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.

St. Louis City 2

Full name	St. Louis City Soccer Club 2
Founded	December 6, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-12-06)
Stadium	Energizer Park St. Louis, Missouri
Capacity	22,423
Owners	Carolyn Kindle Jo Ann Taylor Kindle Jim Kavanaugh
Chairman	Carolyn Kindle
Sporting director	Lutz Pfannenstiel
Coach	John Hackworth (interim)
League	MLS Next Pro
2023	5th, Western Conference Playoffs: Conference Quarterfinals
Website	https://www.stlcitysc.com/city2/
Away colors
Current season

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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 3 MF  AUS Jake Girdwood-Reich ([A]) 10 MF  GER Eduard Löwen ([A]) 13 DF  USA Michael Wenztel ([A]) 16 FW  FIN Emil Jääskeläinen 21 MF  SWE Rasmus Alm ([A]) 28 MF  USA Miguel Perez ([A]) 31 GK  USA Christian Olivares ([A]) 32 DF  GER Timo Baumgartl ([A]) 33 MF  USA Tyson Pearce ([A]) 34 GK  USA Colin Welsh 43 MF  USA Cam Cilley 46 FW  USA Caden Glover ([A]) 49 MF  GHA Seth Antwi 50 DF  CAN Gabriel Mikina 52 GK  USA Lucas McPartlin ([B]) 53 FW  USA Stone Marion ([B]) 55 GK  USA Nicholas Bishop 59 MF  USA MyKhi Joyner ([A]) 61 MF  USA Ryan Dugan

No. Pos. Nation Player 62 MF  USA John DiMaria 63 MF  USA Trip Clancy ([B]) 64 FW  USA Dida Armstrong 65 FW  USA Edin Clark ([B]) 66 DF  USA Kai Jaeger 68 MF  USA Alexander Jundt ([B]) 71 DF  USA Joey Zalinsky ([A]) 75 MF  USA Wan Kuzain 79 DF  USA Emiliano Chavez 80 FW  USA Brendan McSorley 82 MF  USA Nicholas Schramm ([B]) 83 FW  USA Lorenzo Cornelius 88 MF  USA Larsen Hackworth 90 MF  USA Eddie Niles ([B]) 91 DF  MEX Jaziel Orozco ([A]) 97 FW  SVK Lucas Demitra 98 MF  USA Matteo Kidd

1. ^
   Signed to first team contract with St. Louis City SC
2. ^
   Signed to academy team contract with St. Louis City SC Academy

Out on loan

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 56 MF  USA Ryan Becher (on loan to Union Omaha until November 30, 2025)

Staff

As of June 26, 2025.^[3]

Executive
Sporting director	Lutz Pfannenstiel
Technical
Interim head coach	John Hackworth
Assistant coach	N/A
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												Playoffs	USOC	Top Scorer
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Div.	Conf.	Overall			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 June 28, 2025

• Includes regular season, playoff, and U.S. Open Cup games.

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	May 27, 2025	11	6	1	4	20	18	054.55
John Hackworth (interim)	United States	May 27, 2025	Present	4	4	0	0	9	3	100.00

Honors

• MLS Next Pro Western Conference
  • Winners (regular season): 2022^[4]
  • Winners (playoffs): 2022^[5]
• Western Conference Frontier Division
  • Winners: 2022^[6]

See also

• St. Louis City SC
• Soccer in St. Louis