March 4 (2023)

St. Louis CITY scores a rousing 3-1 victory over Charlotte in CITY’s first-ever MLS home match. Trailing 1-0 after surrendering a goal in the 25th minute, CITY pounces on three defensive errors to send a CITYPARK sellout crowd home happy. Bill Tuiloma inadvertently heads the ball into his own goal in the 41st minute. Eduard Löwen converts a penalty kick in the fifth minute of first-half stoppage time following a foul for a handball by Charlotte’s Kamil Jóźwiak in Charlotte’s penalty area. João Klauss scores after intercepting a back pass in the 71st minute. CITY, picked to be an MLS cellar-dweller, improves its record to 2-0-0. The announced crowd figure of 22,423 will be a permanent number for all of CITY’s home matches during the MLS season. Read more about this game, and the record-setting first season for CITY in “Year One” by Dave Lange, available now from Reedy Press.