# St. Louis City 2

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.
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. 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | FIN | Emil Jääskeläinen |
| 28 | MF | USA | Miguel Perez |
| 31 | GK | USA | Christian Olivares |
| 33 | MF | USA | Tyson Pearce |
| 34 | GK | USA | Colin Welsh |
| 43 | MF | USA | Cam Cilley |
| 46 | FW | USA | Caden Glover |
| 49 | MF | GHA | Seth Antwi |
| 50 | DF | CAN | Gabriel Mikina |
| 52 | GK | USA | Lucas McPartlin |
| 56 | MF | USA | Ryan Becher |
| 59 | MF | USA | MyKhi Joyner |
| 61 | MF | USA | Ryan Dugan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 62 | MF | USA | John DiMaria |
| 64 | FW | USA | Dida Armstrong |
| 66 | DF | USA | Kai Jaeger |
| 75 | MF | USA | Wan Kuzain |
| 80 | FW | USA | Brendan McSorley |
| 88 | MF | USA | Larsen Hackworth |
| 91 | DF | MEX | Jaziel Orozco |
| 97 | FW | SVK | Lucas Demitra |
| 98 | MF | USA | Matteo Kidd |
| — | GK | USA | Nicholas Bishop |
| — | DF | USA | Emiliano Chavez |
| — | FW | USA | Lorenzo Cornelius |

### Staff

    As of January 22, 2025.
Executive :
| Sporting director | Lutz Pfannenstiel |
| Technical ||
| Head coach | David Critchley |
| Assistant coach | Baggio Hušidić |
| Goalkeeper coach | Tim Kelly |
| Performance coach | Peter Alston |
| Head Athletic trainer | Zach Hopkins |
| Equipment manager | Nelson Hernandez |
| Player relations manager | Tommy Driscoll |

## Team records
### Year-by-year

    As of November 15, 2024
| Season | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | Playoffs | USOC | Top Scorer | 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

    As of November 15, 2024
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
| John Hackworth | United States | January 14, 2022 | January 23, 2023 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 56 | 42 | 060.71 |
| Bobby Murphy | United States | January 23, 2023 | November 14, 2024 | 60 | 36 | 0 | 24 | 103 | 76 | 060.00 |
| David Critchley | England | November 14, 2024 | Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— |

## Honors

* MLS Next Pro Western Conference
** Winners (regular season): 2022
** Winners (playoffs): 2022
* Western Conference Frontier Division
** Winners: 2022