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St. Louis City 2

Full name	St. Louis City Soccer Club 2
Founded	December 6, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-06)
Stadium	CityPark St. Louis, Missouri
Capacity	22,500
Owners	Carolyn Kindle Jo Ann Taylor Kindle Jim Kavanaugh
Chairman	Carolyn Kindle
Sporting director	Lutz Pfannenstiel
Coach	Bobby Murphy
League	MLS Next Pro
2023	5th, Western Conference Playoffs: Conference Quarterfinals
Website	Club website
Away colors
Current season

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.

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.

Players and staff

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF   USA Akil Watts ( [A]) 22 DF   CAN Kyle Hiebert ( [A]) 31 GK   USA Christian Olivares ( [A]) 33 MF   USA Tyson Pearce ( [A]) 40 DF   GER Michael Wentzel 41 MF   USA John Klein 42 DF   COL Oscar Benítez 43 MF   USA Cam Cilley 45 FW   USA Anthony Faupel ( [B]) 46 FW   USA Caden Glover ( [A]) 47 FW   USA Ryley Gibbs ( [B]) 48 MF   USA Aaron Heard 49 MF   GHA Seth Antwi 50 DF   CAN Gabriel Mikina 52 GK   USA Andrew Kohlberg 55 GK   USA Nick Bishop 56 MF   USA Ryan Becher

No. Pos. Nation Player 59 MF   USA Mykhi Joyner 64 FW   USA Dida Armstrong 66 DF   USA Kai Jaeger ( [B]) 69 MF   USA Mikey Lay ( [B]) 71 DF   USA Nolan McGuire 72 DF   USA Eric Kinzner 75 MF   USA Wan Kuzain 77 GK   USA Sam Gomez 80 FW   USA Brendan McSorley 84 FW   USA Jackson Delhaus ( [B]) 85 MF   JPN Hosei Kijima ( [A]) 88 MF   USA Larsen Hackworth 94 MF   USA Carson Locker ( [B]) 99 DF   USA Jayden Reid

Staff

As of February 17, 2022. ^[2]

Executive
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

Team records

Year-by-year

As of October 8, 2022

Season	MLS Next Pro												Playoffs	USOC	Top Scorer
	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

Head coaches record

As of October 8, 2022

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%
John Hackworth	United States	January 14, 2022	January 23, 2023	28	17	3	8	56	42	060.71
Bobby Murphy	United States	January 23, 2023	Present	29	16	0	13	50	41	055.17

Honors

• MLS Next Pro Western Conference
  • Winners (regular season): 2022
  • Winners (playoffs): 2022
• Western Conference Frontier Division
  • Winners: 2022

See also

• St. Louis City SC
• Soccer in St. Louis

References