Match Report | St Louis CITY2 Falls to North Texas SC on Saturday Night at Mansfield Stadium

St Louis CITY2 was shutout 3-0 by North Texas SC on Saturday night at Mansfield Stadium. After a scoreless first half, North Texas scored the opening goal in the 53rd minute. NTX added their second goal of the night nearly 20 minutes later. The home team tallied a third goal in second half stoppage time, securing the win. 

CITY2 will once again travel to Texas next weekend, this time to face Houston Dynamo 2 on Saturday, July 11, at SaberCats Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m. CT. 

Postgame Notes  

• Kane Kraus and Emiliano Chavez earned their first starts of the season. Kraus’ start was the first of his professional career

• Zack Lillington returned to the pitch after suffering a foot injury earlier this spring

Goal-Scoring Plays 

NTX: Ricky Louis (Caleb Swann), 53rd minute – Ricky Louis scored with a right footed shot from the center of the box to the central bottom zone. 

NTX: Caleb Swann, 72nd minute – Caleb Swann scored with a right footed shot from the center of the box to the lower left zone. 

NTX: Ricky Louis (Da’vian Kimbrough), 90th minute + 3 – Ricky Louis scored with a right footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom left corner. 

Scoring Summary 

NTX: Ricky Louis (Caleb Swann), 53’ 

NTX: Caleb Swann, 72’ 

NTX: Ricky Louis (Da’vian Kimbrough), 90’+3 

Misconduct Summary  

NTX: Slade Starnes (caution), 9’ 

NTX: Caleb Swann (caution), 14’ 

STL: Adeteye Gbadehan (caution), 30’ 

NTX: Ricky Louis (caution), 90’+4 

Lineups  

NTX: GK Eryk Dymora; D Joshua Torquato, D Slade Starnes ©, D Alvaro Augusto, D Ian Charles (Benjamin Flowers, 89’); M Enzo Newman (Marion Luccin, 85’), M Edouard Nys, M Caleb Swann (Timothy Ospona, 73’); F Nathaniel James (Da’vian Kimbrough, 73’), F Nick Simmonds (Ricky Louis, 46’), F Jaidyn Contreras 

Substitutes Not Used: GK Nicolas Arango Montoya, D Jonah Biggar, D Leandro Goncalves, M Umberto Pela 

TOTAL SHOTS: 10; SHOTS ON GOAL: 6; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDES: 3; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 0 

STL: GK Nate Martinez; D Chris Pearson ©, D Zack Lillington (Andrew De Gannes, 46’), D Sidney Paris; M Stone Marion, M Adeteye Gbadehan (Samuel Goldstein, 68’), M Trip Clancy (Alex Jundt, 58’), M Emiliano Chavez; F Patrick McDonald, F Kane Kraus (Blake Wilson, 76’), F Jemone Barclay (Lorenzo Cornelius, 68’) 

Substitutes Not Used: GK Patrick Francis 

TOTAL SHOTS: 8; SHOTS ON GOAL: 0; FOULS: 14; OFFSIDES: 0; CORNER KICKS: 1; SAVES: 3 

Referee: Muhammad Kaleia 

Assistant Referees: Ryan Lindskog, Jacobo Zuniga 

Fourth Official: Emmy Nonso-Anyakwo 

Venue: Mansfield Stadium 

Weather: Clear, 94 degrees