbsp Tomas Ostrak nbsp 1 FC Koln Free March 1 2022 66 9 FW nbsp Joao Klauss nbsp TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Undisclosed March 3 2022 67 1 GK nbsp Roman Burki nbsp Borussia Dortmund Free March 16 2022 68 4 DF nbsp Joakim Nilsson nbsp Arminia Bielefeld Free June 1 2022 69 10 MF nbsp Eduard Lowen nbsp Hertha BSC Undisclosed June 24 2022 70 30 MF nbsp Isak Jensen nbsp SonderjyskE Fodbold Free July 11 2022 71 22 DF nbsp Kyle Hiebert nbsp St Louis City SC 2 Free August 3 2022 72 15 DF nbsp Joshua Yaro nbsp St Louis City SC 2 Free August 3 2022 73 25 MF nbsp Aziel Jackson nbsp Minnesota United FC Undisclosed November 7 2022 74 8 MF nbsp Jared Stroud nbsp Austin FC Undisclosed November 7 2022 75 21 MF nbsp Rasmus Alm nbsp IF Elfsborg Free November 8 2022 76 11 FW nbsp Nicholas Gioacchini nbsp Orlando City SC Undisclosed November 12 2022 77 19 MF nbsp Indiana Vassilev nbsp Inter Miami CF Undisclosed November 12 2022 78 23 DF nbsp Jon Bell nbsp New England Revolution Undisclosed November 12 2022 79 14 DF nbsp John Nelson nbsp FC Cincinnati Undisclosed November 12 2022 80 FW nbsp Jake LaCava nbsp New York Red Bulls Undisclosed November 12 2022 81 26 DF nbsp Tim Parker nbsp Houston Dynamo Undisclosed November 12 2022 82 20 MF nbsp Akil Watts nbsp St Louis City SC 2 Free November 17 2022 83 12 MF nbsp Celio Pompeu nbsp St Louis City SC 2 Free November 17 2022 84 44 MF nbsp Max Schneider nbsp St Louis City SC 2 Free November 18 2022 85 2 DF nbsp Jake Nerwinski nbsp Vancouver Whitecaps FC Free November 28 2022 86 16 FW nbsp Samuel Adeniran nbsp Seattle Sounders FC Undisclosed December 15 2022 87 18 MF nbsp Owen O Malley nbsp Creighton University Free SuperDraft December 22 2022 88 41 MF nbsp John Klein nbsp Saint Louis University Free SuperDraft December 22 2022 89 6 MF nbsp Njabulo Blom nbsp Kaizer Chiefs Undisclosed December 23 2022 90 39 GK nbsp Ben Lundt nbsp Phoenix Rising FC Free January 6 2023 91 46 FW nbsp Caden Glover nbsp St Louis City SC Academy Free January 9 2023 19 FW nbsp Indiana Vassilev nbsp Aston Villa Free January 31 2023 28 MF nbsp Miguel Perez nbsp St Louis City SC Academy Free February 21 2023 31 GK nbsp Michael Creek nbsp St Louis City SC 2 Free March 1 2023 24 DF nbsp Lucas Bartlett nbsp FC Dallas Free March 8 2023 92 29 FW nbsp Nokkvi Thorisson nbsp K Beerschot VA Undisclosed July 21 2023 1 13 DF nbsp Anthony Markanich nbsp Colorado Rapids Undisclosed August 1 2023 Out edit No Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source FW nbsp Jake LaCava nbsp Inter Miami CF 150 000 November 11 2022 93 MF nbsp John Klein III nbsp St Louis City SC 2 Free February 28 2023 Loan in edit No Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source 41 MF nbsp John Klein III nbsp St Louis City SC 2 Loan May 20 2023 Loan out edit No Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source 31 GK nbsp Michael Creek nbsp St Louis City SC 2 Loan March 26 2023 18 MF nbsp Owen O Malley nbsp St Louis City SC 2 Loan March 26 2023 25 MF nbsp Aziel Jackson nbsp St Louis City SC 2 Loan March 26 2023 30 MF nbsp Isak Jensen nbsp St Louis City SC 2 Loan March 26 2023 44 MF nbsp Max Schneider nbsp St Louis City SC 2 Loan March 26 2023 12 MF nbsp Celio Pompeu nbsp St Louis City SC 2 Loan April 2 2023 20 DF nbsp Akil Watts nbsp St Louis City SC 2 Loan April 2 2023 39 GK nbsp Ben Lundt nbsp St Louis City SC 2 Loan April 2 2023 46 FW nbsp Caden Glover nbsp St Louis City SC 2 Loan April 7 2023 16 FW nbsp Samuel Adeniran nbsp San Antonio FC Loan April 25 2023 23 DF nbsp Jon Bell nbsp St Louis City SC 2 Loan April 30 2023 30 MF nbsp Isak Jensen nbsp Viborg FF Loan August 30 2023Competitions editMajor League Soccer edit Main article 2023 Major League Soccer season Standings edit Western Conference edit Main article Western Conference MLS MLS Western Conference table 2023 Pos Teamvte Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 St Louis City SC 34 17 12 5 62 45 17 56 Qualification for Round One and the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One 2 Seattle Sounders FC 34 14 9 11 41 32 9 53 Qualification for Round One 3 Los Angeles FC 34 14 10 10 54 39 15 52 4 Houston Dynamo FC 34 14 11 9 51 38 13 51 5 Real Salt Lake 34 14 12 8 48 50 2 50Source MLSRules 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 Teamvte Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification 2 Orlando City SC 34 18 7 9 55 39 16 63 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One a 3 Columbus Crew C 34 16 9 9 67 46 21 57 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16 b 4 St Louis City SC 34 17 12 5 62 45 17 56 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One c 5 Philadelphia Union 34 15 9 10 57 41 16 55 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One d 6 New England Revolution 34 15 9 10 58 46 12 55 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One e Source MLSRules 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 C MLS Cup championNotes As highest ranked club in 2023 MLS Supporters Shield not already qualified As 2023 MLS Cup champions As 2023 Western Conference regular season champions As 2023 Leagues Cup third place As second highest ranked club in 2023 MLS Supporters Shield not already qualified Results summary edit Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 34 17 5 12 62 45 17 56 11 2 4 41 17 24 6 3 8 21 28 7 Last updated October 27 2023 Source MLS FBref Results by season splits edit First Third Middle Third Final Third Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 11 6 1 3 22 13 9 19 12 7 1 3 21 14 7 22 11 4 3 4 19 18 1 15 Source MLS Results by match edit Match12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334Ground H H H H H HHH H H H HH H H H HResultWWWWWLLWDLLWWWLDLLWWWLWWLWLDDDWWLLWest2311113113332111221111111111111111Shield5511115135553224665323323233343334Points36912151515181919192225282829292932353838414444474748495053565656GD13471110711111091315181616141213151613161918191818181819221917Updated to match es played on October 21 2023 Source MLSH Home W Win D Draw L Loss Away Matches edit Austin FC v St Louis City SC February 25 1Austin FC2 3St Louis City SCAustin Texas7 30pm CST Driussi nbsp 45 4 Gallagher nbsp 72 Report Ostrak nbsp 17 Parker nbsp 24 Stroud nbsp 78 Klauss nbsp 86 Stadium Q2 Stadium Attendance 20 738Referee Allen Chapman St Louis City SC v Charlotte FC March 4 2St Louis City SC3 1Charlotte FCSt Louis Missouri7 30 pm CST Tuiloma nbsp 41 o g Hiebert nbsp 43 Parker nbsp 45 Lowen nbsp 45 5 pen Stroud nbsp 61 Klauss nbsp 71 Report Copetti nbsp 25 Malanda nbsp 39 Westwood nbsp 45 1 Swiderski nbsp 45 4 Shinyashiki nbsp 64 Byrne nbsp 87 Stadium CityPark Attendance 22 423Referee Ted Unkel Portland Timbers v St Louis City SC March 11 3Portland Timbers1 2St Louis City SCPortland Oregon9 30 PM PST McGraw nbsp 3 nbsp 74 Zuparic nbsp 54 Moreno nbsp 68 Report Stroud nbsp 29 nbsp 45 1 Perez nbsp 65 Hiebert nbsp 75 Stadium Providence Park Attendance 23 386Referee Victor Rivas St Louis City SC v San Jose Earthquakes March 18 4St Louis City SC3 0San Jose EarthquakesSt Louis Missouri7 30 pm CST Gioacchini nbsp 34 Klauss nbsp 45 3 Ostrak nbsp 68 Lowen nbsp 90 4 Report Rodrigues nbsp 14 Trauco nbsp 40 Kikanovic nbsp 46 Cowell nbsp 64 Baldisimo nbsp 66 Stadium CityPark Attendance 22 423Referee Rosendo Mendoza Real Salt Lake v St Louis City SC March 25 5Real Salt Lake0 4St Louis City SCSandy Utah8 30pm CST Kreilach nbsp 24 Eneli nbsp 68 Glad nbsp 75 Report Gioacchini nbsp 47 Bartlett nbsp 55 Klauss nbsp 61 66 Alm nbsp 76 nbsp 85 Stadium America First Field Attendance 19 508Referee Mark Allatin St Louis City SC v Minnesota United FC April 1 6St Louis City SC0 1Minnesota United FCSt Louis Missouri7 30 pm CST Stroud nbsp 28 Parker nbsp 61 Hiebert nbsp 76 Report Fragapane nbsp 19 Amarilla nbsp 78 pen Arriaga nbsp 83 Stadium CityPark Attendance 22 423Referee Jon Freemon Seattle Sounders FC v St Louis City SC April 8 7Seattle Sounders FC3 0St Louis City SCSeattle Washington9 30pm CST Atencio nbsp 65 Ruidiaz nbsp 71 Nerwinski nbsp 89 o g Report Bartlett nbsp 6 Parker nbsp 84 Stadium Lumen Field Attendance 31 789Referee Rubiel Vazquez St Louis City SC v FC Cincinnati April 15 8St Louis City SC5 1FC CincinnatiSt Louis Missouri7 30 pm CST Stroud nbsp 3 nbsp 80 Lowen nbsp 39 Hiebert nbsp 45 2 Gioacchini nbsp 53 Celentano nbsp 57 og Ostrak nbsp 76 Report Nwobodo nbsp 27 Santos nbsp 43 nbsp 62 Stadium CityPark Attendance 22 423Referee Lukasz Szpala Colorado Rapids v St Louis City SC April 22 9Colorado Rapids1 1St Louis City SCCommerce City Colorado8 30pm CST Abubakar nbsp 89 Barrios nbsp 90 2 Priso nbsp 90 6 Report Stroud nbsp 47 Alm nbsp 57 Pompeu nbsp 79 Parker nbsp 90 5 Stadium Dick s Sporting Goods Park Attendance 15 045Referee Marcos de Oliveira St Louis City SC v Portland Timbers April 29 10St Louis City SC1 2Portland TimbersSt Louis Missouri7 30 pm CST Hiebert nbsp 71 Pompeu nbsp 81 Report McGraw nbsp 8 Evander nbsp 63 pen Chara nbsp 82 Mosquera nbsp 90 2 Stadium CityPark Attendance 22 423Referee Ismail Elfath Chicago Fire FC v St Louis City SC May 13 11Chicago Fire FC1 0St Louis City SCChicago Illinois12 00 pm CST nbsp 40 Czichos nbsp 59 Gimenez nbsp 64 Herbers Report nbsp 26 Perez nbsp 43 nbsp 70 Nelson nbsp 49 Gioacchini Stadium Soldier Field Attendance 18 231Referee Filip Dujic St Louis City SC v Sporting Kansas City May 20 12St Louis City SC4 0Sporting Kansas CitySt Louis Missouri8 30 pm CST Lowen nbsp 19 Vassilev nbsp 25 75 Nerwinski nbsp 30 Gioacchini nbsp 55 Report Kinda nbsp 28 Salloi nbsp 42 Stadium CityPark Attendance 22 423Referee Chris Penso St Louis City SC v Vancouver Whitecaps FC May 27 13St Louis City SC3 1Vancouver Whitecaps FCSt Louis Missouri7 30 pm CST Lowen nbsp 10 Nerwinski nbsp 20 Parker nbsp 23 Blackmon nbsp 45 o g Stroud nbsp 60 Blom nbsp 86 Perez nbsp 90 4 Report Berhalter nbsp 49 White nbsp 83 Gressel nbsp 90 3 Gauld nbsp 90 4 Stadium CityPark Attendance 22 423Referee Serhiy Boyko Ukraine St Louis City SC v Houston Dynamo FC June 3 14St Louis City SC3 0Houston Dynamo FCSt Louis Missouri7 30 pm CST Lowen nbsp 9 Blom nbsp 45 5 Ostrak nbsp 51 Jackson nbsp 69 Gioacchini nbsp 83 Alm nbsp 90 1 Report Caicedo nbsp 45 2 Carrasquilla nbsp 45 5 Franco nbsp 45 7 Bartlow nbsp 78 Stadium CityPark Attendance 22 423Referee Joseph Dickerson FC Dallas v St Louis City SC June 7 15FC Dallas2 0St Louis City SCFrisco Texas7 30pm CST Ferreira nbsp 80 Farfan nbsp 89 Report Gioacchini nbsp 25 Ostrak nbsp 45 3 Parker nbsp 47 Bartlett nbsp 67 Stadium Toyota Stadium Attendance 19 096Referee Drew FischerNote Match originally began on May 6 but was postponed due to inclement weather It resumed at the 50 minute mark 94 St Louis City SC v LA Galaxy June 11 16St Louis City SC1 1LA GalaxySt Louis Missouri12 pm CST Lowen nbsp 8 Blom nbsp 40 Alm nbsp 45 4 Gioacchini nbsp 68 Ostrak nbsp 83 Report Brugman nbsp 52 Neal nbsp 54 Aguirre nbsp 85 Stadium CityPark Attendance 22 423Referee Victor Rivas Nashville SC v St Louis City SC June 17 17Nashville SC3 1St Louis City SCNashville Tennessee7 30 pm CST Mukhtar nbsp 11 70 75 Bauer nbsp 37 McCarty nbsp 45 1 Washington nbsp 83 Zubak nbsp 87 Report Vassilev nbsp 33 Gioacchini nbsp 41 Hiebert nbsp 54 nbsp 68 Stadium Geodis Park Attendance 30 109Referee Nima Saghafi St Louis City SC v Real Salt Lake June 21 18St Louis City SC1 3Real Salt LakeSt Louis Missouri7 30 pm CST Gioacchini nbsp 21 Stroud nbsp 29 Ostrak nbsp 30 Nerwinski nbsp 47 Bartlett nbsp 55 Report Luna nbsp 15 Kreilach nbsp 48 66 Vera nbsp 54 Beavers nbsp 71 Stadium CityPark Attendance 22 423Referee Lukasz Szpala San Jose Earthquakes v St Louis City SC June 24 19San Jose Earthquakes1 2St Louis City SCSan Jose California9 30 pm CST Monteiro nbsp 47 nbsp 49 Tsakiris nbsp 84 Akapo nbsp 90 1 Report Adeniran nbsp 41 58 pen Jackson nbsp 59 Pompeu nbsp 90 2 Ostrak nbsp 90 6 Stadium PayPal Park Attendance 15 074Referee Marcos de Oliveira St Louis City SC v Colorado Rapids July 1 20St Louis City SC2 0Colorado RapidsSt Louis Missouri7 30 pm CST Parker nbsp 4 Stroud nbsp 11 Report Priso nbsp 75 Stadium CityPark Attendance 22 423Referee Fotis Bazakos Toronto FC v St Louis City SC July 8 21Toronto FC0 1St Louis City SCToronto Canada6 30 pm CST Antonoglou nbsp 90 4 Report Blom nbsp 38 Parker nbsp 47 Jackson nbsp 50 Stadium BMO Field Attendance 26 156Referee Filip Dujic Los Angeles FC v St Louis City SC July 12 22Los Angeles FC3 0St Louis City SCLos Angeles California9 30 pm CST Cifuentes nbsp 14 nbsp 90 2 Maldonado nbsp 30 Vela nbsp 72 Biuk nbsp 82 Report Bell nbsp 51 Nerwinski nbsp 77 Stadium BMO Stadium Attendance 22 010Referee Joseph DickersonNote Match was rescheduled due to Los Angeles FC s participation in 2023 CONCACAF Champions League St Louis City SC v Inter Miami CF July 15 23St Louis City SC3 0Inter Miami CFSt Louis Missouri7 30 pm CST Adeniran nbsp 28 Parker nbsp 40 Lowen nbsp 80 Yaro nbsp 90 3 Report Cremaschi nbsp 70 Miller nbsp 79 Stadium CityPark Attendance 22 423Referee Lukasz Szpala St Louis City SC v Austin FC August 20 24St Louis City SC6 3Austin FCSt Louis Missouri8 30 pm CST Blom nbsp 17 Parker nbsp 22 Gioacchini nbsp 45 2 50 Adeniran nbsp 72 90 5 Ostrak nbsp 88 Report Driussi nbsp 61 pen Bruin nbsp 87 Rigoni nbsp 90 1 Stadium CityPark Attendance 22 423Referee Timothy Ford Orlando City SC v St Louis City SC August 26 25Orlando City SC2 1St Louis City SCOrlando Florida6 30 pm CST Torres nbsp 48 90 1 pen Pereyra nbsp 56 Cartagena nbsp 73 Report Jackson nbsp 50 Adeniran nbsp 50 Alm nbsp 79 Nerwinski nbsp 87 nbsp 90 10 Markanich nbsp 90 Stadium Exploria Stadium Attendance 22 156Referee Joseph Dickerson St Louis City SC v FC Dallas August 30 26St Louis City SC2 1FC DallasSt Louis Missouri7 30 pm CST Stroud nbsp 44 Markanich nbsp 82 Thorisson nbsp 85 Vassilev nbsp 90 4 Report Paes nbsp 12 Obrain nbsp 46 Farfan nbsp 60 Illarramendi nbsp 67 Quignon nbsp 75 Ansah nbsp 90 5 Stadium CityPark Attendance 22 423Referee Guido Gonzales Jr Sporting Kansas City v St Louis City SC September 2 27Sporting Kansas City2 1St Louis City SCKansas City Kansas7 30 pm CST Pulido nbsp 31 44 nbsp 71 Melia nbsp 86 Espinoza nbsp 90 7 Report Adeniran nbsp 22 Alm nbsp 81 Klauss nbsp 89 Stadium Children s Mercy Park Attendance 21 650Referee Allen Chapman LA Galaxy v St Louis City SC September 10 28LA Galaxy2 2St Louis City SCCarson California7 00 pm CST Mavinga nbsp 50 Puig span, wikipedia, 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