St. Louis CITY SC fell 4-1 to Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night. Vancouver opened the scoring in the first half, but St. Louis responded with a strike from Nökkvi Thórisson. The Whitecaps scored three goals to earn the three points. St. Louis will head to Seattle to take on the Sounders Wednesday night before a rivalry match up with Sporting Kansas City on Saturday.
Postgame Notes
- Nökkvi Thórisson scored his second MLS goal of the season
- Thórisson’s other goal this season was against Vancouver on June 29
- The loss ended CITY SC’s two-match home unbeaten streak
- It was just the second home regular season loss in which CITY SC was outscored by three or more goals in its history (June 19, 2024, against Colorado Rapids)
Goal-Scoring Plays
VAN: Brian White (Ryan Gauld), 9th minute – Brian White scored a right footed shot from the center of the box.
STL: Nökkvi Thórisson, 27th minute – Nökkvi Thórisson scored a right footed shot from the left side of the box.
VAN: Brian White (Fafa Picault), 44th minute – Brian White scored a left footed from the center of the box.
VAN: Ryan Raposo (Brian White), 63rd minute – Ryan Raposo scored a right footed shot from the center of the box.
VAN: Fafa Picault (Ryan Gauld), 90th minute + 2 – Fafa Picault scored with a right footed shot from the right side of the box.
July 13, 2024 – CITYPARK (St. Louis, MO)
Scoring Summary
VAN: Brian White (Ryan Gauld), 9’
STL: Nökkvi Thórisson, 27’
VAN: Brian White (Fafa Picault), 44’
VAN: Ryan Raposo (Brian White), 63’
VAN: Fafa Picault (Ryan Gauld), 90’+2
Misconduct Summary
STL: Njabulo Blom (caution), 19’
STL: Jay Reid (caution), 53’
STL: Chris Durkin (caution), 71’
VAN: Andreas Cubas (caution), 88’
VAN: Levonte Johnson (caution), 90’+6
Lineups
STL: GK Roman Bürki ©; D Tomas Totland, D Josh Yaro (Sam Adeniran, 70’) D Tim Parker, D Jay Reid; M Njabulo Blom (Akil Watts, 46’), M Chris Durkin; M John Klein (Caden Glover, 90’+4), M Eduard Löwen (Hosei Kijima, 77’), M Indiana Vassilev; F Nökkvi Thórisson (Michael Wentzel, 90’+4)
Substitutes not used: GK Ben Lundt, D Joakim Nilsson, D Jake Nerwinski, D Anthony Markanich
TOTAL SHOTS: 14; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 10; OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 5
VAN: GK Yohei Takaoka, D Mathias Laborda, D Ranko Veselinovic, D Bjorn Utvik; M Ryan Raposo (Sam Adekugbe, 84’), M Luis Martins (Alessandro Schopf, 67’), M Sebastian Berhalter (Ralph Priso, 90’+3), M Andres Cubas; F Fafa Picault (Levonte Johnson, 90’+3), F Brian White (Damir Kreilach, 90’+3), F Ryan Gauld ©
Substitutes not used: GK Isaac Boehmer, D Belal Halbouni, M Giuseppe Bovalina, M Pedro Vite
TOTAL SHOTS: 14; SHOTS ON GOAL: 9; FOULS: 10; OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 1
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere
Assistant Referees: Kyle Atkins, Diego Blas, Jeremy Scheer
VAR: Daniel Radford
AVAR: Eric Weisbrod
Venue: CITYPARK
Weather: Sunny, 88 degrees
