Saint Louis FC
2020 season
OwnerSLSG Pro LLC
Head coachSteve Trittschuh
United Soccer LeagueEastern Conf.: 8th
Group E: 2nd
USL PlayoffsConf. Semifinals
U.S. Open CupCancelled
Kings' CupTBD
Average home league attendanceOverall: 1,715
Pre-Covid: 4,019
Post-Covid: 947
Biggest winSTL 4–1 MIA (March 7)
Biggest defeatLOU 3–0 STL (Sept. 12)
← 2019

The 2020 Saint Louis FC season was the club's sixth and final season of existence, and their sixth consecutive season in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer. Saint Louis additionally competed in the U.S. Open Cup. This article covers the period from November 18, 2019, the day after the 2019 USLC Playoff Final, to the conclusion of the 2020 USLC Playoff Final, scheduled for November 12–16, 2020.[1]

Roster

As of March 4, 2020[2]
No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Kyle Morton  United States
2 DF Paris Gee  Canada
3 DF Phanuel Kavita  DR Congo
4 DF Sam Fink  United States
5 MF Wal Fall  Germany
6 DF Daniel Fischer  Austria
7 MF Todd Wharton  United States
8 MF Guy Abend  Israel
9 MF Russell Cicerone  United States
10 FW Samb Mour  Senegal
11 MF Joaquín Rivas  El Salvador
13 MF Kadeem Dacres  United States
14 FW Tyler Blackwood  England
17 MF Oscar Umar  Ghana
18 GK John Berner  United States
21 DF Tobi Adewole  United States
22 FW Kyle Greig  United States
23 DF Richard Bryan  England
28 DF Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé  Canada
29 MF Nichi Vlastos  United States
— MF Kyle Genenbacher ([A])  United States
— DF Jansen Miller ([A])  United States
— DF Lawson Redmon ([A])  United States
  1. ^
    USL Academy Contract
    2.

Competitive

USL Championship

Main article: 2020 USL Championship season

Standings — Group E

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification
1 Louisville City FC 16 11 2 3 28 12 +16 35 2.19 Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
2 Saint Louis FC 16 7 4 5 22 21 +1 25 1.56
3 Indy Eleven 16 7 2 7 21 19 +2 23 1.44
4 Sporting Kansas City II 16 5 1 10 21 30 −9 16 1.00
Source: USL

Match results

March 7 1 Saint Louis FC 4–1 Miami FC Fenton, MO
1:00 PM Greig 10'
Cicerone 21', 90+2'
Fink Yellow card 59'
Kavita Yellow card 71'
Blackwood 77'
Gee Yellow card 84'		 Report 9 R. Williams 45' (pen.) Stadium: West Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,019
Referee: Jon Freemon
July 11 2 Indy Eleven 2–0 Saint Louis FC Indianapolis, IN
6:00 PM CDT Pasher 52'
Hackshaw 79'		 Report Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium
Attendance: 4,761
Referee: Calin Radosav
July 18 3 Louisville City FC 0–1 Saint Louis FC Louisville, KY
7:00 PM CDT Williams Yellow card 49'
Ownby Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Gee Yellow card 41'
Blackwood 52'
Wharton Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 4,850
Referee: Youssef Elmessoussi
July 26 4 Saint Louis FC 1–0 Indy Eleven Fenton, MO
4:00 PM CDT Blackwood 24'
Fall Yellow card 68'		 Report Hackshaw Yellow card 44' Stadium: West Community Stadium
Referee: Jervis Atagana
August 1 5 Memphis 901 FC 1–0 Saint Louis FC Memphis, TN
7:30 PM CDT Muckette Yellow card 11'
Marsh-Brown 54'
Koffi Yellow card 69'
Paul Yellow card 90'
Hodge Yellow card 90+2'
Segbers Yellow card 90+6'		 Report Rivas Yellow card 64' Stadium: Autozone Park
Referee: Matt Thompson
August 5 6 Saint Louis FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City II Fenton, MO
7:00 PM CDT Kavita 90+6' Report Riley Yellow card 42'
Mushagalusa 56'
Prieur Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: West Community Stadium
Attendance: 1,156
Referee: Jon Freemon
August 8 7 Saint Louis FC 0–2 FC Tulsa Fenton, MO
19:00 PM CDT Umar Yellow card 18'
Blackwood Yellow card 75'
Bryan Yellow card 83'		 Report 43' Bird
Yellow card 59' Garcia
Yellow card 72' Martinez
Yellow card 87' da Costa
90' Suarez		 Stadium: West Community Stadium
Attendance: 950
Referee: Jervis Atagana
August 15 8 Saint Louis FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City II Fenton, MO
19:00 PM CDT Cicerone 5'
Samb 69'
Rivas 90+2', Yellow card 90+7'		 Report Riley Yellow card 36'
Duke 40'
LeFlore Yellow card 62'
Rad Red card 90+5'		 Stadium: West Community Stadium
Attendance: 736
Referee: Jervis Atagana
August 22 9 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2–2 Saint Louis FC Pittsburgh, PA
18:00 PM CDT Mensah 16'
Mertz 40'
Thomas Yellow card 45+3'
Lindstrom Yellow card 56'		 Report Greig 45+1'
Fall 57'		 Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Referee: Kevin Fikar
August 29 10 Saint Louis FC 1–1 Louisville City FC Fenton, MO
19:00 PM CDT Samb 64'
Wharton Yellow card 74'
Umar Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Totsch 30', Yellow card 54'
Ockford Yellow card 90+7'		 Stadium: West Community Stadium
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
September 4 11 Saint Louis FC 3–2 Sporting Kansas City II Fenton, MO
19:00 PM CDT Greig 54'
Blackwood 58'
Fink Yellow card 70'
Dacres 83'
Morton Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Davis Yellow card 20'
Harris 47', 90+3' (pen.)
Mompremier Yellow card 52'		 Stadium: West Community Stadium
Referee: Matt Geringer
September 12 12 Louisville City FC 3–0 Saint Louis FC Louisville, KY
18:30 PM CDT Hoppenot 28'
Totsch Yellow card 39'
Lancaster 44'
Johnson 90+6'		 Report Fischer Yellow card 90' Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 4,852
Referee: Calin Radosav
September 19 13 Saint Louis FC 3–2 Sporting Kansas City II Fenton, MO
7:00 PM CDT Blackwood 12'
Cicerone 43'
Fink Yellow card 71', 90+5'
Wharton Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Čuić 59'
Davis Yellow card 66'
LeFlore 86'
Leeth Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: West Community Stadium
Referee: Matthew Thompson
September 23 14 Indy Eleven 1–1 Saint Louis FC Indianapolis, IN
6:00 PM CDT
Report
Report
Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium
Attendance: 5,664
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
September 26 15 Saint Louis FC 0–1 Louisville City FC Fenton, MO
7:00 PM CDT Fall Yellow card 67'
Kavita Yellow card 73'		 Report Ownby Yellow card 14'
Williams 43'
Souahy Yellow card 57'		 Stadium: West Community Stadium
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
October 3 16 Saint Louis FC 2–1 Indy Eleven Fenton, MO
7:00 PM CDT Blackwood Yellow card 8', 35'
Cicerone Yellow card 18'
Fall 47' (pen.)
Adewole Yellow card 69'		 Report Antley Yellow card 21'
Gibson Yellow card 45+2'
Barrett Yellow card 61'
Conner Yellow card 63'
Pasher 82' (pen.)		 Stadium: West Community Stadium
Referee: Tori Penso

USL Cup Playoffs

October 10 Conf. Quarterfinals Hartford Athletic 0–1 Saint Louis FC Hartford, CT
6:00 PM CDT Silva Yellow card 16'
Strong Yellow card 45+1'
Barrera Yellow card 61'
Politz Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Greig Yellow card 73'
Fall Yellow card 89'
Rivas 90+3'		 Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 2,194
Referee: Kevin Broadley
October 17 Conf. Semifinals Louisville City FC 2–0 Saint Louis FC Louisville, KY
6:30 PM CDT Totsch Yellow card 11'
Lancaster 18'
Williams Yellow card 20'
Lundt Yellow card 75'
Adewole 83' (o.g.)		 Report Fall soccer ball with red X 12'
Gee Yellow card 25'
Fink Yellow card 82'
Samb Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 4,900
Referee: Lukasz Szpala

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2020 U.S. Open Cup

As a USL Championship club, St. Louis FC will enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9.[3]

April 7 2nd Round FC Motown New Jersey
or NY Pancyprian-Freedoms New York (state) 		P–P Missouri Saint Louis FC Montclair, NJ or
Queens, NY
7:00pm EDT or 8:00 pm EDT Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field or Belson Stadium
Note: Match postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]

References

  1. ^ "USL Championship Unveils 2020 Schedule". Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Roster". SaintLouisFC.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "Restructured Competition Format For 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Provides Opportunity For More "David vs. Goliath" Matchups In 107th Edition Of U.S. Soccer's National Championship". U.S. Soccer Federation. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  4. ^ "U.S. Soccer Temporarily Suspends 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Due to COVID-19 Outbreak". ussoccer.com. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
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