St Louis CITY2 (11-3-2, 36 points) travels down south to Arlington, Texas for the second meeting of the season against North Texas SC (9-3-5, 36 points) at Choctaw Stadium. The match will kick off at 7:15 p.m. CT on Saturday, July 27 and will be streamed on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.
CITY2 will return to action following their trip to Kansas which saw Sporting Kansas City II pick up three points. During the match, Matteo Kidd scored his second consecutive goal since making his debut against LAFC2 on July 6. Ryan Becher earned his fourth assist of the season. Becher, who is in his first year of professional soccer, now leads the team in assists. Additionally, Tyson Pearce marked his first professional assist.
CITY2 and North Texas SC will face off once again after meeting at the beginning of the season in March. The match at CITYPARK ended in a penalty shootout with North Texas winning 9-8. However, St. Louis was able to put 11 shots on goal compared to Texas’ three. Kyle Hiebert scored the lone goal for CITY2, and Jay Reid picked up an assist. St Louis is 2-2-2 all-time against North Texas SC.
St Louis and North Texas have been neck and neck in the standings with both teams consistently sitting atop of the MLS NEXT Pro Western Conference standings. The teams are tied with 36 points each, but St Louis has won more games (11) in comparison to Texas’ (9). Both teams are ranked in the top three for goals against with CITY2 having conceded 20 goals and North Texas conceding 18.
North Texas SC is tied for first place with CITY2 in the MLS NEXT Pro Western Conference standings and most recently lost 4-0 against Houston Dynamo Dos last Sunday. This month, North Texas has played three games and has won one and lost their last two. North Texas SC has one of the highest expected goals averages in MLS NEXT Pro of 1.61.
