# 2024 St. Louis City SC season

The 2024 season was the second season for St. Louis City SC. It was the club's second season in existence, their second in the top-tier of American soccer, and their second season in Major League Soccer.
2024 was the second year since 2023 that a top division club from Greater St. Louis played in the first tier of U.S. soccer, the last being the St. Louis Stars who played in the North American Soccer League from 1968 until 1977, and the old National Professional Soccer League in 1967.
Outside of MLS play, St. Louis City SC participated in the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup and the 2024 Leagues Cup.

## Summary
### February and March

St. Louis City SC opened the 2024 season in the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup playing against the Houston Dynamo. St. Louis earned its berth in the continental cup by winning the Western Conference of MLS.

## Club
### Management

| Position | Name |
| OWNERSHIP ||
| Chairman & Majority Owner | Carloyn Kindle |
| Co-Owner | Jo Ann Taylor Kindle |
| Co-Owner | Jim Kavanaugh |
| FRONT OFFICE ||
| President & General Manager | Diego Gigliani |
| Sporting Director | Lutz Pfannenstiel |
| COACHING STAFF ||
| Head Coach | John Hackworth (interim) |
| Director of Coaching | John Hackworth |
| Assistant Coach | Mitch Hildebrandt |
| Assistant Coach | Rainer Kraft |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Alex Langer |
| Director of Sports Performance | Jarryd Phillips |
| Head of Sports Science | Kelly Roderick |

### Roster

    As of September 5, 2024
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 |
| 1 | GK | SUI | Roman Bürki (captain) |
| 2 | DF | USA | Jake Nerwinski |
| 3 | MF | AUS | Jake Girdwood-Reich |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Joakim Nilsson |
| 5 | DF | USA | Henry Kessler |
| 7 | MF | CZE | Tomáš Ostrák |
| 8 | MF | USA | Chris Durkin |
| 9 | FW | BRA | João Klauss |
| 10 | MF | GER | Eduard Löwen |
| 11 | FW | USA | Simon Becher |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Célio Pompeu |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Tomas Totland |
| 15 | DF | GHA | Joshua Yaro |
| 17 | MF | GER | Marcel Hartel |
| 19 | MF | USA | Indiana Vassilev |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | USA | Akil Watts |
| 21 | MF | SWE | Rasmus Alm |
| 22 | DF | CAN | Kyle Hiebert |
| 29 | FW | ISL | Nökkvi Thórisson |
| 31 | GK | USA | Christian Olivares |
| 33 | MF | USA | Tyson Pearce |
| 36 | FW | GER | Cedric Teuchert |
| 38 | DF | GER | Jannes Horn |
| 39 | GK | GER | Ben Lundt |
| 40 | DF | USA | Michael Wentzel |
| 41 | MF | USA | John Klein |
| 46 | FW | USA | Caden Glover |
| 85 | MF | JPN | Hosei Kijima |
| 99 | DF | USA | Jayden Reid |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Type | Date |
| 8 | MF | Chris Durkin | D.C. United | Traded+$300,000 GAM | December 12, 2023 |
| 14 | DF | Tomas Totland | BK Häcken | Undisclosed | December 21, 2023 |
| 33 | MF | Tyson Pearce | St. Louis City Academy | Homegrown player | January 1, 2024 |
| 44 | DF | Nikolas Dyhr | FC Midtjylland | Undisclosed | January 8, 2024 |
| 85 | MF | Hosei Kijima | Wake Forest University | MLS SuperDraft | February 20, 2024 |
| 36 | FW | Cedric Teuchert | Hannover 96 | Free | May 28, 2024 |
| 3 | MF | Jake Girdwood-Reich | Sydney FC | Undisclosed | June 3, 2024 |
| 41 | MF | John Klein | St. Louis City 2 | Homegrown player | June 22, 2024 |
| 17 | MF | Marcel Hartel | FC St. Pauli | Free | July 2, 2024 |
| 40 | DF | Michael Wentzel | St. Louis City 2 | Homegrown player | July 3, 2024 |
| 99 | DF | Jayden Reid | St. Louis City 2 | Homegrown player | July 7, 2024 |
| 11 | FW | Simon Becher | AC Horsens | Loan | July 23, 2024 |
| 38 | DF | Jannes Horn | 1. FC Nürnberg | Loan | August 2, 2024 |
| 5 | DF | Henry Kessler | New England Revolution | Traded | August 3, 2024 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Type | Date |
| 23 | DF | Jon Bell | Seattle Sounders FC | Out of contract | November 29, 2023 |
| 31 | GK | Michael Creek | FC Tulsa | Option declined | November 29, 2023 |
| 14 | DF | John Nelson | LA Galaxy | Out of contract | November 29, 2023 |
| 18 | DF | Owen O'Malley | Tacoma Defiance | Walved | November 29, 2023 |
| 44 | MF | Max Schneider | Indy Eleven | Option declined | November 29, 2023 |
| 8 | MF | Jared Stroud | D.C. United | Traded | December 12, 2023 |
| 24 | DF | Lucas Bartlett | D.C. United | Traded | December 12, 2023 |
| 28 | MF | Miguel Perez | Birmingham Legion FC | Loan | January 22, 2024 |
| 11 | FW | Nicholas Gioacchini | Como 1907 | Undisclosed | January 24, 2024 |
| 25 | MF | Aziel Jackson | Columbus Crew | $650,000 GAM | June 18, 2024 |
| 44 | DF | Nikolas Dyhr | Randers | Undisclosed | June 18, 2024 |
| 16 | FW | Samuel Adeniran | Philadelphia Union | $150,000 GAM | July 18, 2024 |
| 26 | DF | Tim Parker | New England Revolution | Traded+$600,000 GAM | August 3, 2024 |
| 13 | DF | Anthony Markanich | Minnesota United | $50,000 GAM | August 15, 2024 |
| 6 | MF | Njabulo Blom | Kaizer Chiefs | Loan | September 3, 2024 |

## Competitions
### Major League Soccer
#### Standings
##### Western Conference

MLS Western Conference table (2024) :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Austin FC | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 42 |
| 11 | FC Dallas | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 41 |
| 12 | St. Louis City SC | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 37 |
| 13 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 51 | 66 | −15 | 31 |
| 14 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 41 | 78 | −37 | 21 |

##### Overall

Overall MLS standings table :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 22 | Toronto FC | 34 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 37 | |
| 23 | Philadelphia Union | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 62 | 55 | +7 | 37 | Qualification for the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 |
| 24 | St. Louis City SC | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 37 | Qualification for the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 |
| 25 | Nashville SC | 34 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 36 | Qualification for the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 |
| 26 | New England Revolution | 34 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 37 | 74 | −37 | 31 | Qualification for the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 |
* ↑ As one of the U.S. teams who did not qualify for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup or the 2025 Leagues Cup

#### Match results
### U.S. Open Cup

St. Louis City SC was not sent to the tournament, and neither was their MLS Next Pro team St. Louis City 2 following the deal reached on March 1, 2024 due to their participation in the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup.

### Leagues Cup
#### Group stage (West 3)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JUA | STL | DAL |
| 1 | Juárez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — |
| 2 | St. Louis City SC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 3 | FC Dallas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | | 0–1 | — | — |

#### Knockout stage
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | MLS | CONCACAF | Leagues Cup | Total |
| 1 | Cedric Teuchert | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Simon Becher | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Eduard Löwen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Marcel Hartel | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | João Klauss | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Nökkvi Thórisson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Indiana Vassilev | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Célio Pompeu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Rasmus Alm | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Samuel Adeniran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Hosei Kijima | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Tomas Totland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Njabulo Blom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Chris Durkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Henry Kessler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | John Klein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Jake Nerwinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Joakim Nilsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Tomáš Ostrák | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Tim Parker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Joshua Yaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | 50 | 2 | 8 | 60 |

## Awards
### MLS Goal of the Matchday

The MLS Goal of the Matchday is selected each Matchday of the regular season through fan voting in a process conducted by MLS Communications.
| Matchday | Player | Opponent | Score | Result | Vote % |
| 5 | Joakim Nilsson | @ LA Galaxy | 2-2 | D 3-3 | 43% |
| 10 | Célio Pompeu | @ Sporting Kansas City | 2-1 | D 3-3 | 41% |
| 18 | Chris Durkin | @ Inter Miami | 1-0 | D 3-3 | 48% |
| 31 | Simon Becher | @ New England Revolution | 2-2 | D 2-2 | 49.2% |

### MLS Team of the Matchday

| Matchday | Selection(s) | Selection(s) | Opponent |
| 3 |
| 3 | XI | Célio Pompeu | New York City FC |
| 3 | BENCH | Joakim Nilsson | New York City FC |
| 4 | BENCH | Célio Pompeu | @ Austin FC |
| 5 | XI | Roman Bürki | @ LA Galaxy |
| 6 | BENCH | Joshua Yaro | DC United |
| 9 | BENCH | Joao Klauss | Austin FC |
| 10 | XI | Tomas Totland | @ Sporting Kansas City |
| 10 | BENCH | Joao Klauss | @ Sporting Kansas City |
| 12 | XI | Roman Bürki | @ Houston Dynamo |
| 13 | XI | Joao Klauss | Chicago Fire FC |
| 24 | BENCH | Indiana Vassilev | San Jose Earthquakes |
| 28 | XI | Roman Bürki | @ Sporting Kansas City |
| 29 | XI | Marcel Hartel | @ Portland Timbers |
| 30 | BENCH | Marcel Hartel | LA Galaxy |
| 31 | BENCH | Marcel Hartel Simon Becher | @ New England Revolution |
| 35 | XI | Cedric Teuchert | Sporting Kansas City |
| 37 | XI | Marcel Hartel Simon Becher | Houston Dynamo |

### MLS All-Star Selections

The 2024 MLS All-Star Game was held on July 24, 2024, at Lower.com Field in Columbus, Ohio against the Liga MX All-Stars.
| No. | Position | Name | All-Star Selection | Start/Bench | Minutes |
| 1 | GK | Roman Bürki | 2nd | Start | 46 |