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Match Report | St. Louis CITY SC Comes Up Short Against Chicago Fire FC

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St. Louis CITY SC fell 1-0 to Chicago Fire FC in MLS action at Soldier Field on Saturday afternoon. After an intense, back-and-forth first half, Chicago found the eventual game-winner in the 40th minute through Rafael Czichos who tucked away Xherdan Shaqiri's cross off a freekick.

Postgame Notes

  • CITY SC's first homegrown signing, 16-year-old Caden Glover made his MLS debut.
  • Glover became the first player born in 2007 to make his MLS debut
  • Today's match marked the first time where both of CITY SC's homegrown players Miguel Perez and Glover featured in the same game
  • CITY SC fielded its 14th different starting lineup across all competitions

Goal-Scoring Plays

CHI – Rafael Czichos (Xherdan Shaqiri), 40th minute: Rafael Czichos left footed shot from the right side of the six-yard box to the bottom left corner.

Next Game

St. Louis CITY SC returns home to CITYPARK to play against Sporting KC on Saturday, May 20.

May 13, 2023 – Soldier Field (Chicago, IL)

Goals by Half

Chicago Fire FC First (1) Second (0) Final (1)

St. Louis CITY SC First (0) Second (0) Final (0) 

Scoring Summary

CHI: Rafael Czichos (Xherdan Shaqiri), 40

Misconduct Summary

STL: Miguel Perez (caution), 26

STL: John Nelson (caution), 43

STL: Niko Gioacchini (caution), 49

CHI: Gastón Gimenez (caution), 59

CHI: Fabian Herbers (caution), 64

STL: John Nelson (second caution/ejection), 70

Lineups

CHI: GK Chris Brady; D Arnaud Souquet, D Carlos Teran (Rafael Czichos 34'), D Mauricio Pineda, D Miguel Navarro; M Fabian Herbers (Georgios Koutsias 72') M Gastón Gimenez, M Xherdan Shaqiri ©, M Brian Gutierrez (Jairo Torres 89'), M Federico Navarro; F Kei Kamara (Kacper Przybylko 72')

Substitutes Not Used: GK Spencer Richey, D Kendall Burks, D Alonso Aceves, D Wyatt Omsberg, F Missael Rodriguez

TOTAL SHOTS: 9; SHOTS ON GOAL: 6; FOULS: 13; OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 2

STL: GK Roman Bürki ©; D Jake Nerwinski (Jared Stroud 65'), D Lucas Bartlett (Josh Yaro 77'), D Kyle Hiebert, D John Nelson; M Miguel Perez (Njabulo Blom 46'), M Eduard Löwen (Caden Glover 77'), M Indiana Vassilev, M Célio Pompeu, M Tomáš Ostrák (Isak Jensen 64'); F Niko Gioacchini

Substitutes Not Used: D Jon Bell, GK Ben Lundt, M Akil Watts, M Aziel Jackson

TOTAL SHOTS: 9; SHOTS ON GOAL: 2; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDES: 0; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 5

*All stats here are unofficial

Referee: Filip Dujic

Assistant Referees: Kevin Klinger, Andrew Bigelow

Fourth Official: Jon Freemon

VAR: Kevin Stott

AVAR: Rene Parra

Venue: Soldier Field

Weather: Cloudy, 62 degrees