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
Capacity22,500
Owners
ChairmanCarolyn Kindle
Sporting directorLutz Pfannenstiel
CoachBobby Murphy
LeagueMLS Next Pro
20221st, Western Conference
Playoffs: League Finals
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
As of April 3, 2023[2]
No. Pos. Player Nation
4 DF Joakim Nilsson ([A])  Sweden
12 MF Célio Pompeu ([A])  United States
15 DF Joshua Yaro ([A])  Ghana
18 MF Owen O'Malley ([A])  United States
20 DF Akil Watts ([A])  United States
23 DF Jon Bell ([A])  United States
24 DF Lucas Bartlett ([A])  United States
25 MF Aziel Jackson ([A])  United States
28 MF Miguel Perez ([A])  United States
31 GK Michael Creek ([A])  United States
39 GK Ben Lundt ([A])  Germany
40 DF Michael Wentzel  Germany
41 MF John Klein  United States
42 DF Ezra Armstrong  United States
43 MF Sergio Rivas  Mexico
44 MF Max Schneider ([A])  Germany
45 MF Anthony Faupel ([B])  United States
46 FW Caden Glover ([A])  United States
47 FW Ryley Gibbs ([B])  United States
48 MF Aaron Heard ([B])  United States
50 GK Mason Beck ([B])  United States
51 DF Josh Maher ([B])  United States
53 DF Fritz Volmar ([B])  United States
55 GK Nick Bishop ([B])  United States
57 DF Tyson Pearce ([A])  United States
59 FW Mykhi Joyner ([B])  United States
64 FW Dida Armstrong  United States
66 DF Zach Stanton ([B])  United States
71 DF Nolan McGuire  United States
73 FW Braydon Sellers ([B])  United States
75 MF Wan Kuzain  Malaysia
77 MF Faysal Bettache  England
80 MF Brandon Franco ([B])  United States
82 GK Christian Olivares  United States
83 FW Nathan Ferguson ([B])  United States
88 MF Larsen Hackworth  United States
90 GK Eric Walker  United States
99 MF Stanislav Koval  Ukraine
  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 February 17, 2022.[3]
Executive
Sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel
Technical
Head coach Bobby Murphy
Assistant coach Chris Duvall
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 October 8, 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 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

Head coaches record
As of October 8, 2022
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 Present 28 16 0 12 49 39 057.14

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. "St Louis CITY2 Reveals Roster Ahead of Second MLS NEXT Pro Season". March 10, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  3. "2022 St. Louis MLS Next Pro Coaching Staff Announced". stlcitysc.com. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
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