{"id":327959,"date":"2026-05-22T15:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/327959\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:36:09","slug":"match-preview-st-louis-city2-travels-to-california-to-face-lafc2-for-a-matchup-on-sunday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/327959\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Preview | St Louis CITY2 Travels to California to Face LAFC2 For a Matchup on Sunday Afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"

St Louis CITY2 heads\u00a0out\u00a0west to California taking on LAFC2\u00a0at\u00a0USC-Rawlinson Stadium\u00a0with kickoff set for\u00a03:00 p.m. CT\u00a0on Sunday, May\u00a024. The match will be streamed on\u00a0mlsnextpro.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0OneFootball.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

St. Louis\u00a0fell\u00a04-1 to Austin FC II last Sunday at Parmer Field.\u00a0Austin scored their first goal six minutes into the match, followed by a second goal in the 19th minute, with Austin holding the 2-0 lead into halftime. In the second half, CITY2\u2019s Yu Ota scored his first professional goal off an assist from Riley Lynch.\u00a0Lynch recorded his sixth assist of the season, which leads all of MLS NEXT Pro. Austin scored twice in the span of six minutes, earning the 4-1 win and taking home all three points.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was not long ago that CITY2 faced LAFC2, as the squads met on March 22 at Energizer Park. The teams drew 2-2 in regulation, with St. Louis earning two points after winning 4-3 in a penalty shootout. Mykhi Joyner and Brendan McSorley scored for CITY2\u00a0in regulation\u00a0with Joyner\u00a0netting his third goal of the MLS NEXT Pro season and McSorley\u00a0tallying\u00a0his first goal. Ben Lundt made multiple saves in the shootout while Cooper Forcellini converted the decisive penalty\u00a0kick.\u00a0<\/p>\n

St. Louis is 3-0-5 all-time against LAFC2\u00a0including an important\u00a0first-round playoff match in 2024, which saw CITY2 advance to the second round of the 2024 MLS NEXT Pro\u00a0Playoffs.\u00a0Sunday\u2019s match marks the first time CITY2 has visited LAFC2 in\u00a0more than\u00a0two seasons.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Black and Gold sit in\u00a0fifth place in the Western Conference standings with 19 points and a 5-3-3 record. LAFC2\u00a0enters\u00a0Sunday\u2019s match with a three-match win streak, taking down Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2, Real Monarchs, and most recently Ventura County FC last Saturday. At USC-Rawlinson Stadium, Los\u00a0Angeles\u00a0is\u00a04-1-0. Forward Tommy Mihal\u00edc leads the Black and Gold with six goals while midfielder Gavin Zambrano has recorded a team-high\u00a0four assists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St Louis CITY2 heads\u00a0out\u00a0west to California taking on LAFC2\u00a0at\u00a0USC-Rawlinson Stadium\u00a0with kickoff set for\u00a03:00 p.m. CT\u00a0on Sunday, May\u00a024. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,136235,93],"class_list":["post-327959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-city2","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}