2018 Saint Louis FC season

Saint Louis FC
2018 season
Owner	SLSG Pro LLC
Head coach	Anthony Pulis
United Soccer League	Western Conference: 6th (current)
Top goalscorer	League: Cameron Lancaster LOU (21); All: Kyle Greig STL (13)
Highest home attendance	6,018; (October 13 vs. OKC Energy)
Lowest home attendance	3,127; (August 15 vs. Sacramento Republic FC)
Average home league attendance	4,271
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2018 Saint Louis FC season was the club's fourth season of existence, and their fourth consecutive season in the United Soccer League, the second tier of American soccer. Saint Louis also competed in the U.S. Open Cup. The season covers the period from October 16, 2017, to the beginning of the 2019 USL season.

Saint Louis moved back to the Western Conference this season, after spending 2017 in the Eastern Conference. The team will also have a new head coach this season, with Anthony Pulis coming over from Orlando City B.

Roster

As of May 18, 2018^[1]

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Tomas Gomez	GK	(1993-05-20) May 20, 1993 (age 31)	2018	Rochester Rhinos
24	Jake Fenlason	GK	(1993-02-02) February 2, 1993 (age 31)	2018	Orlando City B
28	Seth Stiebel	GK	(1999-01-27) January 27, 1999 (age 25)	2018	Saint Louis FC U23
Defenders
2	Jonathan Barden	RB, CM, RM	(1992-11-09) November 9, 1992 (age 32)	2018	Ottawa Fury FC
3	Phanuel Kavita	CB, RB	(1993-03-09) March 9, 1993 (age 31)	2018	Puerto Rico FC
4	Sam Fink	CB	(1993-05-08) May 8, 1993 (age 31)	2018	OKC Energy
5	Kyle Culbertson	LB	(1992-11-03) November 3, 1992 (age 32)	2018	Puerto Rico FC
6	Austin Ledbetter	DF, CM	(1995-07-14) July 14, 1995 (age 29)	2017	FC Dallas
15	Sean Reynolds	CB	(1990-04-11) April 11, 1990 (age 34)	2018	Louisville City
18	Jack Maher	DF	(2000-10-28) October 28, 2000 (age 24)	2017	Saint Louis FC U23
21	Aedan Stanley	LB	(1999-12-13) December 13, 1999 (age 25)	2016	St. Louis Scott Gallagher
Midfielders
7	Joey Calistri	AM, LM, RM, CM	(1993-11-20) November 20, 1993 (age 31)	2018	Chicago Fire
8	Lewis Hilton	CM	(1993-10-22) October 22, 1993 (age 31)	2018	Charlotte Independence
13	Kadeem Dacres	AM, LM, RM	(1991-08-25) August 25, 1991 (age 33)	2018	FC Cincinnati
17	Wal Fall	CM	(1992-09-08) September 8, 1992 (age 32)	2018	Rochester Rhinos
20	Tony Walls	MF, CB	(1990-01-16) January 16, 1990 (age 34)	2017	Rochester Rhinos
77	Austin Martz	AM, RM	(1992-05-31) May 31, 1992 (age 32)	2018	Orlando City B
Forwards
10	Albert Dikwa	ST, RM	(1998-01-02) January 2, 1998 (age 26)	2018	Orlando City B
11	Corey Hertzog	ST, AM	(1990-08-01) August 1, 1990 (age 34)	2018	Pittsburgh Riverhounds
22	Kyle Greig	ST	(1990-02-22) February 22, 1990 (age 34)	2018	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Out on loan
–	Irvin Herrera	FW	(1991-08-30) August 30, 1991 (age 33)	2016	Santa Tecla

Competitions

Preseason

Saint Louis revealed their preseason schedule on January 18. They announced six games over a span of about a month, with three coming against collegiate programs, two against an adult amateur club, and one against a fellow professional team. Saint Louis opened preseason with two games in Florida, followed by three games back in Missouri and the finale in Indiana.^[2]

February 14 Friendly	Eastern Florida Titans	2–8	Saint Louis FC	Melbourne, FL
6:00 PM CST		Report	Hertzog 7' Walls 17' Fall 25' Dikwa 30' Martz 57', 65', 75' 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex

February 18 Friendly	FIU Panthers	1–1	Saint Louis FC	Melbourne, FL
1:00 PM CST	108'	Report	Volesky 20'	Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex
Note: Match played with four periods of 30 minutes each

February 24 Friendly	Saint Louis FC	7–1	SIU Edwardsville Cougars	Fenton, MO
2:30 PM CST	Dikwa 4', 40' Martz 57', 75' Greig 83' Trialist 122' Volesky 147'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Note: Match played with two periods of 75 minutes each

March 3 Friendly	Saint Louis FC	8–0	FC Denver	Fenton, MO
4:00 PM CST	Hertzog 31', 61', 64', 74' Greig 45' Goodwin 80' Fink 88' Martz 90'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium

March 4 Friendly	Saint Louis FC	5–0	FC Denver	Fenton, MO
11:00 AM CST	8' (o.g.) Volesky 17' Calistri 22', 29', 60'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium

March 10 Friendly	Louisville City	1–1	Saint Louis FC	Evansville, IN
4:00 PM CST	McCabe 72'	Report	3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Arad McCutchan Stadium

U.S. Open Cup

May 16 Second Round	Duluth FC	0–2	Saint Louis FC	Duluth, MN
7:00 PM CDT	Castro 75'	Report	Dacres 25' Hertzog 35'	Stadium: Public Schools Stadium Attendance: 584 Referee: Chris Ruska

May 23 Third Round	Louisville City	1–0	Saint Louis FC	Louisville, KY
6:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Lynn Stadium

USL

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	Portland Timbers 2	34	17	4	13	58	49	+9	55	Conference Playoffs
7	Swope Park Rangers	34	15	8	11	52	53	−1	53
8	Saint Louis FC	34	14	11	9	44	38	+6	53
9	San Antonio FC	34	14	8	12	45	48	−3	50
10	OKC Energy FC	34	12	7	15	43	46	−3	43

Source: 2018 USL standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	14	11	9	44	38	+6	53	10	5	2	23	12	+11	4	6	7	21	26	−5

Source: USL standings

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Stadium	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	D

Source: Saint Louis schedule
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

In August 2017, the USL announced that the 2018 season will span 34 games, the longest regular season the league has ever run.^[3] The expansion was spurred by the addition of six new clubs for the 2018 season: Atlanta United 2, Fresno FC, Indy Eleven, Las Vegas Lights, Nashville SC, and North Carolina FC.

On January 14, 2018, the league announced home openers for every club. Saint Louis opened the season on the road against Rio Grande Valley FC Toros, opening the 2018 USL season from Edinburg. The club had to wait until March 31 to open up Toyota Stadium, hosting Colorado Springs Switchbacks in their home opener.^[4]

The schedule for the remainder of the 2018 season was released on January 19. Saint Louis will play three times against Swope Park Rangers and Tulsa Roughnecks. They will face every other Western Conference team twice.^[5]

March 16 1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	1–1	Saint Louis FC	Edinburg, TX
7:30 PM CDT	Donovan 52' Aguilar 66', 77'	Report	Hilton 26' Fall 56' Walls 82'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 5,910 Referee: Christopher Scruggs

March 24 2	San Antonio FC	2–1	Saint Louis FC	San Antonio, TX
7:30 PM CDT	Lopez 4', 21' Pecka 27' Tyrpak 60' Restrepo 76' Guadarrama 83'	Report	Greig 2' Hilton 53'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 7,946 Referee: Daniel Radford

March 31 3	Saint Louis FC	1–0	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	Fenton, MO
4:00 PM CDT	Greig 5' Barden 9' Fink 39'	Report	Kim 11' Ajeakwa 33'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,034 Referee: Javier Santos

April 7 4	Saint Louis FC	1–1	Fresno FC	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Hertzog 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Navarro 45+1' Caffa 47' Barrera 89' Ribeiro 90+5'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,683 Referee: Jon Freemon

April 14 5	Saint Louis FC	1–0	LA Galaxy II	Fenton, MO
7:30 CDT	Calistri 46'	Report	Büscher 83'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,006 Referee: Don Tebeau

April 21 6	OKC Energy	0–1	Saint Louis FC	Oklahoma City, OK
7:00 PM CDT	Guzman 14' Chavez 45+1', 85' Ross 81' Hyland 90'	Report	Volesky 20' Culbertson 90+4'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 2,679 Referee: Michael Radchuk

April 28 7	Swope Park Rangers	1–1	Saint Louis FC	Kansas City, KS
7:30 PM CDT	Barry 3' Maher 26' Kuzain 68' Saravia 86'	Report	Hilton 42' Calistri 76' Reynolds 82' Barden 85' Greig 88'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 900 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

May 5 8	Saint Louis FC	0–0	Portland Timbers 2	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Fink 35' Hertzog 85'	Report	Williamson 45+2' Batista 61' Mulligan 65' Williams 89'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,039 Referee: JJ Bilinski

May 9 9	LA Galaxy II	6–3	Saint Louis FC	Carson, CA
9:30 PM CDT	Zubak 14', 70', 90+4' Alvarez 18', 47', 75' Appiah 90'	Report	Dacres 32' Dikwa 39' Calistri 64' Greig 67', 87', 78'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 858 Referee: Daniel Radford

May 12 10	Orange County SC	1–1	Saint Louis FC	Irvine, CA
9:00 PM CDT	Juel-Nielsen 30' Kavita 78' (o.g.) Enevoldsen 82'	Report	Hilton 82' Barden 90+2'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,209 Referee: Adrian Gonzalez

May 26 11	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	3–0	Saint Louis FC	Colorado Springs, CO
7:00 PM CDT	Vercollone 32' (pen.), 90+3' Robinson 61' Ceus 87'	Report	Stanley 35'	Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 4,417 Referee: Chris Greer

May 30 12	Saint Louis FC	1–3	Phoenix Rising FC	Fenton, Missouri
5:30pm	Barden 38' Rudolph 74'	Report Report	Cortez 6' Asante 49' Musa 58' Johnson 68'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,318 Referee: Kevin Broadley

June 2 13	Saint Louis FC	2–0	Swope Park Rangers	Fenton, Missouri
19:30 (CDT)	Hertzog 26' (pen.) Hilton 43' Barden 64' Calistri 77'	Report	Rebellón 42' 69' Silva 45+2'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,450 Referee: Michael Radchuk

June 9 14	Tulsa Roughnecks	3–0	Saint Louis FC	Tulsa, OK
7:30 PM CDT	Pírez 22' Jusino 61'	Report	Greig 17' Calistri 59', 68'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,543 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

June 16 15	Saint Louis FC	0–1	Real Monarchs	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Kavita 59'	Report	Hoffman 15' (pen.) Horst 25' Heard 42'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,432 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

June 23 16	Sacramento Republic	2–2	Saint Louis FC	Sacramento, CA
10:00 PM CDT	Iwasa 28', 47' Vazquez 41' Hall 84'	Report	Greig 50' Dikwa 74' Fall 90'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 10,570 Referee: Elton García

June 30 17	Saint Louis FC	0–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Fink 40' Reynolds 47' Culbertson 73' Hilton 90+4'	Report	Greene 45' Padilla 85'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,284 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

July 7 18	Las Vegas Lights	1–0	Saint Louis FC	Las Vegas, NV
10:00 PM CDT	Avila 20' Alatorre 36' Mendiola 49' Samsyoa 63'	Report	Greig 84'	Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 6,651 Referee: Victor Rivas

July 14	Saint Louis FC	PPD	Tulsa Roughnecks	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Toyota Stadium

July 21 19	Saint Louis FC	2–2	Orange County SC	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Greig 70' da Silva 79'	Report	Bjurman 30', 90+1' Segbers 52' Alston 55' Ramos-Godoy 76'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,697 Referee: Malik Badawi

July 28 20	Reno 1868	2–1	Saint Louis FC	Reno, NV
9:30 PM CDT	Calvillo 11' 15' Carroll 13' Wehan 45+1' Lacroix 73' Marcinkowski 89'	Report	Dikwa 14' Walls 49' da Silva 54' Fall 74' (pen.) Fink 90+3'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 6,680 Referee: Turan Ozdemir

August 4 21	Saint Louis FC	2–0	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Greig 3' Ledbetter 34' Da Silva 42'	Report	Ele 21' Daley 51' Neagle 70' Alfaro 90+2'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,134 Referee: Lorant Varga

August 11 22	Saint Louis FC	4–1	Las Vegas Lights	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Kavita 4' Dacres 14' Greig 41' Cox 88' Fall 89' Reynolds 90+3'	Report	Kobayashi 7' Salgado 19' (pen.) Íñigo 23' Huiqui 42' Thomas 62' Garduño 70' Mendiola 71'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,011 Referee: Greg Dopka

August 15 23	Saint Louis FC	2–1	Sacramento Republic	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Hertzog 5' Greig 7' Kavita 62' Reynolds 69' Culbertson 90+2'	Report	Villarreal 67' Taintor 90+1'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,127 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

August 18 24	Fresno FC	1–0	Saint Louis FC	Fresno, CA
9:00 PM CDT	Ellis-Hayden 20', 33' Cooper 45'	Report		Stadium: Chukchansi Park Attendance: 4,951 Referee: Mark Allatin

August 25 25	Saint Louis FC	3–2	Tulsa Roughnecks	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM (CDT	Fall 4', 56' (pen.) Hilton 14'	Report	Ferreira 29', 90+3' Mirković 67'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,150 Referee: Jon Freemon

August 29 26	Seattle Sounders FC 2	1–1	Saint Louis FC	Tacoma, WA
9:00 PM CDT	Wingo 35' Burke-Gilroy 37'	Result	Greig 27' Fall 86'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Referee: Daniel Radford

September 1 27	Portland Timbers 2	1–0	Saint Louis FC	Portland, OR
9:00 PM CDT	Ornstil 44' Diz Pe 68' Zambrano 78' Arboleda 90+3' 90+4'	Report	Calistri 41' Fall 69'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 1,441 Referee: Michael Radchuk

September 8 28	Saint Louis FC	1–0	Reno 1868	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Greig 27', 28' Culbertson 90+1'	Report	Murrell 19', 53'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,027 Referee: Victor Rivas

September 12 29	Real Monarchs	1–1	Saint Louis FC	Herriman, UT
9:00 PM CDT	Plewa 6' Hernández 48'	Report	Fall 9' Calistri 32' Hilton 81'	Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Attendance: 1,180 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

September 15 30	Swope Park Rangers	3–4	Saint Louis FC	Kansas City, KS
7:30 PM CDT	Barry 22' Rebellón 45+3' Belmar 48' Blackwood 84' Vanacore-Decker 90+4'	Report	Cox 37', 41' Walls 45+5' Calistri 59', 80' Greig 82' Martz 88' Culbertson 90+3'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 1,013 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

September 22 31	Saint Louis FC	2–0	San Antonio FC	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Fink 64' Hilton 79' Dikwa 90', 90+3'	Report	King 52' Cochrane 63' Elizondo 67' Hernandez 87'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,781 Referee: Mark Allatin

September 29 32	Phoenix Rising	2–0	Saint Louis FC	Scottsdale, AZ
8:00 PM CDT	Forbes 82' Cortez 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex Attendance: 6,377 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

October 10 33	Saint Louis FC	1–0	Tulsa Roughnecks	Fenton, MO
7:00 PM CDT	Hertzog 14' Kavita 90+2'	Report	Jusino 73'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,424 Referee: Elton García

October 13 34	Saint Louis FC	0–0	OKC Energy	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Dikwa 90+3'	Report	Barril 44' Rasmussen 48'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 6,018 Referee: Malik Badawi

Postseason

October 20 Conference Quarterfinal	Orange County SC	4–0	Saint Louis FC	Irvine, CA
9:00 PM CDT	Seaton 11', 29', 64', 21' Quinn 47' Bjurman 66'	Report	Walls 21' Hertzog 88'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,360 Referee: Ramy Touchan

References

^ "Saint Louis FC roster". SaintLouisFC.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
^ "STLFC 2018 PRESEASON SCHEDULE". SaintLouisFC.com. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
^ "USL Announces Regular Season Expansion". USLSoccer.com. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
^ "USL Sets Course for 2018 with Home Openers". USLSoccer.com. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
^ "STLFC 2018 SCHEDULE RELEASED". SaintLouisFC.com. Retrieved April 28, 2018.

[1] "Saint Louis FC roster". SaintLouisFC.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.

[2] "STLFC 2018 PRESEASON SCHEDULE". SaintLouisFC.com. Retrieved April 28, 2018.

[3] "USL Announces Regular Season Expansion". USLSoccer.com. Retrieved April 28, 2018.

[4] "USL Sets Course for 2018 with Home Openers". USLSoccer.com. Retrieved April 28, 2018.

[5] "STLFC 2018 SCHEDULE RELEASED". SaintLouisFC.com. Retrieved April 28, 2018.

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Playoffs Transfers
East	Atlanta United 2 Bethlehem Steel Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence FC Cincinnati Indy Eleven Louisville City Nashville SC New York Red Bulls II North Carolina FC Ottawa Fury Penn FC Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Richmond Kickers Tampa Bay Rowdies Toronto FC II
West	Colorado Springs Switchbacks Fresno FC LA Galaxy II Las Vegas Lights OKC Energy Orange County SC Phoenix Rising Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs SLC Reno 1868 FC RGVFC Toros Sacramento Republic Saint Louis FC San Antonio FC Seattle Sounders 2 Swope Park Rangers Tulsa Roughnecks