St Louis CITY2 opened CITYPARK for the first time against Bundesliga side Bayer 04 Leverkusen. B04 scored three unanswered goals to earn the victory on the night.
The first goal came in the 36th minute with Callum Hudson-Odoi tapping in from close range to give Bayer 04 Leverkusen the lead. CITY2's closest chance came in the 39th minute when Eduard Löwen rattled the crossbar from a freekick just outside the box. Six minutes later, Adam Hložek doubled the scoring for the visitors, who took a 2-0 lead into the halftime break. Hložek grabbed his second, and Bayer Leverkusen’s third, of the night in the 51st minute.
CITY2 finishes the season with a memorable performance in the Western Conference and took care of business in back-to-back home playoff matches to capture the Western Conference postseason title.
St. Louis tallied the second-most wins in MLS NEXT Pro (15), tied for second-most points (49), the most road wins (8), third-most goals for (51), seventh-least goals allowed (34), and tied for sixth-most clean sheets (7) while seeing 16 different goal scorers and 13 assist providers.
