MLS St. Louis City SC

St. Louis CITY SC Falls 2-1 to Sporting KC at Children's Mercy Park

Published on September 2, 2023 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
St. Louis City SC News Release


KANSAS - St. Louis CITY SC fell 2-1 to Sporting KC on Saturday night at Children's Mercy Park. St. Louis took the lead through Sam Adeniran in the 22nd minute before Alan Pulido scored two goals in the first half to secure the win for the home side. Next up, CITY SC will head to the west coast for an away matchup with LA Galaxy on Sunday, September 10.

Postgame Notes

Sam Adeniran scored his sixth MLS goal for CITY SC in his seventh start of the season

Nökkvi Thorisson and Anthony Markanich made their first start for CITY SC

After 27 games, St. Louis remains at the top of the MLS Western Conference with 47 points

Indiana Vassilev recorded his fifth assist of the season

Goal-Scoring Plays

STL - Sam Adeniran (Indiana Vassilev), 22nd minute: Samuel Adeniran left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.

SKC - Alan Pulido (Dániel Sallói), 31st minute: Alan Pulido right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.

SKC - Alan Pulido (Jake Davis), 44th minute: Alan Pulido right footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom left corner.

Next Game

CITY SC heads to the west coast for an away matchup with LA Galaxy on Sunday, September 10.

September 2, 2023 - Children's Mercy Park (Kansas City, Kansas)

Goals by Half 1 2 F

Sporting KC 2 0 2

St. Louis CITY SC 1 0 1

Scoring Summary

STL: Sam Adeniran (Indiana Vassilev), 22

SKC: Alan Pulido (Dániel Sallói), 31

SKC: Alan Pulido (Jake Davis), 44

Misconduct Summary

SKC: Alan Pulido (caution), 71

STL: Rasmus Alm (caution), 81

SKC: Tim Melia (caution), 86

STL: João Klauss (caution), 89

SKC: Roger Espinoza (caution), 90+5

Lineups

SKC: GK Tim Melia; D Andreu Fontas, D Dany Rosero, D Jake Davis, D Logan Ndenbe; M Felipe Gutierrez (Nemanja Radoja, 46'), M Erik Thommy, M Remi Walter; F Johnny Russell © (Roger Espinoza 86'), F Alan Pulido, F Daniel Salloi (Khiry Shelton 79')

Substitutes Not Used: D Robert Voloder, D Tim Leibold, M Felipe Hernandez, GK Kendall McIntosh, F Willy Agada, F Marinos Tzionis

TOTAL SHOTS: 10; SHOTS ON GOAL: 6; FOULS: 9; OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 7; SAVES: 1

STL: GK Roman Bürki ©; D Kyle Hiebert, D Tim Parker (Josh Yaro 46'), D Joakim Nilsson, D Anthony Markanich (Rasmus Alm 62'); M Njabulo Blom, M Indiana Vassilev (Eduard Löwen 46'), M Jared Stroud, M Nökkvi Thórisson, M Tomáš Ostrák (João Klauss 46'); F Sam Adeniran (Aziel Jackson 75')

Substitutes Not Used: GK Ben Lundt, D Lucas Bartlett, D Akil Watts, F Niko Gioacchini

TOTAL SHOTS: 8; SHOTS ON GOAL: 2; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDES: 3; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 4

Referee: Allen Chapman

Assistant Referees: Jeffrey Swartzel, Brooke Mayo

Fourth Official: Jeremy Scheer

VAR: Geoff Gamble

AVAR: Joshua Patlak

Venue: Children's Mercy Park

Weather: Sunny, 90 degrees

ST. LOUIS CITY SC POSTGAME QUOTES

Audio: Recordings

Bradley Carnell

Opening statement...

Good evening, everybody. We knew what this type of game would be like today. We knew that there was going to be a lot of intensity in this game, a lot of pride at stake. And what we witnessed - first of all, they were pushing us for ninety minutes. And I thought, yeah, we lost momentum at certain times of the game, through no fault of our own. Just unfortunately, yeah, a couple of things don't go our way and then the momentum is broken, and it just felt a little bit lopsided. So, you know, and then we move on, we push on. We score the early goal, and listen - they have a great quality attack, so if you switch off for a second, then they're going to punish you. And they showed that in one or two instances. I thought if you look at the whole game point of view, this was a really high-level and of a really good quality. When you start to see our program over the past seven, eight months coming together and organizing together, forming partnerships, forming relationships, building pieces of a puzzle, I think through the last two games and even the Orlando game, you see pieces of the puzzle coming together. It's a really interesting, dynamic force. We're at this phase of the season where it's not coming our way at the moment in terms of away games, the results, but our players left it all out, and I couldn't be more proud of them. I was proud of the fans who came here in the thousands and pushed us. It was just an amazing game and experience to be part of. Unfortunately, we fell short, but I think we left it all out there. I'm proud of my boys.

On the intensity he's seen develop between SKC and CITY SC thus far...

Yeah, when we build our design, our game model, we don't build a design or game model for Sporting KC. We are who we are, and we don't waver from it. We stay to our principles. We stick to them. I thought, along this journey of getting guys back, getting guys minutes, and we push games, we change complexions of games, we get back in games, I thought overall, over the last couple of weeks, even results-wise, we won the last two out of three but now it's two out of four. I feel that this group is gelling and galvanizing and getting stronger together as a group, which is - I'm hopeful for now going up to the next games on two tough away trips that we still have left now in the next two weeks. So, we don't design anything for Sporting KC. It's just another opponent, and I thought we got as good as we got.

On what might've gone amiss after the team took the lead...

You can feel as the season goes on games are tight. You get a playoff - Sporting KC, at this moment in time in their season, they're on the lifeline, right. And you can just see that. And these are really high-level games, and simple errors lead to big chances. That's the nature of the game at this stage of the season. Everything is heightened. Everything is highlighted. Everything is important, and in those moments, if you let one go, it's done. If they let one go, it's done, and you can see this ebb and flow and back and forth of this game. I think this was the quality of this game, and credit to both teams, credit to our fans. For me, it was a really high-level game tonight.

Sam Adeniran

On his thoughts on the feelings of the match...

It felt like a home game. You know, we had all of our fans out there. Yeah, it just sucks that we couldn't come away with the win. But I mean, it was a tough game. That was definitely an opponent tested us, and so now it's just back to the drawing board.

On the game feeling like a playoff match...

Yeah, definitely. I mean, once you get towards the end of the season in the MLS, teams start to ramp up and start to show their true quality. So yeah, it definitely felt like a like a playoff game today.

On the reaction from the fans when he scored...

It felt great. Honestly, it sounded like CITYPARK. It didn't sound like we were at another team stadium. So, I mean, having that many fans show up for us just shows how great of a club we are and how great of a fan base that we have. So yeah, the feeling was amazing.

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