St. Louis City 2

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 CityPark, home of City SC in St. Louis.

St. Louis City 2
Full nameSt. Louis City Soccer Club 2
FoundedDecember 6, 2021 (2021-12-06)
StadiumCityPark
St. Louis, Missouri
Capacity22,423
Owners
ChairmanCarolyn Kindle
Sporting directorLutz Pfannenstiel
CoachBobby Murphy
LeagueMLS Next Pro
20235th, Western Conference
Playoffs: Conference Quarterfinals
WebsiteClub website

History

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. 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

Roster

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  USA Jake Nerwinski ([A])
20 DF  USA Akil Watts ([A])
22 DF  CAN Kyle Hiebert ([A])
31 GK  USA Christian Olivares ([A])
33 MF  USA Tyson Pearce ([A])
39 GK  USA Ben Lundt ([A])
40 DF  GER Michael Wentzel
41 MF  USA John Klein
42 DF  COL Oscar Benítez
43 MF  USA Cam Cilley
45 FW  USA Anthony Faupel ([B])
46 FW  USA Caden Glover ([A])
47 FW  USA Ryley Gibbs ([B])
48 MF  USA Aaron Heard
49 MF  GHA Seth Antwi
50 DF  CAN Gabriel Mikina
52 GK  USA Andrew Kohlberg
No. Pos. Nation Player
55 GK  USA Nick Bishop
56 MF  USA Ryan Becher
59 MF  USA Mykhi Joyner
64 FW  USA Dida Armstrong
66 DF  USA Kai Jaeger ([B])
69 MF  USA Mikey Lay ([B])
71 DF  USA Nolan McGuire
72 DF  USA Eric Kinzner
75 MF  USA Wan Kuzain
77 GK  USA Sam Gomez
80 FW  USA Brendan McSorley
84 FW  USA Jackson Delhaus ([B])
85 MF  JPN Hosei Kijima ([A])
88 MF  USA Larsen Hackworth
94 MF  USA Carson Locker ([B])
99 DF  USA Jayden Reid
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract with St. Louis City SC
    2.
  2. ^
    Signed to academy team contract with St. Louis City SC Academy
    3.

Staff
As of 17 February 2022[2]
Executive
Sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel
Technical
Head coach Bobby Murphy
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

Year-by-year
As of 8 October 2022
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 Josh Dolling 8
2023 28 16 0 12 85 74 11 47 1.68 4th 5th 9th Round of 16 Did not play John Klein III 13
2024 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 Did not play

Head coaches record
As of 8 October 2022
Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win%
John Hackworth  United States January 14, 2022 January 23, 2023 2817385642060.71
Bobby Murphy  United States January 23, 2023 Present 29160135041055.17

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

See also

References
  1. "MLS NEXT Pro unveils 21 clubs for inaugural season starting March 2022 | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  2. "2022 St. Louis MLS Next Pro Coaching Staff Announced". stlcitysc.com. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
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