St. Louis CITY SC fell 3-1 to Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Indiana Vassilev scored the game’s opening goal in the third minute, but Salt Lake scored three second half goals to hand CITY SC its first MLS loss of the season.
Postgame Notes
- Indiana Vassilev tallied his first goal of the season
- Vassilev's goal, which was clocked at two minutes and three seconds into the match, marked the quickest goal scored in CITY SC history
- Vassilev became the eighth different goal scorer in MLS play for CITY SC this season, tying the team with Sporting Kansas City and Vancouver Whitecaps for the most different goal scorers in the league
- Tim Parker made his 250th MLS appearance
Goal-Scoring Plays
STL – Indiana Vassilev – Indiana Vassilev scored with left footed shot from the right side of the box.
RSL – Cristian Arango (Alexandros Katranis) - Cristian Arango scored with right footed shot from the central position outside the box.
RSL – Cristian Arango – Cristian Arango scored from the penalty spot.
RSL – Cristian Arango (Diego Luna) – Cristian Arango scored with right footed shot from the center of the box.
March 30, 2024 – America First Field (Sandy, Utah)
Scoring Summary
STL: Indiana Vassilev, 3
RSL: Cristian Arango (Alexandros Katranis), 70
RSL: Cristian Arango, 84
RSL: Cristian Arango, 90+1
Misconduct Summary
RSL: Bode Hidalgo (caution), 28
STL: Anthony Markanich (caution), 30
STL: Tim Parker (caution), 90+9
Lineups
RSL: GK Zac MacMath; D Andrew Brody, D Brayan Vera, D Justen Glad, D Alexandros Katranis; M Braian Ojeda, M Cristian Arango ©, M Emeka Eneli, M Bode Hidalgo (Andrés Gómez 57’), M Matt Crooks (Diego Luna 67’); F Anderson Julio (Maikel Chang 76’)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Gavin Beavers, D Marcelo Silva, D Erik Holt, M Nelson Palacio, D Bryan Oviedo
TOTAL SHOTS: 11; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 7; OFFSIDES: 4; CORNER KICKS: 11; SAVES: 1
STL: GK Roman Bürki ©; D Tomas Totland (Kyle Hiebert 68’), D Tim Parker, D Josh Yaro, D Anthony Markanich; M Chris Durkin (Nökkvi Thórisson 88’), M Aziel Jackson (Tomáš Ostrák 77’), M Indiana Vassilev (Sam Adeniran 68’), M Célio Pompeu, M Njabulo Blom; F Klauss (Rasmus Alm 77’)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Ben Lundt, M Hosei Kijima, D Nikolas Dyhr,D Jake Nerwinski
TOTAL SHOTS: 10; SHOTS ON GOAL: 2; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDES: 0; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 2
Referee: Drew Fischer
Assistant Referees: Corey Rockwell, Matthew Nelson
Fourth Official: Brad Jensen
VAR: Alejandro Mariscal
AVAR: Ian McKay
Venue: America First Field
Weather: Rain, 43 degrees
