CITY SC takes hard loss, loses 2 players to injury

St. Louis CITY SC took a hard loss Saturday at Toyota Stadium. The final score of the match was 2-0 in favor of the home team.

Saturday’s match was marred with injuries, yellow cards and missed opportunities for St. Louis. The biggest loss of the night didn’t come from the score but from Célio Pompeu going down with a serious leg injury and being carted off the field by local EMS.

Joakim Nilsson also left the match  early for an injury. CITY’s co-captain Tim Parker will also be out for their next match on Wednesday due to yellow card accumulation.

The team will meet up again Wednesday to face Colorado in front fans at CITYPARK.

Twelve minutes first half, CITY midfielder Célio Pompeu was taken off of the field by stretcher after a nasty collision with a Dallas player.

In minute 26 Dallas converted a penalty kick following a foul in the box by Joakim Nilsson that earned him a yellow card.

Tim Parker was shown a yellow card in minute 34, meaning he will be suspended for CITY’s next match due to yellow card accumulation. In the same play, Nilsson was taken off the field for an apparent hamstring injury.

Despite several attempts, St. Louis was unable to level the score before the end of the first half. Dallas went into the second half ahead by one.