St. Louis CITY SC fell 4-1 to Sporting Kansas City at CITYPARK in the first match of the MLS Cup Playoffs Best-of-3 series. Kansas City’s Logan Ndenbe opened the scoring with a goal in the 27th minute before CITY SC defender and vice-captain Tim Parker knocked in the equalizer a minute later. The away side regained the lead with two more first-half goals, and then Daniel Salloi pushed Kansas City’s lead to 4-1 with a goal in the 61st minute.
Goal-Scoring Plays
SKC – Logan Ndenbe (Alan Pulido, Gadi Kinda), 27th minute: Logan Ndenbe left-footed shot to the upper left corner.
STL – Tim Parker, 28th minute: Tim Parker left-footed shot to the bottom right corner.
SKC – Remi Walter (Daniel Salloi), 36th minute: Remi Walter left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. SKC – Gadi Kinda (Khiry Shelton), 39th minute: Gadi Kinda right-footed shot to the top left corner.
SKC – Daniel Salloi (Alan Pulido, Gadi Kinda), 61st minute: Daniel Salloi right-footed shot to the upper left corner.
Next Game
CITY SC heads east for the second bout of the team’s Audi 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs Round One Best-of-3 series against cross-state foe Sporting Kansas City.
October 29, 2023 – CITYPARK (St. Louis, Missouri)
Scoring Summary
SKC: Logan Ndenbe (Alan Pulido, Gadi Kinda), 27
STL: Tim Parker, 28
SKC: Remi Walter (Daniel Salloi), 36
SKC: Gadi Kinda (Khiry Shelton), 39
SKC: Daniel Salloi (Alan Pulido, Gadi Kinda), 61
Misconduct Summary
SKC: Gadi Kinda (caution), 15
STL: Aziel Jackson (caution), 45
STL: Jared Stroud (caution), 58
STL: Eduard Löwen (caution), 70
STL: Njabulo Blom (caution), 78
STL: Sam Adeniran (caution), 87
Lineups
STL: GK Roman Bürki ©; D Jake Nerwinski (Akil Watts 80’), D Joakim Nilsson, D Tim Parker, D Anthony Markanich (Kyle Hiebert 59’); M Njabulo Blom, M Eduard Löwen (Niko Gioacchini 73’), M Indiana Vassilev (Célio Pompeu 80’), M Jared Stroud, M Aziel Jackson (Sam Adeniran 59’); F João Klauss
Substitutes Not Used: GK Ben Lundt, D Josh Yaro, M Tomáš Ostrák, D Lucas Bartlett
TOTAL SHOTS: 10; SHOTS ON GOAL: 6; FOULS: 17; OFFSIDES: 0; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 6
SKC: GK Tim Melia; D Andreu Fontas, D Dany Rosero, D Jake Davis, D Logan Ndenbe; M Nemanja Radoja, M Gadi Kinda (Erik Thommy 74’), M Remi Walter; F Alan Pulido © (Roger Espinoza 85’), F Khiry Shelton, F Daniel Salloi
Substitutes Not Used: GK John Pulskamp, F Johnny Russell, D Graham Zusi, M Felipe Gutierrez, D Robert Castellanos, M Felipe Hernandez, F Marinos Tzionis
TOTAL SHOTS: 15; SHOTS ON GOAL: 11; FOULS: 14; OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 5
Referee: Ted Unkel
Assistant Referees: Cory Richardson, Ryan Graves
Fourth Official: Sergii Boiko
VAR: Daniel Radford
AVAR: Kyle Atkins
Venue: CITYPARK
Weather: Heavy rain, 41 degrees
