2024 St. Louis City SC season
2024 season | |||
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Sporting director | Lutz Pfannenstiel | ||
Head coach | John Hackworth (interim) | ||
Stadium | CityPark | ||
MLS | Conference: 12th Overall: 24th | ||
MLS Cup playoffs | Did not qualify | ||
Leagues Cup | Round of 16 | ||
CONCACAF Champions Cup | Round one | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Cedric Teuchert (7) All: João Klauss, Eduard Löwen, Cedric Teuchert (5 each) | ||
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The 2024 season was the second season for St. Louis City SC. It was the club's second season in existence, their second in the top-tier of American soccer, and their second season in Major League Soccer.
2024 was 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 participated in the 2024 Leagues Cup and the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup.
Summary
[edit]February and March
[edit]St. Louis City SC opened 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 | |||
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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 | John Hackworth (interim) | |||
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]- As of September 5, 2024[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Type | Date | Ref. |
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8 | MF | Chris Durkin | D.C. United | Traded+$300,000 GAM | December 12, 2023 | [3] |
14 | DF | Tomas Totland | BK Häcken | Undisclosed | December 21, 2023 | [4] |
33 | MF | Tyson Pearce | St. Louis City Academy | Homegrown player | January 1, 2024 | [5] |
44 | DF | Nikolas Dyhr | FC Midtjylland | Undisclosed | January 8, 2024 | [6] |
85 | MF | Hosei Kijima | Wake Forest Universtity | MLS SuperDraft | February 20, 2024 | [7] |
36 | FW | Cedric Teuchert | Hannover 96 | Free | May 28, 2024 | [8] |
3 | MF | Jake Girdwood-Reich | Sydney FC | Undisclosed | June 3, 2024 | [9] |
41 | MF | John Klein | St. Louis City 2 | Homegrown player | June 22, 2024 | [10] |
17 | MF | Marcel Hartel | FC St. Pauli | Free | July 2, 2024 | [11] |
40 | DF | Michael Wentzel | St. Louis City 2 | Homegrown player | July 3, 2024 | [12] |
99 | DF | Jayden Reid | St. Louis City 2 | Homegrown player | July 7, 2024 | [13] |
11 | FW | Simon Becher | AC Horsens | Loan | July 23, 2024 | [14] |
38 | DF | Jannes Horn | 1. FC Nürnberg | Loan | August 2, 2024 | [15] |
5 | DF | Henry Kessler | New England Revolution | Traded | August 3, 2024 | [16] |
Out
[edit]No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Type | Date | Ref. |
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23 | DF | Jon Bell | Seattle Sounders FC | Out of contract | November 29, 2023 | [17] |
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 | [3] |
24 | DF | Lucas Bartlett | ||||
28 | MF | Miguel Perez | Birmingham Legion FC | Loan | January 22, 2024 | [18] |
11 | FW | Nicholas Gioacchini | Como 1907 | Undisclosed | January 24, 2024 | [19] |
25 | MF | Aziel Jackson | Columbus Crew | $650,000 GAM | June 18, 2024 | [20] |
44 | DF | Nikolas Dyhr | Randers | Undisclosed | [21] | |
16 | FW | Samuel Adeniran | Philadelphia Union | $150,000 GAM | July 18, 2024 | [22] |
26 | DF | Tim Parker | New England Revolution | Traded+$600,000 GAM | August 3, 2024 | [16] |
13 | DF | Anthony Markanich | Minnesota United | $50,000 GAM | August 15, 2024 | [23] |
6 | MF | Njabulo Blom | Kaizer Chiefs | Loan | September 3, 2024 | [24] |
Competitions
[edit]Major League Soccer
[edit]Standings
[edit]Western Conference
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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10 | Austin FC | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 42 |
11 | FC Dallas | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 41 |
12 | St. Louis City SC | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 37 |
13 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 51 | 66 | −15 | 31 |
14 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 41 | 78 | −37 | 21 |
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]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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22 | Toronto FC | 34 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 37 |
23 | Philadelphia Union | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 62 | 55 | +7 | 37 |
24 | St. Louis City SC | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 37 |
25 | Nashville SC | 34 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 36 |
26 | New England Revolution | 34 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 37 | 74 | −37 | 31 |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Report | Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Attendance: 22,039 Referee: Sergii Boiko |
May 11 11 | St. Louis City SC | 3–1 | Chicago Fire FC | St. Louis, Missouri |
7:30 p.m. CDT | Report | Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere |
May 15 12 | St. Louis City SC | 0–2 | Los Angeles FC | St. Louis, Missouri |
7:30 p.m. CDT | Report | Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Joe Dickerson |
May 18 13 | FC Cincinnati | 3–1 | St. Louis City SC | Cincinnati, Ohio |
6:30 p.m. CDT | Report | Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 25,513 Referee: Timothy Ford |
May 25 14 | St. Louis City SC | 1–2 | Seattle Sounders FC | St. Louis, Missouri |
7:30 p.m. CDT | Report |
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Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Lukasz Szpala |
June 1 15 | Inter Miami CF | 3–3 | St. Louis City SC | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
6:30 p.m. CDT | Report | Stadium: Chase Stadium Attendance: 20,793 Referee: Allen Chapman |
June 8 16 | St. Louis City SC | 0–0 | Portland Timbers | St. Louis, Missouri |
7:30 p.m. CDT | Report | Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Ismir Pekmic |
June 15 17 | FC Dallas | 2–0 | St. Louis City SC | Frisco, Texas |
7:30 p.m. CDT |
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Report | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 19,096 Referee: Jon Freemon |
June 19 18 | St. Louis City SC | 0–3 | Colorado Rapids | St. Louis, Missouri |
7:30 p.m. CDT | Klauss 15' Yaro 64' Kijima 81' Watts 90+5' |
Report | Mihailovic 9', 60', 90+6', 57' Ronan 73' |
Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr. |
June 22 19 | St. Louis City SC | 1–1 | Atlanta United FC | St. Louis, Missouri |
7:30 p.m. CDT | Vassilev 50', 85' Reid 58' |
Report | Gregersen 46' Ríos 71' |
Stadium: CityPark Referee: Filip Dujic |
June 29 20 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 4–3 | St. Louis City SC | Vancouver, British Columbia |
9:30 p.m. CDT | Brown 12' White 37', 54', 61' Picault 90' |
Report | Blo 7' Löwen 12' Markanich 26' Nerwinski 49' Þórisson 90+3' |
Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 24,662 Referee: Mark Allatin |
July 3 21 | St. Louis City SC | 2–0 | San Jose Earthquakes | St. Louis, Missouri |
7:30 p.m. CDT | Löwen 28' Kijima 41' Reid 56' Vassilev 61' |
Report | López 66' Vítor Costa 72' |
Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Malik Badawi |
July 7 22 | Colorado Rapids | 4–1 | St. Louis City SC | Commerce City, Colorado |
8:30 p.m. CDT | Cabral 6' Bassett 35' Lewis 81' Yapi 90' |
Report | Klein III 12' Durkin 75' |
Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 16,331 Referee: Drew Fischer |
July 13 23 | St. Louis City SC | 1–4 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | St. Louis, Missouri |
7:30 p.m. CDT | Blom 19' Þórisson 28' Reid 53' Durkin 71' |
Report | White 9', 44' Berhalter 45+7' Raposo 63' Cubas 88' Picault 90+2' Johnson 90+6' |
Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere |
July 17 24 | Seattle Sounders FC | 2–0 | St. Louis City SC | Seattle, Washington |
9:30 p.m. CDT | Parker 27' (o.g.) Bell 49' Rothrock 90+2' |
Report | Durkin 4' Totland 38' |
Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 30,032 Referee: Alexis Da Silva |
July 20 25 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–1 | St. Louis City SC | Kansas City, Kansas |
7:30 p.m. CDT | Report | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,876 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez |
August 24 26 | Portland Timbers | 4–4 | St. Louis City SC | Portland, Oregon |
9:30 p.m. CDT |
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Report | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 22,583 Referee: Ramy Touchan |
September 1 27 | St. Louis City SC | 2–1 | LA Galaxy | St. Louis, Missouri |
2:30 p.m. CDT | Report | Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Joe Dickerson |
September 7 28 | New England Revolution | 2–2 | St. Louis City SC | Foxborough, Massachusetts |
6:30 p.m. CDT | Report | Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 30,512 Referee: Timothy Ford | ||
Note: Match was originally scheduled for June 21 |
September 14 29 | St. Louis City SC | 1–3 | Minnesota United FC | St. Louis, Missouri |
7:30 p.m. CDT | Report | Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Marcos DeOliveira II |
September 21 30 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–2 | St. Louis City SC | San Jose, California |
9:30 p.m. CDT |
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Report | Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 15,112 Referee: Ricardo Montero |
September 28 31 | St. Louis City SC | 3–1 | Sporting Kansas City | St. Louis, Missouri |
7:30 p.m. CDT | Report | Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr. |
October 2 32 | Los Angeles FC | 1–0 | St. Louis City SC | Los Angeles, California |
9:30 p.m. CDT | Report | Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,064 Referee: Victor Rivas |
October 5 33 | St. Louis City SC | 3–0 | Houston Dynamo FC | St. Louis, Missouri |
7:30 p.m. CDT | Report |
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Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Tori Penso |
October 19 34 | Minnesota United FC | 4–1 | St. Louis City SC | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
8:00 p.m. CDT | Report | Stadium: Allianz Field Attendance: 19,881 Referee: Lukasz Szpala |
U.S. Open Cup
[edit]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.[25]
CONCACAF Champions Cup
[edit]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 |
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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]Group stage (West 3)
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JUA | STL | DAL | |
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1 | Juárez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | |
2 | St. Louis City SC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
3 | FC Dallas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | 0–1 | — | — |
July 27 Group stage | St. Louis City SC | 2–1 | FC Dallas | St. Louis, Missouri |
8:00 p.m. CDT | Report |
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Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 17,584 Referee: Katja Koroleva |
August 4 Group stage | St. Louis City SC | 1–1 (1–4 p) | Juárez | St. Louis, Missouri |
21:00 (20:00 UTC−5) |
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Report |
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Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 16,256 Referee: Jesús López (Mexico) |
Penalties | ||||
Knockout stage
[edit]August 9 Round of 32 | St. Louis City SC | 3–1 | Portland Timbers | St. Louis, Missouri |
20:30 ET | Report |
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Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 10,833 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada) |
August 13 Round of 16 | América | 4–2 | St. Louis City SC | Carson, California |
22:30 (19:30 UTC−7) | Report | Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 11,553 Referee: Marco Ortiz |
Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | MLS | CONCACAF | Leagues Cup | Total |
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1 | Cedric Teuchert | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
2 | Simon Becher | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Eduard Löwen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
5 | Marcel Hartel | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
João Klauss | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
6 | Nökkvi Thórisson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Indiana Vassilev | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
8 | Célio Pompeu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
9 | Rasmus Alm | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Samuel Adeniran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Hosei Kijima | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Tomas Totland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
13 | Njabulo Blom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Chris Durkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Henry Kessler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
John Klein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Jake Nerwinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Joakim Nilsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Tomáš Ostrák | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Tim Parker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Joshua Yaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Own goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Total | 50 | 2 | 8 | 60 |
References
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- ^ "St. Louis CITY SC Signs Danish Left Back Nikolas Dyhr". stlcitysc.com.
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- ^ "St. Louis CITY SC Adds Australian Youth National Midfielder/Defender Jake Girdwood-Reich". stlcitysc.com.
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- ^ "St. Louis CITY SC Signs German Midfielder Marcel Hartel as a Designated Player". stlcitysc.com.
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- ^ "St. Louis CITY SC Signs Defender Jayden Reid from St Louis CITY2". stlcitysc.com.
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- ^ "St. Louis CITY SC Adds Defender Jannes Horn on Loan from 1. FC Nürnberg". stlcitysc.com.
- ^ a b "St. Louis CITY SC Receives New England Center Back Henry Kessler for Tim Parker and GAM". stlcitysc.com.
- ^ "St. Louis CITY SC End of Season Roster Decisions". stlcitysc.com.
- ^ "St. Louis CITY SC Loans Homegrown Midfielder Miguel Perez to Birmingham Legion FC". stlcitysc.com.
- ^ "St. Louis CITY SC Transfer Forward Niko Gioacchini to Como 1907". stlcitysc.com.
- ^ "St. Louis CITY SC Trade Aziel Jackson to Columbus Crew SC". stlcitysc.com.
- ^ "St. Louis CITY SC Transfers Nikolas Dyhr to Randers FC". stlcitysc.com.
- ^ "St. Louis CITY SC Trades Forward Sam Adeniran to Philadelphia Union". stlcitysc.com.
- ^ "St. Louis CITY SC Receives $50,000 GAM for Anthony Markanich to Minnesota United". stlcitysc.com.
- ^ "St. Louis CITY loan Njabulo Blom to Kaizer Chiefs". stlcitysc.com.
- ^ Carisle, Jeff (March 1, 2024). "U.S. Open Cup revamp: Only 8 MLS first teams". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 1, 2024.