St. Louis City 2

St. Louis City 2
Full nameSt. Louis City Soccer Club 2
FoundedDecember 6, 2021 (2021-12-06)
StadiumEnergizer Park
St. Louis, Missouri
Capacity22,423
Owners
ChairmanCarolyn Kindle
Sporting directorLutz Pfannenstiel
CoachJohn Hackworth (interim)
LeagueMLS Next Pro
20235th, Western Conference
Playoffs: Conference Quarterfinals
Websitehttps://www.stlcitysc.com/city2/

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 Energizer Park, 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.[2] 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 MF  AUS Jake Girdwood-Reich ([A])
10 MF  GER Eduard Löwen ([A])
13 DF  USA Michael Wenztel ([A])
16 FW  FIN Emil Jääskeläinen
21 MF  SWE Rasmus Alm ([A])
28 MF  USA Miguel Perez ([A])
31 GK  USA Christian Olivares ([A])
32 DF  GER Timo Baumgartl ([A])
33 MF  USA Tyson Pearce ([A])
34 GK  USA Colin Welsh
43 MF  USA Cam Cilley
46 FW  USA Caden Glover ([A])
49 MF  GHA Seth Antwi
50 DF  CAN Gabriel Mikina
52 GK  USA Lucas McPartlin ([B])
55 GK  USA Nicholas Bishop
59 MF  USA MyKhi Joyner ([A])
61 MF  USA Ryan Dugan
No. Pos. Nation Player
62 MF  USA John DiMaria
64 FW  USA Dida Armstrong
65 FW  USA Edin Clark ([B])
66 DF  USA Kai Jaeger
71 DF  USA Joey Zalinsky ([A])
75 MF  USA Wan Kuzain
79 DF  USA Emiliano Chavez
80 FW  USA Brendan McSorley
82 MF  USA Nicholas Schramm ([B])
83 FW  USA Lorenzo Cornelius
88 MF  USA Larsen Hackworth
91 DF  MEX Jaziel Orozco
97 FW  SVK Lucas Demitra
98 MF  USA Matteo Kidd
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract with St. Louis City SC
    2.
  2. ^
    Signed to academy team contract with St. Louis City SC Academy
    3.

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
56 MF  USA Ryan Becher (on loan to Union Omaha until November 30, 2025)

Staff

As of June 26, 2025.[3]
Executive
Sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel
Technical
Interim head coach John Hackworth
Assistant coach N/A
Goalkeeper coach Tim Kelly
Performance coach Peter Alston
Head Athletic trainer Zach Hopkins
Equipment manager Nelson Hernandez
Player relations manager Tommy Driscoll

Team records

Year-by-year

As of November 15, 2024
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 28 18 0 10 53 35 +18 56 2 2nd 2nd 2nd Semifinals Did not play Mykhi Joyner 18

Head coaches record

As of June 28, 2025
  • Includes regular season, playoff, and U.S. Open Cup games.
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 November 14, 2024 60 36 0 24 103 76 060.00
David Critchley  England November 14, 2024 May 27, 2025 11 6 1 4 20 18 054.55
John Hackworth (interim)  United States May 27, 2025 Present 4 4 0 0 9 3 100.00

Honors

  • MLS Next Pro Western Conference
  • Western Conference Frontier Division

See also

References

  1. ^ "MLS NEXT Pro unveils 21 clubs for inaugural season starting March 2022 | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 ST. LOUIS NEXT PRO COACHING STAFF ANNOUNCED". STLCitySC.com.
  3. ^ "St Louis CITY2 Reveals Coaching Staff for 2025 Season". stlcitysc.com. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  4. ^ "2022 MLS Next Pro Conference Standings". MLS Next Pro. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  5. ^ "St Louis CITY2 Are MLS NEXT Pro Western Conference Champions". St. Louis City SC. October 2, 2022. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  6. ^ "2022 MLS Next Pro Divisions Standings". MLS Next Pro. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
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