St. Louis City 2

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St. Louis City 2
Full nameSt. Louis City Soccer Club 2
FoundedDecember 6, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-06)
StadiumEnergizer Park
St. Louis, Missouri
Capacity22,423
Owners
ChairmanCarolyn Kindle
Sporting directorLutz Pfannenstiel
CoachDavid Critchley
LeagueMLS Next Pro
20235th, Western Conference
Playoffs: Conference Quarterfinals
Websitehttps://www.stlcitysc.com/city2/
Current season

St. Louis City 2, often shortened to City2 (stylized as CITY2), is an American professional soccer team that is located in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the reserve team of St. Louis City SC and participates in MLS Next Pro. The team plays its home games at Energizer Park, home of City SC in St. Louis.

History

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On December 6, 2021, St. Louis City SC announced the formation of a reserve team in MLS Next Pro that would begin play in the 2022 season.[1]

It was announced on January 14, 2022, that St. Louis City SC's director of coaching, John Hackworth, would serve as the interim head coach for the MLS Next Pro side.[2] At the conclusion of the MLS Next Academy season, academy head coach Andreas Schumacher would take over as head coach of the side. St. Louis local and Bosnian-American Elvir Kafedžić was announced as an assistant coach.

Players and staff

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Roster

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF United States USA Jake Nerwinski ([A])
3 MF Australia AUS Jake Girdwood-Reich ([A])
20 DF United States USA Akil Watts ([A])
22 DF Canada CAN Kyle Hiebert ([A])
31 GK United States USA Christian Olivares ([A])
33 MF United States USA Tyson Pearce ([A])
39 GK United States USA Ben Lundt ([A])
40 DF United States USA Michael Wentzel ([A])
42 DF Colombia COL Oscar Benítez
43 MF United States USA Cam Cilley
46 FW United States USA Caden Glover ([A])
48 MF United States USA Aaron Heard
49 MF Ghana GHA Seth Antwi
50 DF Canada CAN Gabriel Mikina
52 GK United States USA Andrew Kohlberg
53 DF United States USA Jayson Castillo ([B])
55 GK United States USA Nick Bishop
56 MF United States USA Ryan Becher
59 MF United States USA Mykhi Joyner
61 FW United States USA Ryan Dugan ([B])
62 MF United States USA Jack Di Maria ([B])
No. Pos. Nation Player
64 FW United States USA Dida Armstrong
65 FW United States USA Edin Clark ([B])
66 DF United States USA Kai Jaeger ([B])
69 MF United States USA Mikey Lay ([B])
70 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Selmir Pidro ([A])
71 DF United States USA Nolan McGuire
72 DF United States USA Eric Kinzner
75 MF United States USA Wan Kuzain
77 GK United States USA Sam Gomez
78 FW United States USA Braden Benyr
80 FW United States USA Brendan McSorley
81 DF United States USA Carter Knodle ([B])
83 MF United States USA Lawrence Cornelius ([B])
85 MF Japan JPN Hosei Kijima ([A])
88 MF United States USA Larsen Hackworth
94 MF United States USA Carson Locker ([B])
97 FW Slovakia SVK Lucas Demitra
98 MF United States USA Matteo Kidd
99 DF United States USA Jayden Reid ([A])
DF United States USA James Buebendorf ([B])
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract with St. Louis City SC
  2. ^
    Signed to academy team contract with St. Louis City SC Academy

Staff

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As of February 17, 2022.[3]
Executive
Sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel
Technical
Head coach David Critchley
Assistant coach Chris Duvall
Assistant coach John Miglarese
Goalkeeper coach Tim Kelly
Performance coach Sam Black
Athletic trainer Zach Hopkins
Equipment manager Nelson Hernandez
Player relations manage Ruben Martinez

Team records

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Year-by-year

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As of November 15, 2024
Season MLS Next Pro Playoffs USOC Top Scorer
P W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Div. Conf. Overall Player Goals
2022 24 15 3 6 51 34 +17 49 2.04 1st 1st 2nd Cup Final R3 England Josh Dolling 8
2023 28 16 0 12 85 74 11 47 1.68 4th 5th 9th Round of 16 Did not play United States John Klein III 13
2024 28 18 0 10 53 35 +18 56 2 2nd 2nd 2nd Semifinals Did not play United States Mykhi Joyner 18

Head coaches record

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As of November 15, 2024
Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win%
John Hackworth  United States January 14, 2022 January 23, 2023 28 17 3 8 56 42 060.71
Bobby Murphy  United States January 23, 2023 November 14, 2024 60 36 0 24 103 76 060.00
David Critchley  England November 14, 2024 Present 0 0 0 0 0 0 !

Honors

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  • MLS Next Pro Western Conference
    • Winners (regular season): 2022
    • Winners (playoffs): 2022
  • Western Conference Frontier Division

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "MLS NEXT Pro unveils 21 clubs for inaugural season starting March 2022 | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 ST. LOUIS NEXT PRO COACHING STAFF ANNOUNCED". STLCitySC.com.
  3. ^ "2022 St. Louis MLS Next Pro Coaching Staff Announced". stlcitysc.com. Retrieved February 17, 2022.

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