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Full name | St. Louis City Soccer Club 2 | |
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Founded | December 6, 2021 | |
Stadium | CityPark St. Louis, Missouri | |
Capacity | 22,500 | |
Owners |
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Chairman | Carolyn Kindle | |
Sporting director | Lutz Pfannenstiel | |
Coach | Bobby Murphy | |
League | MLS Next Pro | |
2023 | 5th, Western Conference Playoffs: Conference Quarterfinals | |
Website | Club website | |
St. Louis City 2, often shortened to 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 its home games at CityPark, home of City SC in St. Louis.
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.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Executive | |
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Sporting director | Lutz Pfannenstiel |
Technical | |
Head coach | Bobby Murphy |
Assistant coach | Chris Duvall |
Assistant coach | John Miglarese |
Goalkeeper coach | Tim Kelly |
Performance coach | Sam Black |
Athletic trainer | Zach Hopkins |
Equipment manager | Nelson Hernandez |
Player relations manage | Ruben Martinez |
Season | MLS Next Pro | Playoffs | USOC | Top Scorer | ||||||||||||
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P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Div. | Conf. | Overall | Player | Goals | |||
2022 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 49 | 2.04 | 1st | 1st | 2nd | Cup Final | R3 | Josh Dolling | 8 |
2023 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 85 | 74 | 11 | 47 | 1.68 | 4th | 5th | 9th | Round of 16 | Did not play | John Klein III | 13 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | Did not play |
Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
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John Hackworth | United States | January 14, 2022 | January 23, 2023 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 56 | 42 | 60.71 |
Bobby Murphy | United States | January 23, 2023 | Present | 29 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 50 | 41 | 55.17 |
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