St Louis CITY2 extended their unbeaten streak to five matches with a 2-2 draw against Houston Dynamo 2 before falling 3-1 in the penalty shootout. Houston found the back of the net early in the 17th minute and maintained its 1-0 lead into halftime. Just two minutes into the second half, Houston scored again to make it 2-0. St. Louis pulled one back through Nighte Pickering with assists from Riley Lynch and Miguel Perez in the 70th minute. Fifteen minutes later, Zack Lillington tied the match at 2-2, sending it into a penalty shootout.
CITY2 will host North Texas SC at Energizer Park next Friday, August 28, for the teams’ final meeting of the season. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. CT.
Nighte Pickering scored his third goal of the season. Pickering has now scored in back-to-back matches for CITY2, registering three goals over that span
Zack Lillington scored his second goal of the season
Riley Lynch recorded his eighth assist of the year
Miguel Perez earned his first assist of 2026
CITY2 extended their unbeaten streak to five matches
HOU: Austin Brummett, 17th minute – Austin Brummett scored with a right footed shot from the central position outside the box to the bottom right corner.
HOU: Miguel Perez (own goal), 48th minute – Miguel Perez scored an own goal from the central position outside the box.
STL: Nighte Pickering (Riley Lynch, Miguel Perez), 70th minute – Nighte Pickering scored with a left footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom left corner.
STL: Zack Lillington, 85th minute – Zack Lillington scored with a header from the center of the box to the lower left central zone.
HOU: Austin Brummett, 17’
HOU: Miguel Perez (own goal), 48’
STL: Nighte Pickering (Riley Lynch, Miguel Perez), 70’
STL: Zack Lillington, 85’
STL: GK Colin Welsh; D Owen Jorgensen, D Zack Lillington, D Tahir Reid-Brown (Chris Pearson, 46’); M Trip Clancy (Patrick McDonald, 76’), M Miguel Perez, M Tyson Pearce (Jemone Barclay, 86’), M Riley Lynch; F Zach Zengue, F Nighte Pickering (Yu Ota, 86’), F Jack Wagoner © (Lorenzo Cornelius, 61’)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Nate Martinez, D Emiliano Chavez, D Sidney Paris, M Alex Jundt
TOTAL SHOTS: 9; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 18; OFFSIDES: 4; CORNER KICKS: 7; SAVES: 3
HOU: GK Logan Erb; D Reese Miller (Vitor Andre, 61’), D Vinicius Silva (Noah Betancourt, 72’), D Chibuike Ukaegbu, D Daniel Barrett; M Gustavo Dohmann ©, M Matthew Arana (D’Alessandro Herrera, 85’); M Jahmani Bell, M Samir Mohammad, M Mattheo Dimareli (Alan Martins, 72’); F Austin Brumett (Arthur Sousa, 60’)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Roman Kerimov, M Tristan Cottle, F Mamadi Jiana, F Myles Gardner
TOTAL SHOTS: 12; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 11; OFFSIDES: 0; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 1
Assistant Referees: Tyler Samburgh, Brendan Sweetman
Fourth Official: Gustavo Turmero