St. Louis CITY SC Ties with Portland Timbers at Providence Park

August 25, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
St. Louis City SC News Release

PORTLAND, OR – St. Louis CITY SC earned a point on the road after a 4-4 tie at Portland Timbers. CITY SC took the lead within the first 11 minutes with Simon Becher scoring his first MLS goal for St. Louis from a corner kick from Marcel Hartel who notched his first MLS assist. In the 34th minute Eduard Löwen converted from the penalty spot to give CITY SC a two-goal advantage. Portland responded with a goal from Jonathan Rodríguez to cut the lead in half before Cedric Teuchert made it 3-1 to CITY SC heading into the halftime break. Portland’s Felipe Mora scored in the 57th minute but again St. Louis responded through Nökkvi Thórisson a minute later. Mora scored again in the 65th minute before Evander tied it up in stoppage time to give Portland a point at home.

Postgame Notes

Cedric Teuchert scored his first career MLS goal and his third goal in his last six matches across all competitions. Additionally, Teuchert earned his first career MLS assist

Eduard Löwen scored his fourth MLS goal of the season. The goal was Löwen’s tenth MLS goal of his career

Nökkvi Thórisson scored his fourth goal of the season

Simon Becher scored his first MLS goal for St. Louis

The goal was Becher’s second against Portland Timbers this season (one goal against the Timbers in Leagues Cup)

Becher also scored in his first MLS match for his former club Vancouver Whitecaps

Marcel Hartel marked his first, second, and third career MLS assists

With three assists, Hartel became the second player in MLS history to record three assists in their regular season debut. Hartel joins Carlos Hermosillo, who set up three goals in his debut for the LA Galaxy on June 7, 1998.

Hartel is the second St. Louis CITY SC player to record three assists in one match in the MLS regular season. Löwen achieved the same feat against Austin FC last season

Becher, Hartel, and Teuchert have contributed to 10 of 12 goals for CITY SC during the team’s last four matches

Henry Kessler and Jannes Horn made their CITY SC’s debut

Tonight’s match is just the second time St. Louis has scored three or more goals in the first half of an MLS game (last time was against FC Cincinnati last season)

Goal-Scoring Plays

STL: Simon Becher (Marcel Hartel), 11th minute – Simon Becher scored a header from the center of the box off a corner kick.

STL: Eduard Löwen (penalty), 36th minute – Eduard Löwen scored a penalty kick with a right footed shot to the…