St. Louis CITY SC suffered a 1-0 loss on the road to Houston Dynamo at Shell Energy Stadium on Saturday night. After back-and-forth play in the first half, both sides were scoreless entering halftime. The deadlock was broken in the 66th minute when Houston’s Ezequiel Ponce found the back of the net. CITY SC pressured the Dynamo in second-half stoppage time but could not find the equalizer. St. Louis heads west to face Real Salt Lake for the first time this season on Saturday, July 5, with kickoff set for 8:30 p.m. CT at America First Field.
June 28, 2025 – Shell Energy Stadium (Houston, TX)
Goal-Scoring Plays
HOU: Ezequiel Ponce (Felipe Andrade, Franco Escobar), 66th minute – Ezequiel Ponce scored with a left footed shot from the center of the box to the lower left zone.
Scoring Summary
HOU: Ezequiel Ponce (Felipe Andrade, Franco Escobar), 66’
Misconduct Summary
STL: Joey Zalinsky (caution), 2’
STL: Jay Reid (caution), 21’
HOU: Pablo Ortiz (caution), 38’
STL: Ben Lundt (caution), 42’
HOU: Franco Escobar (caution), 90’+6
Lineups
HOU: GK Jonathan Bond; D Felipe Andrade (Femi Awodesu, 85’), D Erik Sviatchenko (Ethan Bartlow, 54’), D Pablo Ortiz, D Franco Escobar, M Artur ©, M Duane Holmes (Lawrence Ennali, 46’), M Brooklyn Raines; F Ondrej Lingr (Sebastian Kowalczyk, 77’), F Ezequiel Ponce, F Amine Bassi (Nico Lodeiro, 85’)
Substitutes not used: GK Jimmy Maurer, M Junior Urso, F Toyosi Olusanya, F Gabe Segal
TOTAL SHOTS: 18; SHOTS ON GOAL: 6; FOULS: 22; OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 7; SAVES: 1
STL: GK Roman Bürki ©; D Joey Zalinsky (Tomas Totland, 46’), D Jake Girdwood-Reich (Kyle Hiebert, 77’), D Michael Wentzel, D Jay Reid (Tomáš Ostrák, 72’); M Alfredo Morales (Akil Watts, 15’), M Conrad Wallem (Cedric Teuchert, 46’); M Célio Pompeu (Xande Silva, 67’), M Marcel Hartel, M Simon Becher; F João Klauss
Substitutes not used: GK Ben Lundt, D Josh Yaro, D Jannes Horn
TOTAL SHOTS: 7; SHOTS ON GOAL: 1; FOULS: 10; OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 0; SAVES: 5
Referee: Alexis Da Silva
Assistant Referees: Corey Parker, Diego Blas, Elton Garcia
VAR: Jose Carlos Rivero
AVAR: Fabio Tovar
Venue: Shell Energy Stadium
