MLS

St. Louis CITY SC vs San Jose Earthquakes, 2023 Major League Soccer, Regular Season

· MLS
St. Louis CITY SC
  • 34': Nicholas Gioacchini
  • 45'+3': João Klauss
  • 68': Tomas Ostrak
FT
3 - 0
San Jose Earthquakes

    St. Louis City sets MLS expansion record in win over San Jose

    Joao Klauss scored his team-leading third goal of the season and St. Louis City SC made MLS expansion history in a 3-0 win over visiting San Jose.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Rasmus Alm (St. Louis City SC).
    • 1': Tommy Thompson (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 2': Attempt missed. Carlos Akapo (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Carlos Gruezo.
    • 5': Foul by Jared Stroud (St. Louis City SC).
    • 5': Jeremy Ebobisse (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 5': Attempt missed. Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Carlos Akapo following a set piece situation.
    • 6': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Carlos Akapo.
    • 7': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Jackson Yueill.
    • 8': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Rodrigues.
    • 9': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Carlos Akapo.
    • 9': Attempt missed. Kyle Hiebert (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Indiana Vassilev with a cross following a corner.
    • 13': Attempt saved. Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza.
    • 13': Foul by Rodrigues (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 13': Nicholas Gioacchini (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 14': Rodrigues (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Indiana Vassilev (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jake Nerwinski.
    • 17': Attempt saved. João Klauss (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 18': Foul by Lucas Bartlett (St. Louis City SC).
    • 18': Jeremy Ebobisse (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 20': Carlos Akapo (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 20': Foul by Eduard Löwen (St. Louis City SC).
    • 24': Delay in match because of an injury Carlos Gruezo (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 25': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 26': Carlos Akapo (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 26': Foul by João Klauss (St. Louis City SC).
    • 28': Offside, San Jose Earthquakes. James Marcinkowski tries a through ball, but Cade Cowell is caught offside.
    • 29': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Michael Baldisimo replaces Carlos Gruezo because of an injury.
    • 30': Offside, St. Louis City SC. Roman Bürki tries a through ball, but Rasmus Alm is caught offside.
    • 34': Goal! St. Louis City SC 1, San Jose Earthquakes 0. Nicholas Gioacchini (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
    • 38': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Lucas Bartlett.
    • 38': Attempt missed. Carlos Akapo (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
    • 40': Foul by Miguel Trauco (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 40': Rasmus Alm (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 40': Miguel Trauco (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 41': Attempt saved. Indiana Vassilev (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
    • 41': Attempt saved. Lucas Bartlett (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Eduard Löwen (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Indiana Vassilev following a set piece situation.
    • 42': Carlos Akapo (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Foul by João Klauss (St. Louis City SC).
    • 44': Attempt blocked. Jackson Yueill (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tommy Thompson.
    • 44': Attempt missed. Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 45': Foul by Carlos Akapo (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 45': Jared Stroud (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Eduard Löwen (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Jackson Yueill (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 45'+1': Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Rasmus Alm (St. Louis City SC).
    • 45'+3': Goal! St. Louis City SC 2, San Jose Earthquakes 0. João Klauss (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, St. Louis City SC 2, San Jose Earthquakes 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins St. Louis City SC 2, San Jose Earthquakes 0.
    • 45': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Benjamin Kikanovic replaces Tommy Thompson.
    • 45': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Paul Marie replaces Miguel Trauco.
    • 46': Foul by Benjamin Kikanovic (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 46': Nicholas Gioacchini (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 46': Benjamin Kikanovic (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 47': Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Foul by John Nelson (St. Louis City SC).
    • 50': Attempt blocked. João Klauss (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jake Nerwinski.
    • 50': Attempt blocked. João Klauss (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 52': Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 52': Foul by Lucas Bartlett (St. Louis City SC).
    • 53': Attempt missed. Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza with a cross.
    • 53': Foul by João Klauss (St. Louis City SC).
    • 53': Rodrigues (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Foul by Rasmus Alm (St. Louis City SC).
    • 55': Michael Baldisimo (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Delay in match because of an injury Rodrigues (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 57': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Tomás Ostrák replaces Rasmus Alm.
    • 58': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Tanner Beason replaces Rodrigues because of an injury.
    • 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 59': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Jared Stroud.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Paul Marie (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
    • 61': Attempt saved. Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza.
    • 61': Attempt missed. Benjamin Kikanovic (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 63': Foul by Michael Baldisimo (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 63': João Klauss (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 64': Foul by Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 64': Jake Nerwinski (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 64': Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 65': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Miguel Perez replaces Jared Stroud.
    • 65': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Samuel Adeniran replaces João Klauss.
    • 66': Attempt missed. Samuel Adeniran (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Eduard Löwen following a fast break.
    • 66': Foul by Michael Baldisimo (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 66': Indiana Vassilev (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 66': Michael Baldisimo (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 68': Attempt blocked. Tomás Ostrák (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 68': Attempt blocked. Eduard Löwen (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicholas Gioacchini.
    • 68': Attempt blocked. Indiana Vassilev (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 68': Goal! St. Louis City SC 3, San Jose Earthquakes 0. Tomás Ostrák (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
    • 70': Foul by Eduard Löwen (St. Louis City SC).
    • 70': Tanner Beason (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Jonathan Mensah.
    • 72': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by James Marcinkowski.
    • 75': Delay in match because of an injury Nicholas Gioacchini (St. Louis City SC).
    • 76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 76': Offside, St. Louis City SC. Roman Bürki tries a through ball, but Samuel Adeniran is caught offside.
    • 78': Attempt blocked. Eduard Löwen (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 78': Attempt saved. Tomás Ostrák (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Samuel Adeniran (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Eduard Löwen.
    • 81': Foul by Eduard Löwen (St. Louis City SC).
    • 81': Jackson Yueill (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 83': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Tomás Ostrák.
    • 83': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Ousseni Bouda replaces Cade Cowell.
    • 84': Attempt saved. Samuel Adeniran (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 84': Benjamin Kikanovic (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Foul by Jake Nerwinski (St. Louis City SC).
    • 86': Foul by Eduard Löwen (St. Louis City SC).
    • 86': Jeremy Ebobisse (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Aziel Jackson replaces Indiana Vassilev.
    • 87': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Célio Pompeu replaces Nicholas Gioacchini.
    • 87': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Eduard Löwen.
    • 89': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Carlos Akapo.
    • 90': Foul by Miguel Perez (St. Louis City SC).
    • 90': Paul Marie (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Jackson Yueill (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 90'+2': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Lucas Bartlett.
    • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Ousseni Bouda (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Jonathan Mensah with a headed pass.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Ousseni Bouda (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jonathan Mensah following a corner.
    • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Tomás Ostrák (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Célio Pompeu.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Eduard Löwen (St. Louis City SC).
    • 90'+4': Jackson Yueill (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Eduard Löwen (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+5': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Paul Marie.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, St. Louis City SC 3, San Jose Earthquakes 0.
    • 0': Match ends, St. Louis City SC 3, San Jose Earthquakes 0.

    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/191.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originSJ STLhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/21812.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
    8 Fouls 17
    5 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 2
    5 Corner Kicks 8
    5 Saves 2
    54.9 Possession 45.1
    13 SHOTS 20
    2 ON GOAL 8
    0.2 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    336 Accurate Passes 255
    434 Passes 359
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
    7 Accurate Crosses 2
    23 Crosses 16
    0.3 Cross % 0.1
    49 Long Balls 54
    20 Accurate Long Balls 19
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
    3 Blocked Shots 7
    10 Effective Tackles 20
    17 Tackles 29
    0.6 Tackle % 0.7
    8 Interceptions 11
    25 Effective Clearances 21
    25 Clearances 21

    Game Information

    Competition: MLS

    Venue: Energizer Park
    Location: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
    Attendance: 22,423

    MLS Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 San Diego FC 28 +19 53
    2 Minnesota United FC 28 +16 50
    3 Vancouver Whitecaps 27 +16 49
    4 LAFC 25 +13 41
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    STL St. Louis CITY SC (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Roman Bürki (GK)
    22 Kyle Hiebert
    24 Lucas Bartlett
    14 John Nelson
    2 Jakob Nerwinski
    10 Eduard Löwen Yellow Card
    19 Indiana Vassilev
    8 Jared Stroud
    21 Rasmus Alm
    11 Nicholas Gioacchini
    9 João Klauss
    St. Louis CITY SC Substitutes:
    Akil Watts, Joshua Yaro, Selmir Pidro, Samuel Adeniran, Aziel Jackson, Miguel Perez, Célio Pompeu, Benjamin Lundt, Tomas Ostrak.

    SJ San Jose Earthquakes (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 JT Marcinkowski (GK)
    26 Rodrigues Yellow Card
    4 Jonathan Mensah
    21 Miguel Trauco Yellow Card
    29 Carlos Akapo
    7 Carlos Gruezo
    22 Tommy Thompson
    14 Jackson Yueill
    11 Jeremy Ebobisse
    44 Cade Cowell Yellow Card
    10 Cristian Espinoza
    San Jose Earthquakes Substitutes:
    Emmanuel Ochoa, Ousseni Bouda, Oskar Ågren, Daniel Munie, Tanner Beason, Michael Baldisimo, Benjamin Kikanovic, Jack Skahan, Paul Marie.

    MLS News

    Thomas Müller accidentally reveals Tristan Blackmon's USMNT call-up
    Thomas Müller accidentally reveals Tristan Blackmon's USMNT call-up

    Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Thomas Müller shared that his teammate, Tristan Blackmon, has received a call-up to the USMNT for the upcoming September friendlies.

    Müller accidentally reveals USMNT call-up for teammate Blackmon
    Müller accidentally reveals USMNT call-up for teammate Blackmon

    Thomas Müller accidentally announces that Tristan Blackmon will be in the latest USMNT squad.

    Son Heung-Min scores first LAFC goal in draw against Dallas
    Son Heung-Min scores first LAFC goal in draw against Dallas

    Son Heung-Min scored his first goal to help Los Angeles FC earn a 1-1 draw with FC Dallas on Saturday night.

    DC United and Inter Miami CF draw 1-1
    DC United and Inter Miami CF draw 1-1

    DC United and Inter Miami CF draw 1-1, with goals by Jackson Hopkins and Baltasar Gallego.

    Squirrel at Red Sox-Yankees recalls past wildlife interruptions
    Squirrel at Red Sox-Yankees recalls past wildlife interruptions

    A squirrel scampered around the outfield at Yankee Stadium on Friday, but it's far from the first time a creature stole the show at a sporting event.