TUKWILA, WASH. – Tacoma Defiance (4-3-3, 18 points) fell 2-0 to St. Louis CITY2 (3-4-5, 18 points) Monday evening at Starfire Stadium. Tacoma failed to overcome two early goals from the visitors as it suffered its first home loss of the season.
St. Louis got on the board first in the 10th minute when Cade Glover cleaned up a deflected shot and put it into the back of the net. The away side doubled its lead in the 14th minute when John Klein got on the end of a through ball and slotted the shot away for the 2-0 lead.
Despite the loss, Tacoma remains in second place in the Pacific Division with 18 points through 10 matches.
Following today’s result, Wade Webber’s side starts a stretch of three road matches in eight days, kicking off against Earthquakes II on Sunday, June 11 at PayPal Park (4:30 p.m. PT / Apple TV).
MATCH SUMMARY
Tacoma Defiance 0 – St. Louis CITY2 2
Monday, June 5, 2023
Venue: Starfire Sports Stadium
Referee: Adam Zarrin
Assistants: Christian Clerc, Baboucarr Jallow
Fourth official: Dion Cox
Weather: 71 degrees and sunny
SCORING SUMMARY
STL – Caden Glover 10’
STL – John Klein (Wan Kuzain) 14’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
TAC – Fito Ovalle (caution) 12’
TAC – Braudilio Rodrigues (caution) 15’
STL – Caden Glover (caution) 29’
STL – AJ Palazzolo (caution) 50’
TAC – Paul Rothrock (caution) 59’
TAC – Gio Miglietti (caution) 70’
STL – Wan Kuzain (caution) 84’
STL – Larsen Hackworth (caution) 87’
TAC – Blake Bowen (ejection) – After Full Time
LINEUPS & STATS
Tacoma Defiance – Andrew Thomas; Ethan Dobbelaere (Gio Miglietti 46’), Hal Uderitz, Abdoulaye Cissoko, Blake Bowen (Georgi Minoungou 74’); Fito Ovalle – captain (Sebastian Gomez 58’), Frank Daroma; Paul Rothrock, Braudilio Rodrigues, Antonio Herrera (Stuart Hawkins 46’); Chris Aquino (Eythor Bjørgolfsson 46’)
Substitutes not used: Wallis Lapsley, Jacob Castro, Elias Katsaros
Total shots: 18
Shots on goal: 3
Fouls: 14
Offside: 2
Corner-kicks: 5
Saves: 6
St. Louis CITY2 – Christian Olivares; Sergio Rivas, Michael Wentzel, Fritz Volmar, Ezra Armstrong; Wan Kuzain (Josh Maher 89’), Max Schneider, AJ Palazzolo (Larsen Hackworth76’), John Klein; Caden Glover (Ryley Gibbs 69’), Faysal Bettache (Dida Armstrong 69’)
Substitutes not used: Nick Bishop, Stanislav Koval, Nolan McGuire
Total shots: 14
Shots on goal: 8
Fouls: 22
Offside: 1
Corner-kicks: 5
Saves: 3
