2019 season | |||
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Owner | SLSG Pro LLC | ||
Head coach | Anthony Pulis | ||
United Soccer League | Western Conference: 11th | ||
USL Playoffs | Did not qualify | ||
U.S. Open Cup | Quarter-finals | ||
Kings' Cup | Runner-up | ||
Highest home attendance | League/All: 5,963 (June 22 vs. North Carolina FC) | ||
Lowest home attendance | League: 3,524 (September 4 vs. Ottawa Fury FC) All: 1,206 (May 29 vs. Forward Madison FC, USOC ) | ||
Average home league attendance | 4,532 | ||
Biggest win | 3–0 (July 27 vs. Bethlehem Steel) | ||
Biggest defeat | 1–4 (July 20 at Tampa Bay Rowdies) | ||
The 2019 Saint Louis FC season was the club's fifth season of existence, and their fifth consecutive season in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer. Saint Louis will additionally compete in the U.S. Open Cup.
Saint Louis moved back to the Eastern Conference this season, after spending 2018 in the Western Conference.
No. | Position | Player | Nation |
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1 | GK | Tomas Gomez | ![]() |
2 | DF | Matt Bahner | ![]() |
3 | DF | Phanuel Kavita | ![]() |
4 | DF | Sam Fink | ![]() |
5 | DF | Paris Gee | ![]() |
6 | DF | Bradley Kamdem | ![]() |
7 | MF | Audi Jepson | ![]() |
8 | MF | Lewis Hilton | ![]() |
9 | FW | Russell Cicerone | ![]() |
10 | FW | Albert Dikwa | ![]() |
11 | FW | Joaquín Rivas | ![]() |
12 | MF | Guy Abend | ![]() |
13 | MF | Kadeem Dacres | ![]() |
14 | FW | Tyler Blackwood | ![]() |
15 | DF | Sean Reynolds | ![]() |
17 | MF | Oscar Umar | ![]() |
18 | FW | Caleb Calvert | ![]() |
20 | MF | Collin Fernandez | ![]() |
21 | MF | Matt Thomas | ![]() |
22 | FW | Kyle Greig | ![]() |
24 | GK | Jake Fenlason | ![]() |
26 | DF | Lawson Redmon ( [A] ) | ![]() |
27 | DF | Jansen Miller ( [A] ) | ![]() |
28 | MF | Kipp Keller ( [A] ) | ![]() |
29 | MF | Nichi Vlastos | ![]() |
30 | GK | Patrick Schulte ( [A] ) | ![]() |
99 | MF | Masta Kacher | ![]() |
February 9 Friendly | OKC Energy FC | 0–0 | Saint Louis FC | Springfield, Missouri |
2:00 PM CST | Report | Stadium: Betty and Bobby Allison South Stadium |
February 13 Friendly | Austin Bold FC | 1–1 | Saint Louis FC | Texas |
![]() | Report | Greig ![]() | Attendance: Closed-door | |
Note: Match played with three periods of 30 minutes each |
February 13 Friendly | Lone Star Academy U-19 | 1–1 | Saint Louis FC | Texas |
![]() | Report | Dikwa ![]() | Attendance: Closed-door | |
Note: 30-minute match |
February 16 Friendly | San Antonio FC | 0–0 | Saint Louis FC | San Antonio, Texas |
11:00 AM CST | Report | Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: Closed-door | ||
Note: Doubleheader. 60-minute match. |
February 16 Friendly | San Antonio FC | 1–0 | Saint Louis FC | San Antonio, Texas |
CST | ![]() | Report | Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: Closed-door | |
Note: Doubleheader. 60-minute match. |
February 23 Friendly | Saint Louis FC | 3–1 | Tulsa Roughnecks FC | Fenton, Missouri |
1:00 PM CST | Rivas ![]() Reynolds ![]() Trialist ![]() | Report | Rodrigo ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium |
February 24 Friendly | Saint Louis FC | 3–0 | Memphis 901 FC | Fenton, Missouri |
1:00 PM CST | Dacres ![]() ![]() Greig ![]() | Report | Stadium: Toyota Stadium |
March 2 Friendly | Saint Louis FC | 1–0 | Forward Madison FC | Fenton, Missouri |
1:00 PM CST | Dacres ![]() | Report | Stadium: Toyota Stadium |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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9 | Charleston Battery | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 46 | Play-In Round |
10 | Birmingham Legion FC | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 43 | |
11 | Saint Louis FC | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 42 | |
12 | Loudoun United FC | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 59 | 65 | −6 | 39 | |
13 | Charlotte Independence | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 38 |
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 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 42 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 25 | −10 |
Source: Standings
On December 19, 2018, the USL announced their 2019 season schedule. [2]
All times in Central Time unless otherwise noted.
March 91 | Saint Louis FC | 2–1 | Indy Eleven | Fenton, Missouri |
1:00 PM | Kavita ![]() Fink ![]() Cicerone ![]() | Report | Hackshaw ![]() ![]() Barrett ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,561 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza |
March 162 | Nashville SC | 0–1 | Saint Louis FC | Nashville, Tennessee |
7:00 PM | Moloto ![]() | Report | Kavita ![]() Umar ![]() Calvert ![]() | Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 6,070 Referee: Eric Tattersall |
March 233 | Saint Louis FC | 1–1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Fenton, Missouri |
1:00 PM | Dacres ![]() Fink ![]() | Report | Diakité ![]() Morad ![]() Guenzatti ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,037 Referee: Ismir Pekmic |
March 304 | Saint Louis FC | 1–0 | Charlotte Independence | Fenton, Missouri |
1:00 PM | Greig ![]() | Report | Taku ![]() Johnson ![]() Herrera ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,778 Referee: Lorant Varga |
April 65 | Atlanta United 2 | 0–2 | Saint Louis FC | Kennesaw, Georgia |
6:30 PM | Williams ![]() | Report | Fink ![]() Cicerone ![]() Hilton ![]() | Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 2,640 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk |
April 136 | Saint Louis FC | 2–3 | Birmingham Legion FC | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Abend ![]() Rivas ![]() Fink ![]() | Report | Lopez ![]() Laurent ![]() Williams ![]() ![]() Fisher ![]() Opoku ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,635 Referee: Jervis Atagana |
April 207 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | 0–0 | Saint Louis FC | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
6:00 PM | Greenspan ![]() dos Santos ![]() Dover ![]() Vancaeyezeele ![]() | Report | Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 2,150 Referee: Eric Tattersall |
April 278 | Saint Louis FC | 3–1 | Swope Park Rangers | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Jepson ![]() Cicerone ![]() Greig ![]() ![]() | Report | Andrade ![]() Colombie ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,076 Referee: Lukasz Szpala |
May 49 | Saint Louis FC | — | Ottawa Fury FC | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Elijio Arreguin | |||
Note: Postponed due to flooding. |
May 1110 | Charleston Battery | 0–0 | Saint Louis FC | Charleston, South Carolina |
6:30 PM | Piggott ![]() Candela ![]() Nelson ![]() Mueller ![]() | Report | Bahner ![]() Umar ![]() | Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 1,879 Referee: Luis Guardia |
May 1811 | Louisville City FC | 0–0 | Saint Louis FC | Louisville, Kentucky |
6:00 PM | Jimenez ![]() Craig ![]() Francis ![]() Williams ![]() | Report | Abend ![]() | Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 9,688 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr. |
June 112 | Saint Louis FC | — | Memphis 901 FC | Fenton, Missouri |
1:00 PM | Report | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Matthew Franz | ||
Note: Match postponed due to severe weather. [3] |
June 813 | Hartford Athletic | 2–1 | Saint Louis FC | East Hartford, Connecticut |
6:00 PM | Swartz ![]() Rasmussen ![]() Downs ![]() | Report | Bahner ![]() Abend ![]() | Stadium: Rentschler Field Referee: John Griggs |
June 1514 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 3–1 | Saint Louis FC | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
7:00 PM CDT | Chambers ![]() ![]() Moumbagna ![]() ![]() Cortés ![]() Fontana ![]() | Report | Kamdem ![]() Hilton ![]() Umar ![]() ![]() Greig ![]() Calvert ![]() Dacres ![]() | Stadium: McCarthy Stadium Attendance: 222 Referee: Luis Guardia |
June 2215 | Saint Louis FC | 2–2 | North Carolina FC | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Dikwa ![]() Cicerone ![]() Fink ![]() | Report | Ewolo ![]() Fortune ![]() Miller ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,963 Referee: Jon Freemon |
June 3016 | Swope Park Rangers | 2–1 | Saint Louis FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
4:00 PM | Hernandez ![]() ![]() Smith ![]() Mbekeli ![]() Vanacore-Decker ![]() Segbers ![]() | Report | Martz ![]() Dacres ![]() Kamdem ![]() | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 531 Referee: Lorant Varga |
July 617 | Saint Louis FC | 2–2 | Loudoun United FC | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Hilton ![]() Greig ![]() Cicerone ![]() Umar ![]() | Report | K. Murphy ![]() Martinez ![]() ![]() Ward ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,564 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick |
July 1318 | Charlotte Independence | 2–1 | Saint Louis FC | Matthews, North Carolina |
7:00 PM EDT | Jackson ![]() Mansally ![]() Martínez ![]() Johnson ![]() | Report | Dacres ![]() Hilton ![]() Calvert ![]() | Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews Attendance: 2,007 Referee: Kevin Broadley |
July 2019 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 4–1 | Saint Louis FC | St. Petersburg, Florida |
6:30 PM | Guenzatti ![]() ![]() Oduro ![]() Fernandes ![]() Richards ![]() | Report | Calvert ![]() Hilton ![]() Greig ![]() | Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,520 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk |
July 2720 | Saint Louis FC | 3–0 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Umar ![]() Greig ![]() Hilton ![]() Dacres ![]() | Report | Willis ![]() McKenzie ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,225 Referee: Matthew Thompson |
August 221 | New York Red Bulls II | 2–0 | Saint Louis FC | Montclair, New Jersey |
6:00 PM | Elney ![]() ![]() Stroud ![]() Tolkin ![]() | Report | Kacher ![]() Umar ![]() ![]() Greig ![]() Calvert ![]() | Stadium: MSU Soccer Park Attendance: 756 Referee: Greg Dopka |
August 612 | Saint Louis FC | 0–0 | Memphis 901 FC | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Kamdem ![]() | Report | Lindley ![]() Charpie ![]() Burch ![]() Mohamed ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,179 Referee: Jon Freemon |
Note: Replay of June 1 match postponed due to severe weather. [4] |
August 1022 | Saint Louis FC | 1–1 | Charleston Battery | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Fink ![]() Kamdem ![]() | Report | Candela ![]() van Schaik ![]() ![]() Svantesson ![]() Anunga ![]() Archer ![]() Woodbine ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,085 Referee: Malik Badawi |
August 1823 | Indy Eleven | 2–1 | Saint Louis FC | Indianapolis, Indiana |
6:00 PM | Pasher ![]() Kelly ![]() Conner ![]() | Report | Fernandez ![]() Hilton ![]() | Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 10,035 Referee: Elton García |
August 2424 | Ottawa Fury FC | 2–1 | Saint Louis FC | Ottawa, Ontario |
1:00 PM | Haworth ![]() Barry ![]() Fall ![]() François ![]() | Report | Umar ![]() ![]() Kavita ![]() Fink ![]() Reynolds ![]() | Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,504 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla |
September 125 | Saint Louis FC | 3–2 | Hartford Athletic | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Darces ![]() Greig ![]() ![]() Reynolds ![]() Bahner ![]() | Report | Reynolds ![]() Dalgaard ![]() Barrera ![]() Angulo ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,068 Referee: Lukasz Szpala |
September 49 | Saint Louis FC | 1–0 | Ottawa Fury FC | Fenton, Missouri |
7:00 PM | Abend ![]() Fernandez ![]() Blackwood ![]() | Report | Tissot ![]() Thiago ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,524 Referee: Victor Rivas |
Note: Replay of May 4 match postponed due to severe weather. [5] |
September 726 | Saint Louis FC | 1–0 | Nashville SC | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Gee ![]() Umar ![]() Cicerone ![]() | Report | LaGrassa ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,284 Referee: Thomas Snyder |
September 1327 | Birmingham Legion | 0–2 | Saint Louis FC | Birmingham, AL |
7:00 PM CDT | Ward ![]() Asiedu ![]() Lopez ![]() | Report | Bahner ![]() Blackwood ![]() ![]() Kavita ![]() Greig ![]() | Stadium: BBVA Field Referee: Adam Kilpatrick |
September 1828 | Saint Louis FC | 2–0 | New York Red Bulls II | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Blackwood ![]() Darces ![]() Fink ![]() | Report | Stroud ![]() Louro ![]() Boateng ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,462 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic |
September 2129 | Memphis 901 FC | 1–0 | Saint Louis FC | Memphis, Tennessee |
7:00 PM | Epps ![]() ![]() Paul ![]() Allen ![]() Morton ![]() | Report | Cicerone ![]() Fernandez ![]() | Stadium: Autozone Park Attendance: 6,701 Referee: Dejan Susak |
September 2830 | Saint Louis FC | 1–1 | Atlanta United 2 | Fenton, Missouri |
8:30 PM | Blackwood ![]() Kacher ![]() | Report | Bashti ![]() Metcalf ![]() | Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 4,812 Referee: Elijio Arreguin |
October 531 | Saint Louis FC | 0–1 | Louisville City FC | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30 PM | Kamdem ![]() | Report | Rasmussen ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,512 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr. |
October 932 | Loudoun United FC | 4–3 | Saint Louis FC | Leesburg, Virginia |
6:30 PM | Ndour ![]() Murphy ![]() Doue ![]() A. Bustamante ![]() Amoh ![]() ![]() | Report | Hilton ![]() ![]() Blackwood ![]() Fink ![]() | Stadium: Loudoun United Stadium Attendance: 631 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk |
October 1233 | Saint Louis FC | 0–1 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | Fenton, Missouri |
8:30 PM EDT | Abend ![]() Kavita ![]() Kamdem ![]() | Report | Dos Santos ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,273 Referee: Jon Freemon |
October 1934 | North Carolina FC | 1–0 | Saint Louis FC | Cary, North Carolina |
6:00 PM | da Luz ![]() Kristo ![]() | Report | Reynolds ![]() | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,982 Referee: Ismir Pekmic |
As a member of the USL Championship, Saint Louis FC entered the tournament in the Second Round, played on May 14–15, 2019. [6]
May 15 Second Round | Des Moines Menace ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p) | ![]() | Des Moines, Iowa |
7:30 pm CDT | Perea ![]() Easterling ![]() ![]() Chávez ![]() ![]() Bakayoko ![]() Bell ![]() | Report | Umar ![]() Greig ![]() ![]() Cicerone ![]() Reynolds ![]() Dikwa ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Cownie Soccer Park Attendance: 630 Referee: Esad Omanovic |
Penalties | ||||
May 29 Third round | Saint Louis FC ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Fenton, Missouri |
7:00 p.m. CDT | Gee ![]() Abend ![]() Umar ![]() Bahner ![]() Cicerone ![]() | Report | Smart ![]() Michaud ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 1,206 Referee: Ryan Cook |
June 11 Fourth round | Saint Louis FC ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | St. Charles, Missouri |
7:30 p.m. CDT | Martz ![]() Abend ![]() Kamdem ![]() | Report | Kappelhof ![]() Nikolić ![]() | Stadium: Harlen C. Hunter Stadium Attendance: 4,456 Referee: Greg Dopka |
June 19 Round of 16 | Saint Louis FC ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Fenton, Missouri |
7:30PM CDT | Cicerone ![]() Fink ![]() | Report | Hagglund ![]() | Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 4,033 Referee: Michael Radchuk |
July 10 Quarter-finals | Atlanta United FC ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Kennesaw, Georgia |
6:00 p.m. CDT | Meram ![]() G. Martínez ![]() Robinson ![]() J. Martínez ![]() | Report | Umar ![]() Reynolds ![]() | Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 7,523 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza |
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