MLS Austin FC

Austin FC Falls Against St. Louis

August 21, 2023 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Austin FC News Release


St. Louis, MISSOURI - Austin FC fell to a 6-3 defeat against St. Louis City SC on Sunday night at CITYPARK.

St. Louis took the lead via a set piece in the 22nd minute. An in-swinging ball from Eduard Löwen found the head of Tim Parker, who flicked it to the far post. Nicholas Gioacchini then doubled City's advantage moments before halftime, with Löwen once again recording the assist.

Gioacchini scored another at the start of the second half, cleaning up his own rebound after a strong initial save by Brad Stuver. Memo Rodriguez - who was making his Austin FC debut - saw Roman Bürki improbably stop his powerful strike soon after.

Sebastián Driussi grabbed a goal for Austin in the 61st minute, winning a foul in the area and scoring from the penalty spot.

The teams traded goals during the final half hour of play. Sam Adeniran and Tomás Ostrák netted for the hosts, while Will Bruin and Emiliano Rigoni each got on the scoresheet for Austin.

Goal-Scoring Summary

STL (1-0) - Tim Parker (assisted by Eduard Löwen) 22'

STL (2-0) - Nicholas Gioacchini (assisted by Eduard Löwen) 45+2'

STL (3-0) - Nicholas Gioacchini (unassisted) 50'

ATX (3-1) - Sebastián Driussi (penalty) 61'

STL (4-1) - Sam Adeniran (unassisted) 72'

ATX (4-2) - Will Bruin (assisted by Jon Gallagher, Dani Pereira) 87'

STL (5-2) - Tomás Ostrák (assisted by Eduard Löwen) 88'

ATX (5-3) - Emiliano Rigoni (unassisted) 90+1'

STL (6-3) - Sam Adeniran (unassisted) 90+5'

Box Score - St. Louis City SC vs. Austin FC | August 20, 2023

Match Information

Venue: CITYPARK (St. Louis, MO)

Weather: Clear, 88 degrees

Referee: Tim Ford

Assistant Referee 1: Corey Rockwell

Assistant Referee 2: Kevin Lock

Fourth Official: Brad Jensen

VAR: Alejandro Mariscal

Assistant VAR: Fabio Tovar

Statistical source: Opta / MLSSoccer.com

Next Match

Austin FC will play its 13th away match and 25th match overall of the 2023 Major League Soccer regular season against FC Dallas on Saturday, August 26 at 7:30 p.m. CT. The match will stream live in English and Spanish on MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app. An MLS Season Pass subscription is required in order to watch.

On radio, the match will be broadcast on iHeart Radio's ALT 97.5 in English, as well as on TUDN Radio Austin (104.3-HD2, KLQB) in Spanish.

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