St. Louis CITY SC defeated San Jose Earthquakes 2-0 in a midweek clash at CITYPARK. Eduard Löwen opened the scoring with a strike from distance in the 28th minute, burying the shot off a feed from Indiana Vassilev. CITY SC doubled its advantage just before halftime, with Hosei Kijima netting his first MLS goal off a set piece delivery from Vassilev. The win marked St. Louis’ fourth win and fifth clean sheet at CITYPARK this season. CITY SC will head to Denver on Sunday for the second meeting of the season against Colorado Rapids.
Postgame Notes
- The win was CITY SC’s first match under interim head coach John Hackworth
- Since making his MLS debut earlier this year, Hosei Kijima scored his first career MLS goal
- Eduard Löwen scored his third goal of the season and has now scored in two consecutive matches
- Löwen now has 19 goal contributions (seven goals and 12 assists) in 22 matches at CITYPARK
- Roman Bürki earned his sixth clean sheet of the season, with five of those shutouts coming at CITYPARK
- Indiana Vassilev earned his third and fourth assists of the season
- Vassilev has collected three assists in two matches
- CITY SC remained perfect against San Jose Earthquakes in its history, moving to 3-0-0 with a plus-six goal difference in three all-time matches
- CITY SC has scored two or more goals in a win at home for the fourth time this season and the 14th time overall in MLS play
Goal-Scoring Plays
STL: Eduard Löwen (Indiana Vassilev), 28th minute – Eduard Löwen scored with a right footed shot from the left-half space outside the box.
STL: Hosei Kijima (Indiana Vassilev), 41st minute – Hosei Kijima scored a right footed shot from the center of the box.
July 3, 2024 – CITYPARK (St. Louis, MO)
Scoring Summary
STL: Eduard Löwen (Indiana Vassilev), 28’
STL: Hosei Kijima (Indiana Vassilev), 41’
Misconduct Summary
STL: Jay Reid (caution), 56’
STL: Indiana Vassilev (caution), 61’
SJ: Hernan (caution), 66’
SJ: Vitor Costa (caution), 72’
Lineups
STL: GK Roman Bürki ©, D Tomas Totland (Akil Watts, 80’), D Chris Durkin, D Tim Parker, D Jay Reid; M Eduard Löwen (Michael Wentzel, 85’), M Njabulo Blom; M Hosei Kijima (Jake Nerwinski, 80’), M John Klein, M Indiana Vassilev (Anthony Markanich, 85’); F Nökkvi Thórisson (Sam Adeniran, 64’)
Substitutes not used: GK Ben Lundt, F Caden Glover, F Brendan McSorley
TOTAL SHOTS: 23; SHOTS ON GOAL: 8; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 7; SAVES: 1
SJ: GK William Yarbrough; D Tanner Beason, D Daniel Munie, D Rodrigues (Paul Marie, 62’), D Vitor Costa; M Jackson Yueill ©, M Jack Skahan, M Niko Tsakiris (Alfredo Morales, 62’); F Cristian Espinoza (Hernan, 63’), F Preston Judd (Jeremy Ebobisse, 62’), F Benji Kikanovic (Amahl Pellegrino, 78’)
Substitutes not used: GK Jacob Jackson, F Will Richmond, D Tommy Thompson, M Michael Baldisimo
TOTAL SHOTS: 7; SHOTS ON GOAL: 1; FOULS: 12; OFFSIDES: 3; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 6
Referee: Malik Badawi
Assistant Referees: Ryan Graves, Walt Heatherly, Jon Freemon
VAR: Alejandro Mariscal
AVAR: Craig Lowry
Venue: CITYPARK
Weather: Cloudy, 85 degrees
