St. Louis CITY SC extended its home unbeaten streak in MLS to five matches with a 1-0 victory over Austin FC. After a scoreless first half, CITY SC jumped ahead courtesy of a goal from Klauss in the 57th minute, assisted by Rasmus Alm. CITY SC held on firmly to the lead after that, preventing Austin from recording a shot on goal during the match. CITY SC improved their record to 2-1-5 on the season.
Unbeaten Against Austin FC
CITY SC continued its unbeaten run against Austin FC with a 1-0 win on Sunday evening. St. Louis holds the advantage with a 3-0-1 all-time record, and 2-0-0 record at CITYPARK. CITY SC striker Klauss scored the lone goal in tonight’s win which was his second game-winning goal against Austin FC. In four matches, CITY SC has scored 12 goals against Austin FC.
Postgame Notes
- Klauss scored his second goal of the season, tying him with Sam Adeniran and Célio Pompeu for the team lead in MLS play
- Roman Bürki recorded his second consecutive clean sheet, giving him three clean sheets this season
- Burki now has nine clean sheets at CITYPARK
- Rasmus Alm picked up his first goal contribution of the season
- Kyle Hiebert made his first MLS start of the season
- CITY SC remained unbeaten at home, moving to 2-0-3 at CITYPARK in MLS play
- CITY SC is 3-0-3 at CITYPARK across all competitions this season
- CITY SC is now 3-0-1 in four all-time meetings with Austin FC.
- CITY SC has only lost once in their last eleven regular season home matches (6-1-4 record).
- In the last eleven MLS matches at CITYPARK, St. Louis has scored 21 goals
Goal-Scoring Plays
STL: Klauss (Rasmus Alm) – Klauss scored with a right–footed shot from the center of the box.
April 14, 2024 – CITYPARK (St. Louis, Missouri)
Scoring Summary
STL: Klauss (Rasmus Alm), 57
Misconduct Summary
STL: Tomáš Ostrák, 3
ATX: Julio Cascante, 10
STL: Chris Durkin, 37
ATX: Jon Gallagher, 67
STL: Bradley Carnell, 73
Lineups
STL: GK Roman Bürki ©; D Tomas Totland, D Tim Parker, D Kyle Hiebert (Nikolas Dyhr 84’), D Anthony Markanich; M Chris Durkin, M Tomáš Ostrák (Hosei Kijima 84’), M Ramus Alm (Nökkvi Thórisson 61’), M Indiana Vassilev (Aziel Jackson 61’), M Célio Pompeu; F Klauss (Jake Nerwinski 90’)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Ben Lundt, M Akil Watts, D Joakim Nilsson
TOTAL SHOTS: 11; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 17; OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 0
ATX: GK Brad Stuver; D Brendan Hines-Ike, D Jon Gallagher, D Julio Cascante, D Guilherme Biro (Zan Kolmanic 78’); M Dani Pereira, M Alex Ring, M Owen Wolff (Gyasi Zardes 82’); F Sebastián Driussi ©, F Jader Obrian (Emiliano Rigoni 66’), F Diego Rubio
Substitutes Not Used: GK Stefan Cleveland, D Hector Jimenez, F Ethan Finlay, M Jhojan Valencia, D Matt Hedges
TOTAL SHOTS: 2; SHOTS ON GOAL: 0; FOULS: 14; OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 3
Referee: Ted Unkel
Assistant Referees: Nick Uranga, Kevin Lock
Fourth Official: Abdou Ndiaye
VAR: Michael Radchuk
AVAR: Joshua Patlak
Venue: CITYPARK
Weather: Clear, 87 degrees
