2018 season | |||
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Owner | SLSG Pro LLC | ||
Head coach | Anthony Pulis | ||
United Soccer League | Western Conference: 6th (current) | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Cameron Lancaster LOU (21) All: Kyle Greig STL (13) | ||
Highest home attendance | 6,018 (October 13 vs. OKC Energy) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 3,127 (August 15 vs. Sacramento Republic FC) | ||
Average home league attendance | 4,271 | ||
The 2018 Saint Louis FC season was the club's fourth season of existence, and their fourth consecutive season in the United Soccer League, the second tier of American soccer. Saint Louis also competed in the U.S. Open Cup. The season covers the period from October 16, 2017, to the beginning of the 2019 USL season.
Saint Louis moved back to the Western Conference this season, after spending 2017 in the Eastern Conference. The team will also have a new head coach this season, with Anthony Pulis coming over from Orlando City B.
No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed in | Previous club |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||
1 | Tomas Gomez | ![]() | GK | May 20, 1993 | 2018 | ![]() |
24 | Jake Fenlason | ![]() | GK | February 2, 1993 | 2018 | ![]() |
28 | Seth Stiebel | ![]() | GK | January 27, 1999 | 2018 | ![]() |
Defenders | ||||||
2 | Jonathan Barden | ![]() | RB, CM, RM | November 9, 1992 | 2018 | ![]() |
3 | Phanuel Kavita | ![]() | CB, RB | March 9, 1993 | 2018 | ![]() |
4 | Sam Fink | ![]() | CB | May 8, 1993 | 2018 | ![]() |
5 | Kyle Culbertson | ![]() | LB | November 3, 1992 | 2018 | ![]() |
6 | Austin Ledbetter | ![]() | DF, CM | July 14, 1995 | 2017 | ![]() |
15 | Sean Reynolds | ![]() | CB | April 11, 1990 | 2018 | ![]() |
18 | Jack Maher | ![]() | DF | October 28, 2000 | 2017 | ![]() |
21 | Aedan Stanley | ![]() | LB | December 13, 1999 | 2016 | ![]() |
Midfielders | ||||||
7 | Joey Calistri | ![]() | AM, LM, RM, CM | November 20, 1993 | 2018 | ![]() |
8 | Lewis Hilton | ![]() | CM | October 22, 1993 | 2018 | ![]() |
13 | Kadeem Dacres | ![]() | AM, LM, RM | August 25, 1991 | 2018 | ![]() |
17 | Wal Fall | ![]() | CM | September 8, 1992 | 2018 | ![]() |
20 | Tony Walls | ![]() | MF, CB | January 16, 1990 | 2017 | ![]() |
77 | Austin Martz | ![]() | AM, RM | May 31, 1992 | 2018 | ![]() |
Forwards | ||||||
10 | Albert Dikwa | ![]() | ST, RM | January 2, 1998 | 2018 | ![]() |
11 | Corey Hertzog | ![]() | ST, AM | August 1, 1990 | 2018 | ![]() |
22 | Kyle Greig | ![]() | ST | February 22, 1990 | 2018 | ![]() |
Out on loan | ||||||
– | Irvin Herrera | ![]() | FW | August 30, 1991 | 2016 | ![]() |
Saint Louis revealed their preseason schedule on January 18. They announced six games over a span of about a month, with three coming against collegiate programs, two against an adult amateur club, and one against a fellow professional team. Saint Louis opened preseason with two games in Florida, followed by three games back in Missouri and the finale in Indiana. [2]
February 14 Friendly | Eastern Florida Titans | 2–8 | Saint Louis FC | Melbourne, FL |
6:00 PM CST | ![]() ![]() | Report | Hertzog ![]() Walls ![]() Fall ![]() Dikwa ![]() Martz ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex |
February 18 Friendly | FIU Panthers | 1–1 | Saint Louis FC | Melbourne, FL |
1:00 PM CST | ![]() | Report | Volesky ![]() | Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex |
Note: Match played with four periods of 30 minutes each |
February 24 Friendly | Saint Louis FC | 7–1 | SIU Edwardsville Cougars | Fenton, MO |
2:30 PM CST | Dikwa ![]() Martz ![]() Greig ![]() Trialist ![]() Volesky ![]() | Report | ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium |
Note: Match played with two periods of 75 minutes each |
March 3 Friendly | Saint Louis FC | 8–0 | FC Denver | Fenton, MO |
4:00 PM CST | Hertzog ![]() Greig ![]() Goodwin ![]() Fink ![]() Martz ![]() | Report | Stadium: Toyota Stadium |
March 4 Friendly | Saint Louis FC | 5–0 | FC Denver | Fenton, MO |
11:00 AM CST | ![]() Volesky ![]() Calistri ![]() | Report | Stadium: Toyota Stadium |
March 10 Friendly | Louisville City | 1–1 | Saint Louis FC | Evansville, IN |
4:00 PM CST | McCabe ![]() | Report | ![]() | Stadium: Arad McCutchan Stadium |
May 16 Second Round | Duluth FC | 0–2 | Saint Louis FC | Duluth, MN |
7:00 PM CDT | Castro ![]() | Report | Dacres ![]() Hertzog ![]() | Stadium: Public Schools Stadium Attendance: 584 Referee: Chris Ruska |
May 23 Third Round | Louisville City | 1–0 | Saint Louis FC | Louisville, KY |
6:00 PM CDT | Stadium: Lynn Stadium |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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6 | Portland Timbers 2 | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 55 | Conference Playoffs |
7 | Swope Park Rangers | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 53 | |
8 | Saint Louis FC | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 53 | |
9 | San Antonio FC | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 50 | |
10 | OKC Energy FC | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 43 |
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 53 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 26 | −5 |
Source: USL standings
In August 2017, the USL announced that the 2018 season will span 34 games, the longest regular season the league has ever run. [3] The expansion was spurred by the addition of six new clubs for the 2018 season: Atlanta United 2, Fresno FC, Indy Eleven, Las Vegas Lights, Nashville SC, and North Carolina FC.
On January 14, 2018, the league announced home openers for every club. Saint Louis opened the season on the road against Rio Grande Valley FC Toros, opening the 2018 USL season from Edinburg. The club had to wait until March 31 to open up Toyota Stadium, hosting Colorado Springs Switchbacks in their home opener. [4]
The schedule for the remainder of the 2018 season was released on January 19. Saint Louis will play three times against Swope Park Rangers and Tulsa Roughnecks. They will face every other Western Conference team twice. [5]
March 161 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | 1–1 | Saint Louis FC | Edinburg, TX |
7:30 PM CDT | Donovan ![]() Aguilar ![]() ![]() | Report | Hilton ![]() Fall ![]() Walls ![]() | Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 5,910 Referee: Christopher Scruggs |
March 242 | San Antonio FC | 2–1 | Saint Louis FC | San Antonio, TX |
7:30 PM CDT | Lopez ![]() ![]() Pecka ![]() Tyrpak ![]() Restrepo ![]() Guadarrama ![]() | Report | Greig ![]() Hilton ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 7,946 Referee: Daniel Radford |
March 313 | Saint Louis FC | 1–0 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | Fenton, MO |
4:00 PM CDT | Greig ![]() Barden ![]() Fink ![]() | Report | Kim ![]() Ajeakwa ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,034 Referee: Javier Santos |
April 74 | Saint Louis FC | 1–1 | Fresno FC | Fenton, MO |
7:30 PM CDT | Hertzog ![]() | Report | Navarro ![]() Caffa ![]() Barrera ![]() Ribeiro ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,683 Referee: Jon Freemon |
April 145 | Saint Louis FC | 1–0 | LA Galaxy II | Fenton, MO |
7:30 CDT | Calistri ![]() | Report | Büscher ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,006 Referee: Don Tebeau |
April 216 | OKC Energy | 0–1 | Saint Louis FC | Oklahoma City, OK |
7:00 PM CDT | Guzman ![]() Chavez ![]() ![]() ![]() Ross ![]() Hyland ![]() | Report | Volesky ![]() Culbertson ![]() | Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 2,679 Referee: Michael Radchuk |
April 287 | Swope Park Rangers | 1–1 | Saint Louis FC | Kansas City, KS |
7:30 PM CDT | Barry ![]() Maher ![]() Kuzain ![]() Saravia ![]() | Report | Hilton ![]() Calistri ![]() Reynolds ![]() Barden ![]() Greig ![]() | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 900 Referee: Lukasz Szpala |
May 58 | Saint Louis FC | 0–0 | Portland Timbers 2 | Fenton, MO |
7:30 PM CDT | Fink ![]() Hertzog ![]() | Report | Williamson ![]() Batista ![]() Mulligan ![]() Williams ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,039 Referee: JJ Bilinski |
May 99 | LA Galaxy II | 6–3 | Saint Louis FC | Carson, CA |
9:30 PM CDT | Zubak ![]() Alvarez ![]() Appiah ![]() | Report | Dacres ![]() Dikwa ![]() Calistri ![]() Greig ![]() ![]() | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 858 Referee: Daniel Radford |
May 1210 | Orange County SC | 1–1 | Saint Louis FC | Irvine, CA |
9:00 PM CDT | Juel-Nielsen ![]() Kavita ![]() Enevoldsen ![]() | Report | Hilton ![]() Barden ![]() | Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,209 Referee: Adrian Gonzalez |
May 2611 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 3–0 | Saint Louis FC | Colorado Springs, CO |
7:00 PM CDT | Vercollone ![]() ![]() Robinson ![]() Ceus ![]() | Report | Stanley ![]() | Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 4,417 Referee: Chris Greer |
May 3012 | Saint Louis FC | 1–3 | Phoenix Rising FC | Fenton, Missouri |
5:30pm | Barden ![]() Rudolph ![]() | Report Report | Cortez ![]() Asante ![]() Musa ![]() Johnson ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,318 Referee: Kevin Broadley |
June 213 | Saint Louis FC | 2–0 | Swope Park Rangers | Fenton, Missouri |
19:30 (CDT) | Hertzog ![]() Hilton ![]() Barden ![]() Calistri ![]() | Report | Rebellón ![]() ![]() Silva ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,450 Referee: Michael Radchuk |
June 914 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 3–0 | Saint Louis FC | Tulsa, OK |
7:30 PM CDT | Pírez ![]() Jusino ![]() | Report | Greig ![]() Calistri ![]() | Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,543 Referee: Ismir Pekmic |
June 1615 | Saint Louis FC | 0–1 | Real Monarchs | Fenton, MO |
7:30 PM CDT | Kavita ![]() | Report | Hoffman ![]() Horst ![]() Heard ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,432 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez |
June 2316 | Sacramento Republic | 2–2 | Saint Louis FC | Sacramento, CA |
10:00 PM CDT | Iwasa ![]() ![]() Vazquez ![]() Hall ![]() | Report | Greig ![]() Dikwa ![]() Fall ![]() | Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 10,570 Referee: Elton García |
June 3017 | Saint Louis FC | 0–0 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | Fenton, MO |
7:30 PM CDT | Fink ![]() Reynolds ![]() Culbertson ![]() Hilton ![]() | Report | Greene ![]() Padilla ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,284 Referee: Lukasz Szpala |
July 718 | Las Vegas Lights | 1–0 | Saint Louis FC | Las Vegas, NV |
10:00 PM CDT | Avila ![]() Alatorre ![]() Mendiola ![]() Samsyoa ![]() | Report | Greig ![]() | Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 6,651 Referee: Victor Rivas |
July 14 | Saint Louis FC | PPD | Tulsa Roughnecks | Fenton, MO |
7:30 PM CDT | Stadium: Toyota Stadium |
July 2119 | Saint Louis FC | 2–2 | Orange County SC | Fenton, MO |
7:30 PM CDT | Greig ![]() da Silva ![]() | Report | Bjurman ![]() ![]() Segbers ![]() Alston ![]() Ramos-Godoy ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,697 Referee: Malik Badawi |
July 2820 | Reno 1868 | 2–1 | Saint Louis FC | Reno, NV |
9:30 PM CDT | Calvillo ![]() ![]() Carroll ![]() Wehan ![]() Lacroix ![]() Marcinkowski ![]() | Report | Dikwa ![]() Walls ![]() da Silva ![]() Fall ![]() Fink ![]() | Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 6,680 Referee: Turan Ozdemir |
August 421 | Saint Louis FC | 2–0 | Seattle Sounders FC 2 | Fenton, MO |
7:30 PM CDT | Greig ![]() Ledbetter ![]() Da Silva ![]() | Report | Ele ![]() Daley ![]() Neagle ![]() Alfaro ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,134 Referee: Lorant Varga |
August 1122 | Saint Louis FC | 4–1 | Las Vegas Lights | Fenton, MO |
7:30 PM CDT | Kavita ![]() Dacres ![]() Greig ![]() Cox ![]() Fall ![]() Reynolds ![]() | Report | Kobayashi ![]() Salgado ![]() Íñigo ![]() Huiqui ![]() Thomas ![]() Garduño ![]() Mendiola ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,011 Referee: Greg Dopka |
August 1523 | Saint Louis FC | 2–1 | Sacramento Republic | Fenton, MO |
7:30 PM CDT | Hertzog ![]() Greig ![]() Kavita ![]() Reynolds ![]() Culbertson ![]() | Report | Villarreal ![]() Taintor ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,127 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira |
August 1824 | Fresno FC | 1–0 | Saint Louis FC | Fresno, CA |
9:00 PM CDT | Ellis-Hayden ![]() ![]() Cooper ![]() | Report | Stadium: Chukchansi Park Attendance: 4,951 Referee: Mark Allatin |
August 2525 | Saint Louis FC | 3–2 | Tulsa Roughnecks | Fenton, MO |
7:30 PM (CDT | Fall ![]() ![]() Hilton ![]() | Report | Ferreira ![]() ![]() Mirković ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,150 Referee: Jon Freemon |
August 2926 | Seattle Sounders FC 2 | 1–1 | Saint Louis FC | Tacoma, WA |
9:00 PM CDT | Wingo ![]() Burke-Gilroy ![]() | Result | Greig ![]() Fall ![]() | Stadium: Cheney Stadium Referee: Daniel Radford |
September 127 | Portland Timbers 2 | 1–0 | Saint Louis FC | Portland, OR |
9:00 PM CDT | Ornstil ![]() Diz Pe ![]() Zambrano ![]() Arboleda ![]() ![]() | Report | Calistri ![]() Fall ![]() | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 1,441 Referee: Michael Radchuk |
September 828 | Saint Louis FC | 1–0 | Reno 1868 | Fenton, MO |
7:30 PM CDT | Greig ![]() ![]() Culbertson ![]() | Report | Murrell ![]() ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,027 Referee: Victor Rivas |
September 1229 | Real Monarchs | 1–1 | Saint Louis FC | Herriman, UT |
9:00 PM CDT | Plewa ![]() Hernández ![]() | Report | Fall ![]() Calistri ![]() Hilton ![]() | Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Attendance: 1,180 Referee: Joseph Dickerson |
September 1530 | Swope Park Rangers | 3–4 | Saint Louis FC | Kansas City, KS |
7:30 PM CDT | Barry ![]() Rebellón ![]() Belmar ![]() Blackwood ![]() Vanacore-Decker ![]() | Report | Cox ![]() ![]() Walls ![]() Calistri ![]() ![]() Greig ![]() Martz ![]() Culbertson ![]() | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 1,013 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza |
September 2231 | Saint Louis FC | 2–0 | San Antonio FC | Fenton, MO |
7:30 PM CDT | Fink ![]() Hilton ![]() Dikwa ![]() ![]() | Report | King ![]() Cochrane ![]() Elizondo ![]() Hernandez ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,781 Referee: Mark Allatin |
September 2932 | Phoenix Rising | 2–0 | Saint Louis FC | Scottsdale, AZ |
8:00 PM CDT | Forbes ![]() Cortez ![]() | Report | Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex Attendance: 6,377 Referee: Farhad Dadkho |
October 1033 | Saint Louis FC | 1–0 | Tulsa Roughnecks | Fenton, MO |
7:00 PM CDT | Hertzog ![]() Kavita ![]() | Report | Jusino ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,424 Referee: Elton García |
October 1334 | Saint Louis FC | 0–0 | OKC Energy | Fenton, MO |
7:30 PM CDT | Dikwa ![]() | Report | Barril ![]() Rasmussen ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 6,018 Referee: Malik Badawi |
October 20Conference Quarterfinal | Orange County SC | 4–0 | Saint Louis FC | Irvine, CA |
9:00 PM CDT | Seaton ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Quinn ![]() Bjurman ![]() | Report | Walls ![]() Hertzog ![]() | Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,360 Referee: Ramy Touchan |
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