St. Louis City 2

St. Louis City 2
Full name	St. Louis City Soccer Club 2
Founded	December 6, 2021; 2 years ago
Stadium	Energizer Park; St. Louis, Missouri
Capacity	22,423
Owners	Carolyn Kindle; Jo Ann Taylor Kindle; Jim Kavanaugh;
Chairman	Carolyn Kindle
Sporting director	Lutz Pfannenstiel
Coach	David Critchley
League	MLS Next Pro
2023	5th, Western Conference; Playoffs: Conference Quarterfinals
Website	https://www.stlcitysc.com/city2/
	Away colors
	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 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	USA	Jake Nerwinski (^[A])
3	MF	AUS	Jake Girdwood-Reich (^[A])
20	DF	USA	Akil Watts (^[A])
22	DF	CAN	Kyle Hiebert (^[A])
31	GK	USA	Christian Olivares (^[A])
33	MF	USA	Tyson Pearce (^[A])
39	GK	USA	Ben Lundt (^[A])
40	DF	USA	Michael Wentzel (^[A])
42	DF	COL	Oscar Benítez
43	MF	USA	Cam Cilley
46	FW	USA	Caden Glover (^[A])
48	MF	USA	Aaron Heard
49	MF	GHA	Seth Antwi
50	DF	CAN	Gabriel Mikina
52	GK	USA	Andrew Kohlberg
53	DF	USA	Jayson Castillo (^[B])
55	GK	USA	Nick Bishop
56	MF	USA	Ryan Becher
59	MF	USA	Mykhi Joyner
61	FW	USA	Ryan Dugan (^[B])
62	MF	USA	Jack Di Maria (^[B])


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
64	FW	USA	Dida Armstrong
65	FW	USA	Edin Clark (^[B])
66	DF	USA	Kai Jaeger (^[B])
69	MF	USA	Mikey Lay (^[B])
70	DF	BIH	Selmir Pidro (^[A])
71	DF	USA	Nolan McGuire
72	DF	USA	Eric Kinzner
75	MF	USA	Wan Kuzain
77	GK	USA	Sam Gomez
78	FW	USA	Braden Benyr
80	FW	USA	Brendan McSorley
81	DF	USA	Carter Knodle (^[B])
83	MF	USA	Lawrence Cornelius (^[B])
85	MF	JPN	Hosei Kijima (^[A])
88	MF	USA	Larsen Hackworth
94	MF	USA	Carson Locker (^[B])
97	FW	SVK	Lucas Demitra
98	MF	USA	Matteo Kidd
99	DF	USA	Jayden Reid (^[A])
—	DF	USA	James Buebendorf (^[B])

^

Signed to first team contract with St. Louis City SC

^

Signed to academy team contract with St. Louis City SC Academy

Staff

As of February 17, 2022.^[3]

Executive
Sporting director	Lutz Pfannenstiel
Technical
Head coach	David Critchley
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 November 15, 2024

Season	MLS Next Pro												Playoffs	USOC	Top Scorer
Season	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Div.	Conf.	Overall	Playoffs	USOC	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