Following a two-hour weather delay, St. Louis CITY SC put five past FC Cincinnati to jump to the top of the Supporters’ Shield standings. CITY SC opened the scoring through Jared Stroud in the 3rd minute, followed by Eduard Löwen, Kyle Hiebert, Niko Gioacchini’s finish and an own goal from Roman Celentano.
Back on Top!
FC Cincinnati came into the match with the most points (17) in MLS, two points ahead of CITY SC. Following the win, CITY SC leaped Cincinnati at the summit of the Supporters’ Shield table. With the 5-1 victory at home tonight, CITY SC rank first in points (18), goals scored (20), wins (6), and goal differential (+11).
Goals, Goals and More Goals
CITY SC came into the match on a two-game goalscoring drought. CITY SC came out the gates flying, scoring five goals in 57 minutes to take their season tally to 20 goals.
Midfield Maestro
Eduard Löwen put in a man-of-the match performance against FC Cincinnati. Along with his goal, the midfielder led CITY SC in touches (76), total passes (48) and total crosses (6). With his assist tonight, Löwen is tied at the top of the assist charts with Thiago Almada, Léo Chú, Daniel Gazdag and Nicolas Lodeiro.
Additional Notes
- With their five goals tonight, CITY SC ended FC Cincinnati’s three-match shutout streak.
- Prior to tonight, FC Cincinnati hadn’t lost an away regular season game since 7/17/2022. Their record during that time was 3-0-6.
- CITY SC is the third team in MLS history to score at least 3 goals in 5 of their first 8 games of a season, joining the Red Bulls in 2018 (6) and the Galaxy in 1998 (5).
- With his assist, Klauss is now tied for second in MLS in goal contributions (8) with Dániel Gazdag, Jordan Morris, and Dénis Bouanga.
- With his goal and assist, Stroud ties his MLS career high for goal contributions in a single game (2).
- Stroud's goal in the 3rd minute is the earliest goal scored by any St. Louis CITY SC player this season.
- With the win, St. Louis CITY SC's 18 points is the most by an expansion team through their first eight games in MLS history.
Goal-Scoring Plays
STL – Jared Stroud (João Klauss), 3rd minute: Jared Stroud right footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom right corner.
STL – Eduard Löwen, 39th minute: Eduard Löwen right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner.
STL – Kyle Hiebert (Jared Stroud), 45’+2 minute: Kyle Hiebert header from the center of the box to the bottom right corner.
STL – Niko Gioacchini (Rasmus Alm), 53rd minute: Nicholas Gioacchini right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
STL – Roman Celentano (Own goal), 57th minute: Own Goal by Roman Celentano.
CIN – Sergio Santos (Dominique Badji), 62nd minute: Sergio Santos right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
Next Game
St. Louis CITY SC are on the road facing Colorado Rapids on Saturday, April 22.
St. Louis CITY SC (6-2-0, 18 pts) vs. FC Cincinnati (5-0-2, 17 pts)
April 15, 2023 – CITYPARK (St. Louis, Missouri)
Goals by Half
STL First (3) Second (2) Final (5)
CIN First (0) Second (1) Final (1)
Scoring Summary:
STL: Jared Stroud (João Klauss), 3
STL: Eduard Löwen, 39
STL: Kyle Hiebert (Jared Stroud), 45’+2
STL: Niko Gioacchini (Rasmus Alm), 53
STL: Roman Celentano (Own goal), 57
CIN: Sergio Santos (Dominique Badji), 62
Misconduct Summary:
CIN: Obinna Nwobodo (caution), 27
CIN: Sergio Santos (caution), 43
STL: Tomáš Ostrák (caution), 76
STL: Jared Stroud (caution), 80
Lineups:
STL: GK Roman Bürki ©; D Jake Nerwinski, D John Nelson (Selmir Pidro 61’), D Kyle Hiebert, D Tim Parker; M Jared Stroud (Célio Pompeu 82’), M Eduard Löwen, M Indiana Vassilev (Akil Watts 75’), M Rasmus Alm (Isak Jensen 61’); F João Klauss, F Nicholas Gioacchini (Tomáš Ostrák 75’)
Substitutes Not Used: D Josh Yaro, D Lucas Bartlett, M Miguel Perez, GK Ben Lundt
TOTAL SHOTS: 17; SHOTS ON GOAL: 7; FOULS: 26; OFFSIDES: 3; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 4
CIN: GK Roman Celentano; D Nick Hagglund (Marco Angulo 46’), D Santiago Arias (Rayman Gaddis 87’), D Yerson Mosquera, D Matt Miazga ©; M Obinna Nwobodo (Malik Pinto 59’), M Álvaro Barreal; F Sergio Santos (Alvas Powell 77’), F Brandon Vazquez, F Quimi Ordoñez (Dominique Badji 46’)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Alec Kann, D Joey Akpunonu, D Ian Murphy, D Isaiah Foster
TOTAL SHOTS: 11; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 14; OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 3
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
Assistant Referees: Ryan Graves, Jeffrey Swartzel
Fourth Official: Nima Saghafi
VAR: Kevin Stott
AVAR: Claudiu Badea
Venue: CITYPARK
Weather: Rain, 58 degrees
