2019 Saint Louis FC season
Appearance
2019 season | |||
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Owner | SLSG Pro LLC | ||
Head coach | Anthony Pulis | ||
United Soccer League | Western Conference: 11th | ||
USL Playoffs | Did not qualify | ||
U.S. Open Cup | Quarter-finals | ||
Kings' Cup | Runner-up | ||
Highest home attendance | League/All: 5,963 (June 22 vs. North Carolina FC) | ||
Lowest home attendance | League: 3,524 (September 4 vs. Ottawa Fury FC) All: 1,206 (May 29 vs. Forward Madison FC, USOC ) | ||
Average home league attendance | 4,532 | ||
Biggest win | 3–0 (July 27 vs. Bethlehem Steel) | ||
Biggest defeat | 1–4 (July 20 at Tampa Bay Rowdies) | ||
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The 2019 Saint Louis FC season was the club's fifth season of existence, and their fifth consecutive season in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer. Saint Louis will additionally compete in the U.S. Open Cup.
Saint Louis moved back to the Eastern Conference this season, after spending 2018 in the Western Conference.
Roster[edit]
- As of August 23, 2019[1]
No. | Position | Player | Nation |
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1 | GK | Tomas Gomez | |
2 | DF | Matt Bahner | |
3 | DF | Phanuel Kavita | |
4 | DF | Sam Fink | |
5 | DF | Paris Gee | |
6 | DF | Bradley Kamdem | |
7 | MF | Audi Jepson | |
8 | MF | Lewis Hilton | |
9 | FW | Russell Cicerone | |
10 | FW | Albert Dikwa | |
11 | FW | Joaquín Rivas | |
12 | MF | Guy Abend | |
13 | MF | Kadeem Dacres | |
14 | FW | Tyler Blackwood | |
15 | DF | Sean Reynolds | |
17 | MF | Oscar Umar | |
18 | FW | Caleb Calvert | |
20 | MF | Collin Fernandez | |
21 | MF | Matt Thomas | |
22 | FW | Kyle Greig | |
24 | GK | Jake Fenlason | |
26 | DF | Lawson Redmon ([A]) | |
27 | DF | Jansen Miller ([A]) | |
28 | MF | Kipp Keller ([A]) | |
29 | MF | Nichi Vlastos | |
30 | GK | Patrick Schulte ([A]) | |
99 | MF | Masta Kacher |
- ^ Saint Louis FC academy player.
Competitions[edit]
Preseason[edit]
February 9 Friendly | OKC Energy FC | 0–0 | Saint Louis FC | Springfield, Missouri |
2:00 PM CST | Report | Stadium: Betty and Bobby Allison South Stadium |
February 13 Friendly | Austin Bold FC | 1–1 | Saint Louis FC | Texas |
Report | Greig |
Attendance: Closed-door | ||
Note: Match played with three periods of 30 minutes each |
February 13 Friendly | Lone Star Academy U-19 | 1–1 | Saint Louis FC | Texas |
Report | Dikwa |
Attendance: Closed-door | ||
Note: 30-minute match |
February 16 Friendly | San Antonio FC | 0–0 | Saint Louis FC | San Antonio, Texas |
11:00 AM CST | Report | Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: Closed-door | ||
Note: Doubleheader. 60-minute match. |
February 16 Friendly | San Antonio FC | 1–0 | Saint Louis FC | San Antonio, Texas |
CST | Report | Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: Closed-door | ||
Note: Doubleheader. 60-minute match. |
February 23 Friendly | Saint Louis FC | 3–1 | Tulsa Roughnecks FC | Fenton, Missouri |
1:00 PM CST | Rivas Reynolds Trialist |
Report | Rodrigo |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium |
February 24 Friendly | Saint Louis FC | 3–0 | Memphis 901 FC | Fenton, Missouri |
1:00 PM CST | Dacres Greig |
Report | Stadium: Toyota Stadium |
March 2 Friendly | Saint Louis FC | 1–0 | Forward Madison FC | Fenton, Missouri |
1:00 PM CST | Dacres |
Report | Stadium: Toyota Stadium |
USL Championship[edit]
Standings[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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9 | Charleston Battery | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 46 | Play-In Round |
10 | Birmingham Legion FC | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 43 | |
11 | Saint Louis FC | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 42 | |
12 | Loudoun United FC | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 59 | 65 | −6 | 39 | |
13 | Charlotte Independence | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 38 |
Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
Results summary[edit]
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 42 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 25 | −10 |
Source: Standings
Results by round[edit]
Match results[edit]
On December 19, 2018, the USL announced their 2019 season schedule.[2]
All times in Central Time unless otherwise noted.
March 9 1 | Saint Louis FC | 2–1 | Indy Eleven | Fenton, Missouri |
1:00 PM | Kavita Fink Cicerone |
Report | Hackshaw Barrett |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,561 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza |
March 16 2 | Nashville SC | 0–1 | Saint Louis FC | Nashville, Tennessee |
7:00 PM | Moloto |
Report | Kavita Umar Calvert |
Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 6,070 Referee: Eric Tattersall |
March 23 3 | Saint Louis FC | 1–1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Fenton, Missouri |
1:00 PM | Dacres Fink |
Report | Diakité Morad Guenzatti |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,037 Referee: Ismir Pekmic |
March 30 4 | Saint Louis FC | 1–0 | Charlotte Independence | Fenton, Missouri |
1:00 PM | Greig |
Report | Taku Johnson Herrera |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,778 Referee: Lorant Varga |
April 6 5 | Atlanta United 2 | 0–2 | Saint Louis FC | Kennesaw, Georgia |
6:30 PM | Williams |
Report | Fink Cicerone Hilton |
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 2,640 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk |
April 13 6 | Saint Louis FC | 2–3 | Birmingham Legion FC | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Abend Rivas Fink |
Report | Lopez Laurent Williams Fisher Opoku |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,635 Referee: Jervis Atagana |
April 20 7 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | 0–0 | Saint Louis FC | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
6:00 PM | Greenspan dos Santos Dover Vancaeyezeele |
Report | Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 2,150 Referee: Eric Tattersall |
April 27 8 | Saint Louis FC | 3–1 | Swope Park Rangers | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Jepson Cicerone Greig |
Report | Andrade Colombie |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,076 Referee: Lukasz Szpala |
May 4 9 | Saint Louis FC | — | Ottawa Fury FC | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | [1] | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Elijio Arreguin | ||
Note: Postponed due to flooding. |
May 11 10 | Charleston Battery | 0–0 | Saint Louis FC | Charleston, South Carolina |
6:30 PM | Piggott Candela Nelson Mueller |
Report | Bahner Umar |
Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 1,879 Referee: Luis Guardia |
May 18 11 | Louisville City FC | 0–0 | Saint Louis FC | Louisville, Kentucky |
6:00 PM | Jimenez Craig Francis Williams |
Report | Abend |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 9,688 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr. |
June 1 12 | Saint Louis FC | — | Memphis 901 FC | Fenton, Missouri |
1:00 PM | Report | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Matthew Franz | ||
Note: Match postponed due to severe weather.[3] |
June 8 13 | Hartford Athletic | 2–1 | Saint Louis FC | East Hartford, Connecticut |
6:00 PM | Swartz Rasmussen Downs |
Report | Bahner Abend |
Stadium: Rentschler Field Referee: John Griggs |
June 15 14 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 3–1 | Saint Louis FC | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
7:00 PM CDT | Chambers Moumbagna Cortés Fontana |
Report | Kamdem Hilton Umar Greig Calvert Dacres |
Stadium: McCarthy Stadium Attendance: 222 Referee: Luis Guardia |
June 22 15 | Saint Louis FC | 2–2 | North Carolina FC | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Dikwa Cicerone Fink |
Report | Ewolo Fortune Miller |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,963 Referee: Jon Freemon |
June 30 16 | Swope Park Rangers | 2–1 | Saint Louis FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
4:00 PM | Hernandez Smith Mbekeli Vanacore-Decker Segbers |
Report | Martz Dacres Kamdem |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 531 Referee: Lorant Varga |
July 6 17 | Saint Louis FC | 2–2 | Loudoun United FC | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Hilton Greig Cicerone Umar |
Report | K. Murphy Martinez Ward |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,564 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick |
July 13 18 | Charlotte Independence | 2–1 | Saint Louis FC | Matthews, North Carolina |
7:00 PM EDT | Jackson Mansally Martínez Johnson |
Report | Dacres Hilton Calvert |
Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews Attendance: 2,007 Referee: Kevin Broadley |
July 20 19 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 4–1 | Saint Louis FC | St. Petersburg, Florida |
6:30 PM | Guenzatti Oduro Fernandes Richards |
Report | Calvert Hilton Greig |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,520 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk |
July 27 20 | Saint Louis FC | 3–0 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Umar Greig Hilton Dacres |
Report | Willis McKenzie |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,225 Referee: Matthew Thompson |
August 2 21 | New York Red Bulls II | 2–0 | Saint Louis FC | Montclair, New Jersey |
6:00 PM | Elney Stroud Tolkin |
Report | Kacher Umar Greig Calvert |
Stadium: MSU Soccer Park Attendance: 756 Referee: Greg Dopka |
August 6 12 | Saint Louis FC | 0–0 | Memphis 901 FC | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Kamdem |
Report | Lindley Charpie Burch Mohamed |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,179 Referee: Jon Freemon |
Note: Replay of June 1 match postponed due to severe weather.[4] |
August 10 22 | Saint Louis FC | 1–1 | Charleston Battery | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Fink Kamdem |
Report | Candela van Schaik Svantesson Anunga Archer Woodbine |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,085 Referee: Malik Badawi |
August 18 23 | Indy Eleven | 2–1 | Saint Louis FC | Indianapolis, Indiana |
6:00 PM | Pasher Kelly Conner |
Report | Fernandez Hilton |
Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 10,035 Referee: Elton García |
August 24 24 | Ottawa Fury FC | 2–1 | Saint Louis FC | Ottawa, Ontario |
1:00 PM | Haworth Barry Fall François |
Report | Umar Kavita Fink Reynolds |
Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,504 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla |
September 1 25 | Saint Louis FC | 3–2 | Hartford Athletic | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Darces Greig Reynolds Bahner |
Report | Reynolds Dalgaard Barrera Angulo |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,068 Referee: Lukasz Szpala |
September 4 9 | Saint Louis FC | 1–0 | Ottawa Fury FC | Fenton, Missouri |
7:00 PM | Abend Fernandez Blackwood |
Report | Tissot Thiago |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,524 Referee: Victor Rivas |
Note: Replay of May 4 match postponed due to severe weather.[5] |
September 7 26 | Saint Louis FC | 1–0 | Nashville SC | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Gee Umar Cicerone |
Report | LaGrassa |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,284 Referee: Thomas Snyder |
September 13 27 | Birmingham Legion | 0–2 | Saint Louis FC | Birmingham, AL |
7:00 PM CDT | Ward Asiedu Lopez |
Report | Bahner Blackwood Kavita Greig |
Stadium: BBVA Field Referee: Adam Kilpatrick |
September 18 28 | Saint Louis FC | 2–0 | New York Red Bulls II | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Blackwood Darces Fink |
Report | Stroud Louro Boateng |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,462 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic |
September 21 29 | Memphis 901 FC | 1–0 | Saint Louis FC | Memphis, Tennessee |
7:00 PM | Epps Paul Allen Morton |
Report | Cicerone Fernandez |
Stadium: Autozone Park Attendance: 6,701 Referee: Dejan Susak |
September 28 30 | Saint Louis FC | 1–1 | Atlanta United 2 | Fenton, Missouri |
8:30 PM | Blackwood Kacher |
Report | Bashti Metcalf |
Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 4,812 Referee: Elijio Arreguin |
October 5 31 | Saint Louis FC | 0–1 | Louisville City FC | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Kamdem |
Report | Rasmussen |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,512 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr. |
October 9 32 | Loudoun United FC | 4–3 | Saint Louis FC | Leesburg, Virginia |
6:30 PM | Ndour Murphy Doue A. Bustamante Amoh |
Report | Hilton Blackwood Fink |
Stadium: Loudoun United Stadium Attendance: 631 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk |
October 12 33 | Saint Louis FC | 0–1 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | Fenton, Missouri |
8:30 PM EDT | Abend Kavita Kamdem |
Report | Dos Santos |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,273 Referee: Jon Freemon |
October 19 34 | North Carolina FC | 1–0 | Saint Louis FC | Cary, North Carolina |
6:00 PM | da Luz Kristo |
Report | Reynolds |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,982 Referee: Ismir Pekmic |
U.S. Open Cup[edit]
As a member of the USL Championship, Saint Louis FC entered the tournament in the Second Round, played on May 14–15, 2019.[6]
May 15 Second Round | Des Moines Menace | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p) | | Des Moines, Iowa |
7:30 pm CDT | Perea Easterling Chávez Bakayoko Bell |
Report | Umar Greig Cicerone Reynolds Dikwa |
Stadium: Cownie Soccer Park Attendance: 630 Referee: Esad Omanovic |
Penalties | ||||
May 29 Third round | Saint Louis FC | 3–1 | | Fenton, Missouri |
7:00 p.m. CDT | Gee Abend Umar Bahner Cicerone |
Report | Smart Michaud |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 1,206 Referee: Ryan Cook |
June 11 Fourth round | Saint Louis FC | 2–1 | | St. Charles, Missouri |
7:30 p.m. CDT | Martz Abend Kamdem |
Report | Kappelhof Nikolić |
Stadium: Harlen C. Hunter Stadium Attendance: 4,456 Referee: Greg Dopka |
June 19 Round of 16 | Saint Louis FC | 1–0 | | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30PM CDT | Cicerone Fink |
Report | Hagglund |
Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 4,033 Referee: Michael Radchuk |
July 10 Quarter-finals | Atlanta United FC | 2–0 | | Kennesaw, Georgia |
6:00 p.m. CDT | Meram G. Martínez Robinson J. Martínez |
Report | Umar Reynolds |
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 7,523 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza |
References[edit]
- ^ "2019 Roster". Saint Louis FC. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ^ "2019 USL Championship Schedule Unveiled". Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^ USL staff (June 1, 2019). "Gameday Report: June 1, Week 13". Retrieved June 6, 2019.
- ^ USL staff (June 13, 2019). "STLFC VS. Memphis 901 FC Rescheduled For August 6th". Retrieved June 16, 2019.
- ^ USL staff (May 17, 2019). "STL V OTT Rescheduled For September 4". Retrieved June 16, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized". Retrieved February 15, 2019.