Match Report | St Louis CITY2 Draws Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 in Regulation Before Falling in Penalty Shootout

St Louis CITY2 earned one point after falling to Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 5-3 in a penalty shootout following a 1-1 draw at Energizer Park on Sunday Night. Zack Lillington opened the scoring in the fifth minute, earning his first professional goal off an assist from Zach Zengue. Whitecaps FC 2’s Daniel Ittycheria responded with the tying goal late in first half stoppage time. In the penalty shootout following regulation, Lillington, Zengue and Patrick McDonald converted their penalty kicks for CITY2.  

CITY2 will return home to play Real Monarchs next Sunday, August 2 at Energizer Park with kickoff set for 6:00 p.m. CT. 

Postgame Notes  

• Zack Lillington scored his first professional goal 

• Zach Zengue recorded his second assist of the season. Zengue has recorded assists in back-to-back matches for CITY2 

Goal-Scoring Plays 

STL: Zack Lillington (Zach Zengue), 5th minute – Zack Lillington scored with a header from the center of the box to the top left corner.  

VAN: Daniel Ittycheria, 45th minute + 7 – Daniel Ittycheria scored with a right footed shot from the center of the box to the upper right central zone. 

Scoring Summary 

STL: Zack Lillington (Zach Zengue), 5’ 

VAN: Daniel Ittycheria, 45'+7 

Misconduct Summary  

VAN: Trevor Wright (caution), 14’ 

STL: Owen Jorgensen (caution), 85' 

Lineups  

STL: GK Colin Welsh; D Chris Pearson © (Owen Jorgensen, 73’), D Zack Lillington, D Andrew De Gannes; M Patrick McDonald, M Trip Clancy, M Zach Zengue, M Yu Ota (Lorenzo Cornelius, 73'); F Brendan McSorley (Samuel Goldstein, 10', Nighte Pickering, 62'), F Sidney Paris, F Riley Lynch (Tyson Pearce, 62') 

Substitutes Not Used: GK Nate Martinez, D Emiliano Chavez, D Adeteye Gbadehan, M Alex Jundt 

TOTAL SHOTS: 29; SHOTS ON GOAL: 13; FOULS: 13; OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 8; SAVES: 3 

VAN: GK Sam Rogers, D Trevor Wright ©, D Immanuel Mathe, D Micaah Garnette, D Yuma Tsuji; M Cristiano Bruletti, M Carson Rassak, M Ryder Sewell (Tyler Brown, 62’), M Kevin Podgorni, M Yeider Zuluaga (Marko Popovic, 79'); F Daniel Ittycheria (Liam Campagna, 90'+3) 

Substitutes Not Used: GK Timothy Lodder 

TOTAL SHOTS: 10; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 13; OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 0; SAVES: 11 

Referee: Kaitlyn Trowbridge 

Assistant Referees: Tyler Spiczka, Douglas Clayton 

Fourth Official: Esad Omanovic 

Venue: Energizer Park 

Weather: Sunny, 93 degrees\