St. Louis City SC 2

St. Louis City SC 2, often shortened to St. Louis City 2 or City2 (stylized as CITY2), is an American professional soccer team that is located in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the reserve team of St. Louis City SC and participates in MLS Next Pro. The team plays most of its home games at Hermann Stadium on the campus of Saint Louis University in the city, but also plays home games at Ralph Korte Stadium on the SIU Edwardsville campus in Edwardsville, Illinois.

St. Louis City SC 2
Full nameSt. Louis City Soccer Club 2
FoundedDecember 6, 2021 (2021-12-06)
StadiumHermann Stadium
Ralph Korte Stadium
Capacity6,050
Owners
ChairmanCarolyn Kindle Betz
Sporting directorLutz Pfannenstiel
CoachJohn Hackworth
LeagueMLS Next Pro
2022TBD
WebsiteClub website

History

On December 6, 2021, St Louis City SC announced the formation of a reserve team in MLS Next Pro that would begin play in the 2022 season.[1]

It was announced on January 14, 2022, that St Louis City SC's director of coaching, John Hackworth, would serve as the interim head coach for the MLS Next Pro side. At the conclusion of the MLS Next Academy season, academy head coach Andreas Schumacher would take over as head coach of the side. St. Louis local and Bosnian-American Elvir Kafedžić was announced as an assistant coach.

St Louis City SC signed Joshua Yaro to their MLS Next Pro side, in preparation for him joining the MLS side in 2023. Yaro was drafted second overall in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft and has made 23 MLS appearances.

Players and staff

Roster
As of February 7, 2022[2]
No. Pos. Player Nation
3 DF Ezra Armstrong  United States
4 DF Fritz Volmar  United States
6 MF Alex Palazzolo  United States
7 MF Wan Kuzain  Malaysia
8 DF Akil Watts  United States
9 FW Josh Dolling  England
10 MF Vitor Dias  Brazil
11 MF Célio Pompeu Martins  Brazil
12 FW Dida Armstrong  United States
13 FW Karson Gibbs  United States
14 FW Anthony Faupel  United States
15 DF Joshua Yaro  Ghana
16 MF Jack Wagoner  United States
17 FW Nathan Ferguson  United States
18 GK Michael Creek  United States
19 MF Sergio Rivas  Mexico
21 DF Kyle Hiebert  Canada
22 MF Kwame Awuah  Canada
23 MF Max Schneider  Germany
24 DF Josh Maher  United States
25 DF Ben Di Rosa  United States
28 MF Miguel Perez  United States
32 MF Aaron Heard  United States
47 MF Ryley Gibbs  United States

Staff
As of February 17, 2022.[3]
Executive
Sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel
Technical
Head coach John Hackworth
Goalkeeper coach Alex Langer
Athletic trainer Tyler Harris
Equipment manager Brendan Gittemeier
Player relations manager Bomi Park


See also

References
  1. "MLS NEXT Pro unveils 21 clubs for inaugural season starting March 2022 | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  2. "UNVEILING ST. LOUIS CITY 2'S MLS NEXT PRO ROSTER". February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  3. "2022 St. Louis MLS Next Pro Coaching Staff Announced". stlcitysc.com. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
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