SAINT LOUIS FC OFFICIAL GAME NOTES HOME AWAY 2020 USL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE DATE TIME OPPONENT VENUE RESULT 3/7 7:00 p.m. CT The Miami FC West Community Stadium 4-1 W- 7/11 6:00 p.m. CT @Indy Eleven Lucas Oil Stadium 2-0 L 7/18 7:00 p.m. CT @Louisville City FC Lynn Family Stadium 0-1 W 7/26 4:00 p.m. CT Indy Eleven West Community Stadium 1-0 W 8/1 7:30 p.m. CT @Memphis 901 FC AutoZone Park 1-0 L 8/5 7:00 p.m. CT Sporting KC II West Community Stadium 1-1 D- USL RECORD: 4-3-2 USL RECORD: 5-3-1 8/8 7:00 p.m. CT FC Tulsa West Community Stadium 0-2 L MATCH INFO 8/15 7:00 p.m. CT Sporting KC II West Community Stadium 3-1 W COMPETITION: USL Championship 8/22 6:00 p.m. CT @Pittsburgh Riverhounds Highmark Stadium 2-2 D DATE: 8/29/2020 8/29 7:00 p.m. CT Louisville City FC West Community Stadium - - KICKOFF: 7:00 p.m. CT 9/4 7:00 p.m. CT Sporting KC II West Community Stadium - - VENUE: West Community Stadium 9/12 6:30 p.m. CT @Louisville City FC Lynn Family Stadium - - FORECAST: Hi: 85°F | Low: 61°F | Clear 9/19 7:00 p.m. CT Sporting KC II West Community Stadium - - REFEREE: Ismir Pekmic 9/23 6:00 p.m. CT @Indy Eleven Lucas Oil Stadium - - ARS: Matthew Rodman & Ryan Cook 9/26 7:00 p.m. CT Louisville City FC West Community Stadium - - FOURTH OFFICIAL: Matt Geringer - STREAM: ESPN+ 10/3 7:00 p.m. CT Indy Eleven West Community Stadium - - HEAD-TO-HEAD 2020 HOME & AWAY RECORD OVERALL HOME AWAY - OVERALL: 2-5-4 4-3-2 3-1-1 1-2-1 HOME: 1-3-1 Last Time: 0-1 loss on 10/5/2019 G GA GD G GA GD G GA GD AWAY: 1-2-3 Last Time: 1-0 win on 7/18/2020 12 10 +2 9 5 +4 3 5 -2 GROUP E STANDINGS MATCH PREVIEW Pos. Team GP W L D GD Pts. Saint Louis FC hosts Louisville City FC on Saturday, August 29th at 7:00 p.m. CT at West 1. Indy Eleven 10 6 3 1 +7 19 Community Stadium in Match 10 of the USL Championship regular season. 2. Louisville City FC 9 5 3 1 +4 16 The teams will play their twelfth contest against each other with Saint Louis FC looking - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - playoff line to improve their 2-4-5 record in the series. The teams last played in on July 18th with 3. Saint Louis FC 9 4 3 2 +2 14 Saint Louis FC recording their first win away to Louisville with a 1-0 victory at the new 4. Sporting KC II 9 3 5 1 -3 10 Lynn Family Stadium. Saint Louis FC is coming off a 2-2 draw away to Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC which required a two-goal comeback courtesy of Kyle Greig and Wal Fall strikes either side of halftime. The team currently sits 3rd in Group E with Louisville SAINT LOUIS FC COMMUNICATIONS STAFF City FC leading by two points. TylerSAINT Tetzlaff - LOUISCommunications FC COMMUNI Manager CATIONS 574.344.0366 - [email protected] Louisville City FC is coming off a 1-0 midweek victory against Group E leaders Indy Eleven as Paolo DelPiccolo scored the lone goal in the 61st minute to claim all three Nick Dawes - Marketing Manager points and leapfrog Saint Louis FC into the playoff positions. The team is led by Cameron 317.345.3632 - [email protected] Lancaster with five goals so far this campaign and goalkeeper Benjamin Lundt has kept four clean sheets which is tied for top of the USL Championship goalkeeping charts. John Venneman - Videographer & Producer 314.440.4836 - [email protected] SAINT LOUIS FC OFFICIAL GAME NOTES TEAM MATCHUP Saint Louis FC TEAM PROFILES Louisville City FC Steve Trittschuh Head Coach John Hackworth 4-3-2 USL Record 5-3-1 3rd (Group E) Conference Position 2nd (Group E) 12 Goals Scored 12 10 Goals Conceded 8 - Suspensions - TEAM LEADERS Blackwood & Cicerone (3) Goals Cameron Lancaster (5) Wharton & Fall (2) Assists Antoine Hoppenot (3) Cicerone & Wharton (13) Chances Created Corben Bone (19) Kyle Morton (31) Saves Benjamin Lundt (15) 2020 PLAYER STATS No. Player GP Minutes Goals Assists Key Passes Pass % YC RC 2. Paris Gee 9 729 - - 9 79% 2 - 3. Phanuel Kavita 8 720 1 - - 87% 1 - 4. Sam Fink 9 657 - - 2 82% 1 - 5. Wal Fall 9 638 1 2 8 81% 1 - 6. Daniel Fischer 3 94 - - 1 82% - - 7. Todd Wharton 9 740 - 2 13 87% 1 - 8. Guy Abend 6 181 - 1 1 71% - - 9. Russell Cicerone 9 734 3 - 13 73% - - 10. Elhadji Mour Samb 6 368 1 - 5 72% - - 11. Joaquin Rivas 8 347 1 1 5 85% 2 - 13. Kadeem Dacres 7 264 - - 3 79% - - 14. Tyler Blackwood 7 462 3 - 6 70% 1 - 17. Oscar Umar 7 497 - - 1 84% 2 - 21. Tobi Adewole 4 360 - - - 79% - - 22. Kyle Greig 6 432 2 1 4 62% - - 23. Richard Bryan 7 304 - - 4 84% 1 - 28. Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé 8 568 - 1 4 80% - - 29. Nikiphoros (Nichi) Vlastos 1 4 - - - 100% - - No. Player GP Minutes Saves Save % Clean Sheets Goals Allowed 1. Kyle Morton 8 720 31 77% 2 9 18. John Berner 1 90 2 66% - 1 SAINT LOUIS FC OFFICIAL GAME NOTES 2020 TEAM ROSTER No. Name Position Height Weight Age Hometown 1. Kyle Morton GK 6’4” 190 26 West Chester, PA 2. Paris Gee (Paris G) D 5’10” 170 26 Burnaby, Canada 3. Phanuel Kavita (Fan-well Ka-veet-a) D 6’1” 185 27 Lumbumbashi, DR Congo 4. Sam Fink D 6’2” 190 27 Edwardsville, IL 5. Wal Fall (Wall Fall) M 6’3” 165 27 Frankfurt, Germany 6. Daniel Fischer D 6’1” 170 23 Bruck An Der Leitha, Austria 7. Todd Wharton M 6’0” 170 26 Richmond, VA 8. Guy Abend (Guy Ah-bend) M 6’0” 180 29 Netanya, Israel 9. Russell Cicerone (Russell Ciss-er-roni) M 5’10” 170 25 Bloomfield Hills, MI 10. Elhadji Mour Samb (More Sam) F 6’0” 150 26 Saly, Senegal 11. Joaquin Rivas M 5’11” 170 28 Las Vegas, NV 13. Kadeem Dacres (Ka-deem Day-kers) M 5’8” 155 29 Rosedale, NY 14. Tyler Blackwood F 6’2” 160 29 London, England 17. Oscar Umar (Oscar Ew-mar) M 5’11” 170 27 Tamale, Ghana 18. John Berner GK 6’3” 190 29 St. Louis, MO 21. Tobi Adewole (Tobi Ad-a-wall-e) D 6’3” 195 24 Cheverly, MD 22. Kyle Greig (Kyle Greg) F 6’2” 185 30 Stevens Point, WI 23. Richard Bryan D 5’10” 160 24 Enfield, England 28. Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé (Gagnon-La-per-ray) D 5’11” 165 25 Sherbrooke, Canada 29. Nichi Vlastos (Nee-chee Vlas-tos) M 5’11” 175 20 Casper, WY SAINT LOUIS FC INJURY REPORT No. Name Position Status Injury Timeline - - - - - - SAINT LOUIS FC OFFICIAL GAME NOTES HEAD COACH STEVE TRITTSCHUH Trittschuh joins Saint Louis FC after managing Colorado Switchbacks FC during the 2015-2019 seasons. He was appointed the club’s first head coach in 2015 HEAD COACH and led the team to a 14-10-4 record and league second-best 53 goals scored as they finished third in the USL Championship Western Conference. Trittschuh’s second year in charge would be similar as the team finished third in the USL Championship Western Conference with a 14-9-7 record in 2016. In his last two seasons with Colorado Springs, Trittschuh compiled a record of 15-28-8. Trittschuh was born in Granite City, Illinois and attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville where he was inducted into the SIUE Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011. He began his professional career for the St. Louis Steamers in 1987 and would represent the United States in the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics before signing with the Tampa Bay Rowdies. Trittschuh played for the U.S. Men’s National Team in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and then signed with Czechoslovakia club Sparta Prague where he made 13 appearances and scored one goal in a season culminating with a league championship. He would also become the first American to play in the European Cup, the predecessor to the UEFA Champions League. Stints with the Tampa Bay Rowdies, St. Louis Ambush, and Montreal Impact would follow before Trittschuh signed with the Colorado Rapids in 1996. He would make 98 appearances and score 11 goals for the club before finishing his playing career at the Tampa Bay Mutiny in 2001. In total, Trittschuh made 317 club appearances and scored 39 goals while also making 37 international appearances with two goals scored before starting a coaching career as an assistant with the Colorado Rapids in 2002. ASSISTANT COACH MAX ROGERS ASSISTANT COACH Max Rogers is entering his third season with Saint Louis FC and first season as the assistant to Steve Trittschuh. He was born in Grantham, England and graduated from Edinburgh Napier University with a Bachelor of Science honors degree in Sport and Exercise Science. He started his coaching career at St. Mirren FC in the Scottish Premiership in 2014 and was named the Assistant Head of Youth Development while also assisting with the reserve team and serving as the first team opposition scout.