Central STL News

St. Louis CITY SC was defeated 3-2 by Chicago Fire FC in a Major League Soccer match held Saturday night at SeatGeek Stadium in Chicago. The result came after both teams exchanged leads during the second half.

Chicago’s Hugo Cuypers opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, giving the home team a 1-0 advantage at halftime. St. Louis responded quickly after the break, with Tomáš Ostrák equalizing just two minutes into the second half for his first goal of the season and fifth in his MLS career. Ostrák also recorded his second assist of 2025 during the match.

Marcel Hartel put St. Louis ahead in the 59th minute, scoring his fifth goal of the season and third in five matches for CITY SC. Conrad Wallem assisted on Hartel’s goal, marking his second assist this year.

Chicago then rallied with goals from Philip Zinckernagel in the 67th minute and Brian Gutierrez in the 87th minute to secure all three points.

The match saw several cautions issued to St. Louis players: Marcel Hartel (36’), Tomáš Ostrák (61’), Eduard Löwen (90’+1), and Roman Bürki (90’+3).

St. Louis CITY SC finished with 14 total shots, three on target, eight fouls committed, two offsides, two corner kicks, and two saves by goalkeeper Roman Bürki.

Chicago registered 19 shots with five on target, eight fouls committed, one offside call, six corner kicks, and one save by Chris Brady.

Referee Jair Marrufo officiated the match alongside assistant referees Gerard-Kader Lebuis and Tyler Wyrostek; Alexis DaSilva served as fourth official while Daniel Radford was VAR and Eric Weisbrod AVAR.

St. Louis CITY SC will next travel to Canada to face Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Saturday, August 23 at 8:30 p.m. CT.