The St. Louis CITY SC Courier
Player ratings3 Apr 2028
Timo Baumgartl pops up at the right end — 7.82
7.82, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Market3 Apr 2028
Cameron Wright asks to leave St. Louis CITY SC
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings3 Apr 2028
MyKhi Joyner did the work nobody counts — 7.12
16 combined actions and 7.12. The job he did is the one that shows up as other people looking good, and the only reliable way to notice it is to watch what happens on the afternoons he is missing.
Match1 Apr 2028
At last: St. Louis CITY SC win one
7 matches without a win, and then this, against Los Angeles Football Club. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.
Transfer targets3 Apr 2028
New York City tell St. Louis CITY SC: Fred Emmings is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match1 Apr 2028
Timo Baumgartl the difference as St. Louis CITY SC beat Los Angeles Football Club
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Timo Baumgartl. 2‑1 against Los Angeles Football Club, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings3 Apr 2028
Ninety minutes of Marcel Hartel at his very best
Marked 8.09. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at St. Louis CITY SC.
Squad3 Apr 2028
Roman Bürki is no longer first choice
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Roman Bürki has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
Market3 Apr 2028
Célio Pompeu told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Célio Pompeu has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at St. Louis CITY SC.
In brief
- Squad A place in the month's best eleven for MyKhi Joyner
- The dugout Christian Johnson has his say
- Squad St. Louis CITY SC take the armband off Timo Baumgartl