Match Report | St. Louis CITY SC Falls 3-0 to Seattle Sounders

St. Louis CITY SC falls for the first time on the road this season, after giving up three second half goals to Seattle Sounders. Despite a strong first half, CITY SC were overpowered by Seattle, who moved to first place in the Western Conference following tonight’s win.

First Away Defeat of the Season

Prior to tonight’s match, St. Louis CITY SC were a perfect 3-0-0 on the road this season. Though CITY SC had a strong first half performance they were unable to find a response to Seattle’s three second half goals.

Additional Notes 

• St. Louis CITY SC were kept off the scoresheet for the second straight game in a row.
• Tonight’s lineup was the seventh different starting lineup fielded by St. Louis CITY SC. 
• Prior to tonight’s match, CITY SC had not given up a goal in the run of play in over 425 minutes.

Goal-Scoring Plays 

SEA – Joshua Atencio (Nicolás Lodeiro), 65th minute: Joshua Atencio right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.

SEA – Raúl Ruidíaz, 71st minute: Raúl Ruidíaz right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.

SEA – Jake Nerwinski (Own goal), 89th minute: Own goal by Jake Nerwinski.

Next Game 

St. Louis CITY SC are back at CITYPARK next Saturday for their match against FC Cincinnati.

Seattle Sounders (5-1-1, 16 pts) vs. St. Louis CITY SC (5-2-0, 15 pts)

April 8, 2023 – Lumen Field (Seattle, Washington) 

Goals by Half 

SEATTLE First (0) Second (3) Final (3)

ST. LOUIS First (0) Second (0) Final (0)       

Scoring Summary:  

SEA: Joshua Atencio (Nicolás Lodeiro), 65

SEA: Raúl Ruidíaz, 71

SEA: Jake Nerwinski (own goal), 89

Misconduct Summary: 

STL: Lucas Bartlett (caution), 6 

SEA: Yéimar Gómez (caution), 37

STL: Tim Parker (caution), 84 

Lineups: 

SEA: GK Stefan Frei; D Nouhou, D Alex Roldán (Héber 82’), D Jackson Ragen, D Yéimar Gómez; M Cristian Roldan, M Nicolás Lodeiro ©, M Albert Rusnák, M Léo Chú (Raúl Ruidíaz 60’), M Joshua Atencio (Obed Vargas 90’); F Jordan Morris 

Substitutes Not Used: M Ethan Dobbelaere, F Fredy Montero, D Xavier Arreaga, M Sota Kitahara, GK Stefan Cleveland 

TOTAL SHOTS: 12; SHOTS ON GOAL: 6; FOULS: 6; OFFSIDES: 3; CORNER KICKS: 8; SAVES: 2

STL: GK Roman Bürki ©; D Jake Nerwinski, D John Nelson, D Kyle Hiebert, D Lucas Bartlett (Isak Jensen 74’), D Tim Parker; M Eduard Löwen (Tomáš Ostrák 74’), M Indiana Vassilev, M Miguel Perez (Njabulo Blom 64’) (Célio Pompeu 78’); F João Klauss, F Nicholas Gioacchini (Samuel Adeniran 74’)

Substitutes Not Used: D Josh Yaro, M Jared Stroud, D Selmir Pidro, GK Ben Lundt 

TOTAL SHOTS: 9; SHOTS ON GOAL: 2; FOULS: 10; OFFSIDES: 0; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 4

Referee: Rubiel Vazquez 

Assistant Referees: Michael Barwegen, Ben Pilgrim 

Fourth Official: Mike Rottersman 

VAR: Edvin Jurisevic 

AVAR: Cameron Blanchard 

Venue: Lumen Field 

Weather: Cloudy, 54 degrees