May 13, 2023 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – St. Louis City SC News Release
ST. LOUIS – St. Louis CITY SC fell 1-0 to Chicago Fire FC in MLS action at Soldier Field on Saturday afternoon. After an intense, back-and-forth first half, Chicago found the eventual game-winner in the 40th minute through Rafael Czichos who tucked away Xherdan Shaqiri’s cross off a freekick.
Postgame Notes
CITY SC’s first homegrown signing, 16-year-old Caden Glover made his MLS debut.
Glover became the first player born in 2007 to make his MLS debut
Today’s match marked the first time where both of CITY SC’s homegrown players Miguel Perez and Glover featured in the same game
CITY SC fielded its 14th different starting lineup across all competitions
Goal-Scoring Plays
CHI – Rafael Czichos (Xherdan Shaqiri),40th minute:Rafael Czichos left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
Next Game
St. Louis CITY SC returns home to CITYPARK to play against Sporting KC on Saturday, May 20.
May 13, 2023 – Soldier Field (Chicago, IL)
Goals by Half 1 2 F
Chicago Fire FC 1 0 1
St. Louis CITY SC 0 0 0
Scoring Summary
CHI:Rafael Czichos (Xherdan Shaqiri), 40
Misconduct Summary
STL: Miguel Perez (caution), 26
STL: John Nelson (caution), 43
STL: Niko Gioacchini (caution), 49
CHI:Gastón Gimenez (caution), 59
CHI: Fabian Herbers (caution), 64
STL: John Nelson (second caution/ejection), 70
Lineups
CHI:GK Chris Brady; D Arnaud Souquet, D Carlos Teran (Rafael Czichos 34′), D Mauricio Pineda, D Miguel Navarro; M Fabian Herbers (Georgios Koutsias 72′) M Gastón Gimenez, M Xherdan Shaqiri ©, M Brian Gutierrez (Jairo Torres 89′), M Federico Navarro; F Kei Kamara (Kacper Przybylko 72′)
Substitutes Not Used:GK Spencer Richey, D Kendall Burks, D Alonso Aceves, D Wyatt Omsberg, F Missael Rodriguez
TOTAL SHOTS: 9; SHOTS ON GOAL: 6; FOULS: 13; OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 2
STL:GK Roman Bürki ©; D Jake Nerwinski (Jared Stroud 65′), D Lucas Bartlett (Josh Yaro 77′), D Kyle Hiebert, D John Nelson; M Miguel Perez (Njabulo Blom 46′), M Eduard Löwen (Caden Glover 77′), M Indiana Vassilev, M Célio Pompeu, M Tomáš Ostrák (Isak Jensen 64′); F Niko Gioacchini
Substitutes Not Used:D Jon Bell, GK Ben Lundt, M Akil Watts, M Aziel Jackson
TOTAL SHOTS: 9; SHOTS ON GOAL: 2; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDES: 0; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 5
*All stats here are unofficial
Referee: Filip Dujic
Assistant Referees: Kevin Klinger, Andrew Bigelow
Fourth Official: Jon Freemon
VAR: Kevin Stott
AVAR: Rene Parra
Venue: Soldier Field
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