St. Louis CITY SC split points with Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday night at Energizer Park, drawing their rivals 2-2. CITY SC jumped ahead via a goal from Célio Pompeu in the 15th minute before Cedric Teuchert and Tomáš Ostrák connected in the 44th minute, with Teuchert scoring a feed from Ostrák to double the lead. During the second half, SKC scored twice to ultimately end the match in a draw. St. Louis will now begin a busy week, facing Minnesota United FC twice over the next week. CITY will play MNUFC in MLS action on Saturday, May 17, and then square off against the Loons in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 on Wednesday, May 21.
Postgame Notes
- Célio Pompeu scored his first goal of the season and fifth of his MLS career
- Cedric Teuchert netted his team-leading third goal of the season
- Tomáš Ostrák picked up his first goal contribution of the season with his assist on Teuchert’s goal. The assist was Ostrák’s fifth of his MLS career.
- Jake Girdwood-Reich made his first appearance for CITY SC this season
- Joey Zalinsky made his MLS debut after subbing on in the 78th minute
- CITY SC maintained its undefeated all-time regular season home record against SKC, moving to 3-0-1 with a plus-9 goal difference in those matches
May 14, 2025 – Energizer Park (St. Louis, MO)
Goal-Scoring Plays
STL: Célio Pompeu, 15th minute – Célio Pompeu scored with a right footed shot from the left half-space outside the box to the middle right zone.
STL: Cedric Teuchert (Tomáš Ostrák), 45th minute – Tomáš Ostrák scored with a left footed shot from the center of the box to the lower right zone.
SKC: Tim Leibold (Dániel Sallói), 71st minute – Tim Leibold scored with a left footed shot from the center of the box to the lower left central zone.
SKC: Dejan Joveljic (Shapi Suleymanov), 77th minute – Dejan Joveljic scored with header from the center of the box to the central bottom zone.
Scoring Summary
STL: Célio Pompeu, 15’
STL: Cedric Teuchert (Tomáš Ostrák), 45’
SKC: Tim Leibold (Dániel Sallói), 71’
SKC: Dejan Joveljic (Shapi Suleymanov), 77’
Misconduct Summary
SKC: Robert Voloder (caution), 31’
SKC: Dániel Sallói (caution), 45+2’
SKC: Zorhan Bassong (caution), 50’
STL: Joey Zalinsky (caution), 84’
Lineups
STL: GK Roman Bürki ©; D Kyle Hiebert, D Timo Baumgartl (Henry Kessler, 78’), D Josh Yaro, D Akil Watts (Joey Zalinsky, 78’); M Conrad Wallem, M Marcel Hartel, M Tomáš Ostrák (Jake Girdwood-Reich, 82’), M Célio Pompeu; F Cedric Teuchert (Xande Silva, 60’), F João Klauss (Simon Becher, 60’)
Substitutes not used: GK Ben Lundt, D Joakim Nilsson, D Jay Reid, D Michael Wentzel
TOTAL SHOTS: 16; SHOTS ON GOAL: 7; FOULS: 17; OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 3
SKC: GK John Pulskamp; D Andrew Brody (Khiry Shelton, 76’), D Robert Voloder, D Jansen Miller, D Zorhan Bassong; M Dániel Sallói, M Jacob Bartlett, M Jake Davis (Nemanja Radoja, 46’; Tim Leibold, 57’), M Manu Garcia, M Erik Thommy © (Shapi Suleymanov, 46’); F Dejan Joveljic (Mason Toye, 90’+1)
Substitutes not used: GK Ryan Schewe, F Stephen Afrifa, D Dany Rosero, F Santiago Munoz
TOTAL SHOTS: 17; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 12; OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 5
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
Assistant Referees: Lyes Arfa, Mike Nickerson, Rubiel Vazquez
VAR: Edvin Jurisevic
AVAR: Joshua Patlak
Venue: Energizer Park
Weather: Mostly sunny, 75 degrees
