St. Louis CITY SC earned an emphatic 3-0 home victory over Inter Miami CF on Saturday night. Sam Adeniran got the scoring started by heading in a cross off a corner kick from Indiana Vassilev, and then Tim Parker headed one home off a corner kick from AZ Jackson. Eduard Löwen pushed the lead to three with a beautiful strike off a free kick in the 80th minute, securing CITY SC’s eighth home win in MLS play this season.
Set-Piece Kings
St. Louis CITY SC has scored 43 goals in MLS this season, which is second behind Columbus Crew. Of CITY SC’s 43 goals, 18 have come from set piece situations. With Sam Adeniran (corner), Tim Parker (corner) and Eduard Löwen (freekick) all scoring from a set piece against Inter Miami, CITY SC now leads the league in set piece goals, five ahead of Atlanta United. Löwen leads the team in set piece goals with five, which is tied for fourth in the league.
Postgame Notes
- Indiana Vassilev recorded his sixth goal contribution on the season (2 goals, 4 assists)
- By heading in his third goal of the season, Tim Parker joins Jeremy Ebobisse, Giorgos Giakoumakis and Kei Kamara for the second-most headed goals in MLS this season
- Parker's three goals are tied with Andrew Gutman, Brooks Lennon, Donovan Pines and Miguel Trauco for the fourth-most goals by a defender in MLS this season
- Parker surpassed his career total two goals through his first eight seasons with three goals in 20 games this season.
- Aziel Jackson recorded his second assist of the season, giving him a goal contribution in three of CITY SC's last four contests
- Sam Adeniran scored his third goal of the season
- Adeniran has four goal contributions across CITY SC’s last five contests
- With his goal, Eduard Löwen has twelve (12) goal contributions this season (six goals, six assists)
- Löwen has five (5) goals off set-pieces this season, tying him with Alan Pulido, Amine Bassi and Cristian Espinoza for the fourth-most set-piece goals in MLS this season
- CITY SC is 11-0-2 in MLS play when scoring first this season
- CITY SC is 8-3-1 at CITYPARK in MLS action
- Roman Bürki recorded his seventh clean sheet of the season. His seven clean sheets are tied for fifth in the league.
- CITY SC recorded its seventh home win scoring three or more goals.
- CITY SC has nine wins scoring three or more goals this season
- CITY SC has 29 goals across 12 home MLS matches
Goal-Scoring Plays
STL – Sam Adeniran (Indiana Vassilev), 28th minute: Samuel Adeniran header from the center of the box to the bottom right corner.
STL – Tim Parker (Aziel Jackson), 40th minute: Tim Parker header from the center of the box to the bottom left corner.
STL – Eduard Löwen, 80th minute: Eduard Löwen from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Next Game
CITY SC plays away against Colombus Crew on July 23 for the first of their Leagues Cup group stage matches.
July 15, 2023 – CITYPARK (St. Louis, Missouri)
Goals by Half
STL First (2) Second (1) Final (3)
MIA First (0) Second (0) Final (0)
*Scoring Summary
STL: Sam Adeniran (Indiana Vassilev), 28
STL: Tim Parker (Aziel Jackson), 40
STL: Eduard Löwen, 80
*Misconduct Summary
MIA: Benjamin Cremaschi (caution), 70
MIA: Kamal Miller (caution), 79
STL: Josh Yaro (caution), 90’+3’
Lineups
STL: GK Roman Bürki ©; D Akil Watts (Jake Nerwinski, 78’), D Josh Yaro, D Tim Parker, D Kyle Hiebert; M Njabulo Blom, M Jared Stroud, M Indiana Vassilev (Eduard Löwen 60’), M AZ Jackson (Célio Pompeu 69’), M Rasmus Alm (Niko Gioacchini 60’); F Sam Adeniran (Tomáš Ostrák 69’)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Ben Lundt, M Miguel Perez, D Jon Bell D John Nelson
TOTAL SHOTS: 19; SHOTS ON GOAL: 11; FOULS: 8; OFFSIDES: 0; CORNER KICKS: 8; SAVES: 3
MIA: GK Drake Callender, D Ian Fray, D Sergil Kryvtsov, D Kamal Miller, D Noah Allen (DeAndre Yedlin 46’); M Dixon Arroyo, M Benjamin Cremaschi (Victor Ulloa 72’), M Lawson Sunderland (Leo Campana 46’); F Robert Taylor, F Josef Martinez ©, F Robbie Robinson (Edison Azcona 64’)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Nick Marsman, D Christopher McVey, D Ryan, F Shanyder Borgelin
TOTAL SHOTS: 10; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 8; OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 8
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
Assistant Referees: Peter Balciunas, Oscar Mitchell- Carvalho
Fourth Official: Calin Radosav
VAR: Malik Badawi
AVAR: Diego Blas
Venue: CITYPARK
Weather: Partly Cloudy, 86 degrees
