St. Louis CITY SC fell 2-0 to Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night at Children’s Mercy Park. CITY SC dominated Kansas City up until the first goal but was unable to find the back of the net to salvage a point on the day. Dejan Joveljic opened the scoring in the 71st minute and added his second goal of the night 17 minutes later, in the 88th minute, to secure three points for SKC. St. Louis CITY SC will face Eastern Conference opponents Columbus Crew for the first time in MLS play next Sunday, April 13, at 6:00 p.m. CT at Energizer Park.
Postgame Notes
- Across seven regular season matches, St. Louis has a 3-2-2 record against Sporting KC
April 5, 2025 – Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS)
Goal-Scoring Plays
SKC: Dejan Joveljic (Manu Garcia, Nemanja Radoja), 71st minute – Devan Joveljic scored with a right footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom central corner.
SKC: Dejan Joveljic, 88th minute – Dejan Joveljic scored with a right footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom central corner.
Scoring Summary
SKC: Dejan Joveljic (Manu Garcia, Nemanja Radoja) 71’
SKC: Dejan Joveljic, 88’
Misconduct Summary
STL: Conrad Wallem (caution), 28’
SKC: Jacob Bartlett (caution), 39’
STL: Tomás Ostrák (caution), 78’
Lineups
SKC: GK John Pulskamp; D Khiry Shelton (Nemanja Radoja, 59’), D Jansen Miller, D Joaquin Fernandez (Dany Rosero, 79’), D Logan Ndenbe; M Jacob Barlett, M Jake Davis, M Manu Garcia; F Daniel Salloi ©, F Dejan Joveljic, F Shapi Suleymanov (Erik Thommy, 79’)
Substitutes not used: GK Ryan Schewe, D Tim Leibold, M Memo Rodriguez, F Mason Toye, F William Agada, F Stephen Afrifa
TOTAL SHOTS: 11; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 11; OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 4
STL: GK Ben Lundt; D Kyle Hiebert, D Joakim Nilsson (Tomás Ostrák, 26’), D Henry Kessler, D Josh Yaro, D Akil Watts; M Alfredo Morales (Cedric Teuchert, 80’), M Conrad Wallem, M Marcel Hartel ©, M Célio Pompeu (Simon Becher, 65’); F João Klauss
Substitutes not used: GK Christian Olivares, D Joey Zalinsky, D Timo Baumgartl, D Michael Wentzel, M Jake Girdwood-Reich, F Emil Jääskeläinen
TOTAL SHOTS: 11; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 14; OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 3
Referee: Tori Penso
Assistant Referees: Kathryn Nesbitt, Brooke Mayo, Sergii Demianchuk
VAR: Michael Radchuk
AVAR: Meghan Mullen
Venue: Children’s Mercy Park
Weather: Cloudy, 44 degrees
