2019 Saint Louis FC season

The 2019 Saint Louis FC season is 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 FC
2019 season
OwnerSLSG Pro LLC
Head CoachAnthony Pulis
United Soccer LeagueWestern Conference: 11th
USL PlayoffsDid Not Qualify
U.S. Open CupQuarter-finals
Kings' CupRunner-up
Highest home attendanceLeague/All: 5,963
(June 22 vs. North Carolina FC)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 3,524
(September 4 vs. Ottawa Fury FC)
All: 1,206
(May 29 vs. Forward Madison FC, USOC )
Average home league attendance4,532
Biggest win3–0
(27 July vs. Bethlehem Steel)
Biggest defeat1–4
(20 July at Tampa Bay Rowdies)

Saint Louis moved back to the Eastern Conference this season, after spending 2018 in the Western Conference.

Roster
As of August 23, 2019[1]
No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Tomas Gomez  United States
2 Defender Matt Bahner  United States
3 Defender Phanuel Kavita  DR Congo
4 Defender Sam Fink  United States
5 Defender Paris Gee  Canada
6 Defender Bradley Kamdem  France
7 Midfielder Audi Jepson  United States
8 Midfielder Lewis Hilton  England
9 Forward Russell Cicerone  United States
10 Forward Albert Dikwa  Cameroon
11 Forward Joaquín Rivas  El Salvador
12 Midfielder Guy Abend  Israel
13 Midfielder Kadeem Dacres  United States
14 Forward Tyler Blackwood  England
15 Defender Sean Reynolds  United States
17 Midfielder Oscar Umar  Ghana
18 Forward Caleb Calvert  United States
20 Midfielder Collin Fernandez  Peru
21 Midfielder Matt Thomas  United States
22 Forward Kyle Greig  United States
24 Goalkeeper Jake Fenlason  United States
26 Defender Lawson Redmon ([A])  United States
27 Defender Jansen Miller ([A])  United States
28 Midfielder Kipp Keller ([A])  United States
29 Midfielder Nichi Vlastos  United States
30 Goalkeeper Patrick Schulte ([A])  United States
99 Midfielder Masta Kacher  Canada
  1. ^
    Saint Louis FC academy player.
    2.

Competitions

Preseason
February 9 FriendlyOKC Energy FC0–0Saint Louis FCSpringfield, Missouri
2:00 PM CST Report Stadium: Betty and Bobby Allison South Stadium
February 13 FriendlyAustin Bold FC1–1Saint Louis FCTexas
 68' Report Greig  45' Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Match played with three periods of 30 minutes each
February 13 FriendlyLone Star Academy U-191–1Saint Louis FCTexas
 15' Report Dikwa  9' Attendance: Closed-door
Note: 30-minute match
February 16 FriendlySan Antonio FC0–0Saint Louis FCSan Antonio, Texas
11:00 AM CST Report Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Doubleheader. 60-minute match.
February 16 FriendlySan Antonio FC1–0Saint Louis FCSan Antonio, Texas
CST  (o.g.) Report Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Doubleheader. 60-minute match.
February 23 FriendlySaint Louis FC3–1Tulsa Roughnecks FCFenton, Missouri
1:00 PM CST Rivas  34' (pen.)
Reynolds  50'
Trialist  57'		 Report Rodrigo  23' Stadium: Toyota Stadium
February 24 FriendlySaint Louis FC3–0Memphis 901 FCFenton, Missouri
1:00 PM CST Dacres  23',  79'
Greig  27'		 Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
March 2 FriendlySaint Louis FC1–0Forward Madison FCFenton, Missouri
1:00 PM CST Dacres  28' Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium

USL Championship
Main article: 2019 USL Championship season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
12 5 4 3 14 11  +3 19 3 1 1 9 6  +3 2 3 2 5 5  0

Source: Standings

Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHHAHAHHAAHAAHAHAAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHA
ResultWWDWWLDWWDDDLL
Source: Saint Louis schedule
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Match results

On December 19, 2018, the USL announced their 2019 season schedule.[2]

All times in Central Time unless otherwise noted.

9 March 1Saint Louis FC2–1Indy ElevenFenton, Missouri
1:00 PM Kavita  69'
Fink  72'
Cicerone  76'		 Report Hackshaw  57',  61'
Barrett  64'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,561
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
16 March 2Nashville SC0–1Saint Louis FCNashville, Tennessee
7:00 PM Moloto  32' Report Kavita  62'
Umar  71'
Calvert  84'		 Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 6,070
Referee: Eric Tattersall
23 March 3Saint Louis FC1–1Tampa Bay RowdiesFenton, Missouri
1:00 PM Dacres  22'
Fink  26'		 Report Diakité  63'
Morad  73'
Guenzatti  76' (pen.)		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,037
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
30 March 4Saint Louis FC1–0Charlotte IndependenceFenton, Missouri
1:00 PM Greig  5' Report Taku  44'
Johnson  63'
Herrera  82'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 3,778
Referee: Lorant Varga
6 April 5Atlanta United 20–2Saint Louis FCKennesaw, Georgia
6:30 PM Williams  40' Report Fink  9' (pen.)
Cicerone  20'
Hilton  88'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 2,640
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
13 April 6Saint Louis FC2–3Birmingham Legion FCFenton, Missouri
7:30 PM Abend  37'
Rivas  63'
Fink  88' (pen.)		 Report Lopez  14'
Laurent  38'
Williams  75',  81'
Fisher  78'
Opoku  87'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 3,635
Referee: Jervis Atagana
20 April 7Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC0–0Saint Louis FCPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
6:00 PM Greenspan  29'
dos Santos  40'
Dover  58'
Vancaeyezeele  90+3'		 Report Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 2,150
Referee: Eric Tattersall
27 April 8Saint Louis FC3–1Swope Park RangersFenton, Missouri
7:30 PM Jepson  42'
Cicerone  47'
Greig  82',  84'		 Report Andrade  65'
Colombie  80'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,076
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
4 May 9Saint Louis FC—Ottawa Fury FCFenton, Missouri
7:30 PM Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
Note: Postponed due to flooding.
11 May 10Charleston Battery0–0Saint Louis FCCharleston, South Carolina
6:30 PM Piggott  51'
Candela  55'
Nelson  63'
Mueller  90+3'		 Report Bahner  24'
Umar  89'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 1,879
Referee: Luis Guardia
18 May 11Louisville City FC0–0Saint Louis FCLouisville, Kentucky
6:00 PM Jimenez  41'
Craig  80'
Francis  90'
Williams  90+2'		 Report Abend  35' Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 9,688
Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr.
1 June 12Saint Louis FC—Memphis 901 FCFenton, Missouri
1:00 PM Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Referee: Matthew Franz
Note: Match postponed due to severe weather.[3]
8 June 13Hartford Athletic2–1Saint Louis FCEast Hartford, Connecticut
6:00 PM Swartz  27'
Rasmussen  85' (pen.)
Downs  86'		 Report Bahner  16'
Abend  79'		 Stadium: Rentschler Field
Referee: John Griggs
15 June 14Bethlehem Steel FC3–1Saint Louis FCPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM CDT Chambers  19',  26'
Moumbagna  25',  27'
Cortés  37'
Fontana  56'		 Report Kamdem  18'
Hilton  58'
Umar  63'  81'
Greig  74'
Calvert  74'
Dacres  85'		 Stadium: McCarthy Stadium
Attendance: 222
Referee: Luis Guardia
22 June 15Saint Louis FC2–2North Carolina FCFenton, Missouri
7:30 PM Dikwa  47'
Cicerone  62'
Fink  90+1' (pen.)		 Report Ewolo  32'
Fortune  46'
Miller  81'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 5,963
Referee: Jon Freemon
30 June 16Swope Park Rangers2–1Saint Louis FCKansas City, Kansas
4:00 PM Hernandez  21',  90'
Smith  45'
Mbekeli  69'
Vanacore-Decker  82'
Segbers  90'		 Report Martz  45+3'
Dacres  78'
Kamdem  90+1'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 531
Referee: Lorant Varga
6 July 17Saint Louis FC2–2Loudoun United FCFenton, Missouri
7:30 PM Hilton  55'
Greig  57'
Cicerone  73'
Umar  88'		 Report K. Murphy  41'
Martinez  51',  66'
Ward  82'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,564
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
13 July 18Charlotte Independence2–1Saint Louis FCMatthews, North Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Jackson  5'
Mansally  36'
Martínez  49'
Johnson  80'		 Report Dacres  51'
Hilton  68'
Calvert  75'		 Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews
Attendance: 2,007
Referee: Kevin Broadley
20 July 19Tampa Bay Rowdies4–1Saint Louis FCSt. Petersburg, Florida
6:30 PM Guenzatti  33',  36'
Oduro  69'
Fernandes  79'
Richards  90+1'		 Report Calvert  20'
Hilton  71'
Greig  87'		 Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 4,520
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
27 July 20Saint Louis FC3–0Bethlehem Steel FCFenton, Missouri
7:30 PM Umar  29'
Greig  41'
Hilton  48'
Dacres  49'		 Report Willis  56'
McKenzie  78'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,225
Referee: Matthew Thompson
2 August 21New York Red Bulls II2–0Saint Louis FCMontclair, New Jersey
6:00 PM Elney  34',  89'
Stroud  69'
Tolkin  74'		 Report Kacher  13'
Umar  32',  88'
Greig  39'
Calvert  75'		 Stadium: MSU Soccer Park
Attendance: 756
Referee: Greg Dopka
6 August 12Saint Louis FC0–0Memphis 901 FCFenton, Missouri
7:30 PM Kamdem  70' Report Lindley  27'
Charpie  75'
Burch  78'
Mohamed  84'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 5,179
Referee: Jon Freemon
Note: Replay of June 1 match postponed due to severe weather.[4]
10 August 22Saint Louis FC1–1Charleston BatteryFenton, Missouri
7:30 PM Fink  68' (pen.)
Kamdem  88'		 Report Candela  3'
van Schaik  37',  81'
Svantesson  63'
Anunga  67'
Archer  80'
Woodbine  81'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,085
Referee: Malik Badawi
18 August 23Indy Eleven2–1Saint Louis FCIndianapolis, Indiana
6:00 PM Pasher  67'
Kelly  81'
Conner  84'		 Report Fernandez  75'
Hilton  90+2'		 Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium
Attendance: 10,035
Referee: Elton García
24 August 24Ottawa Fury FC2–1Saint Louis FCOttawa, Ontario
1:00 PM Haworth  10'
 Barry  34'
Fall  56'
François  90+5'		 Report Umar  14'  47'
Kavita  56'
Fink  71' (pen.)
Reynolds  87'		 Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 5,504
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla
1 September 25Saint Louis FC3–2Hartford AthleticFenton, Missouri
7:30 PM Darces  16'
Greig  38',  65'
Reynolds  59'
Bahner  71'		 Report Reynolds  29' (o.g.)
Dalgaard  67'
Barrera  75'
Angulo  90+6'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,068
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
4 September 9Saint Louis FC1–0Ottawa Fury FCFenton, Missouri
7:00 PM Abend  35'
Fernandez  63'
Blackwood  80'		 Report Tissot  45+4'
Thiago  88'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 3,524
Referee: Victor Rivas
Note: Replay of May 4 match postponed due to severe weather.[5]
7 September 26Saint Louis FC1–0Nashville SCFenton, Missouri
7:30 PM Gee  12'
Umar  67'
Cicerone  77'		 Report LaGrassa  42' Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 5,284
Referee: Thomas Snyder
13 September 27Birmingham Legion0–2Saint Louis FCBirmingham, AL
7:00 PM CDT Ward  38'
Asiedu  74'
Lopez  79'		 Report Bahner  22'
Blackwood  42',  72'
Kavita  62'
Greig  75'		 Stadium: BBVA Field
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
18 September 28Saint Louis FC2–0New York Red Bulls IIFenton, Missouri
7:30 PM Blackwood  3'
Darces  45+1'
Fink  70' (pen.)		 Report Stroud  25'
Louro  70'
Boateng  70'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 5,462
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
21 September 29Memphis 901 FC1–0Saint Louis FCMemphis, Tennessee
7:00 PM Epps  43',  54'
Paul  60'
Allen  75'
Morton  84'		 Report Cicerone  40'
Fernandez  85'		 Stadium: Autozone Park
Attendance: 6,701
Referee: Dejan Susak
28 September 30Saint Louis FC1–1Atlanta United 2Fenton, Missouri
8:30 PM Blackwood  67'
Kacher  75'		 Report Bashti  72'
Metcalf  88'		 Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,812
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
5 October 31Saint Louis FC0–1Louisville City FCFenton, Missouri
7:30 PM Kamdem  51' Report Rasmussen  12' Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,512
Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr.
9 October 32Loudoun United FC4–3Saint Louis FCLeesburg, Virginia
6:30 PM Ndour  47'
Murphy  60'
Doue  75'
A. Bustamante  80'
Amoh  90+2',  90+3'		 Report Hilton  35',  67'
Blackwood  63'
Fink  90+5'		 Stadium: Loudoun United Stadium
Attendance: 631
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
12 October 33Saint Louis FC0–1Pittsburgh Riverhounds SCFenton, Missouri
8:30 PM EDT Abend  44'
Kavita  51'
Kamdem  59'		 Report Dos Santos  88',  90+6' Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 5,273
Referee: Jon Freemon
19 October 34North Carolina FC1–0Saint Louis FCCary, North Carolina
6:00 PM da Luz  50'
Kristo  90'		 Report Reynolds  89' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,982
Referee: Ismir Pekmic

U.S. Open Cup
Main article: 2019 U.S. Open Cup

As a member of the USL Championship, Saint Louis FC will enter the tournament in the Second Round, to be played May 14-15, 2019[6]

May 15 Second RoundDes Moines Menace 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–3 p)		 Saint Louis FCDes Moines, Iowa
7:30 pm CDT Perea  39' (pen.)
Easterling  40'  90+2'
Chávez  53'  120+4'
Bakayoko  90+6'
Bell  126'		 Report Umar  7'
Greig  14',  40'
Cicerone  80'
Reynolds  90+6'
Dikwa  113'  114'		 Stadium: Cownie Soccer Park
Attendance: 630
Referee: Esad Omanovic
Penalties
May 29 Third roundSaint Louis FC 3–1 Forward Madison FCFenton, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CDT Gee  2'
Abend  6'
Umar  52'
Bahner  56'
Cicerone  72'		 Report Smart  38'
Michaud  82'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 1,206
Referee: Ryan Cook
June 11 Fourth roundSaint Louis FC 2–1 Chicago FireSt. Charles, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CDT Martz  17'
Abend  21'
Kamdem  71'		 Report Kappelhof  19'
Nikolić  72' (pen.)		 Stadium: Harlen C. Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 4,456
Referee: Greg Dopka
June 19 Round of 16Saint Louis FC 1–0 FC CincinnatiFenton, Missouri
7:30PM CDT Cicerone  70'
Fink  90+3'		 Report Hagglund  19' Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,033
Referee: Michael Radchuk
July 10 Quarter-finalsAtlanta United FC 2–0 Saint Louis FCKennesaw, Georgia
6:00 p.m. CDT Meram  45'
G. Martínez  52'
Robinson  61'
J. Martínez  90+5' (pen.)		 Report Umar  59'
Reynolds  90+4'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 7,523
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

References
  1. "2019 Roster". Saint Louis FC. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  2. "2019 USL Championship Schedule Unveiled". Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  3. USL staff (1 June 2019). "Gameday Report: June 1, Week 13". Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  4. USL staff (13 June 2019). "STLFC VS. Memphis 901 FC Rescheduled For August 6th". Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  5. USL staff (17 May 2019). "STL V OTT Rescheduled For September 4". Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  6. "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized". Retrieved February 15, 2019.
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