St. Louis CITY SC advanced to its first-ever U.S. Open Cup\u00a0Semifinal after defeating Houston\u00a0Dynamo\u00a0in a penalty shootout following a 2-2 draw\u00a0in regulation\u00a0on Wednesday night at Energizer Park. Marcel Hartel opened the scoring for CITY SC in the 10th minute before Houston answered one minute later. The\u00a0Dynamo\u00a0took a 2-1 lead in the 42nd minute to carry the\u00a0one goal advantage into halftime. Following the break, Hartel converted a penalty in the 52nd minute for his second goal of the match and the third brace of his\u00a0CITY SC\u00a0career. After two scoreless overtime periods, CITY SC secured a 4-2 victory in the penalty shootout after conversions from Eduard L\u00f6wen, Hartel, Timo Baumgartl, and Chris Durkin. Goalkeeper Ben Lundt recorded two saves in the shootout, including the match-clinching stop against H\u00e9ctor Herrera.\u00a0<\/p>\n
St. Louis will return to MLS play this Saturday, May 23, facing Austin FC at Energizer Park with kickoff set for 1:30 p.m. CT.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Marcel Hartel scored his third\u00a0and fourth career\u00a0U.S. Open Cup goals\u00a0
\nTonight\u2019s brace was Hartel\u2019s third\u00a0of his career with CITY SC\u00a0
\nHartel leads the team in goals this season in goals (6) across all competitions\u00a0
\nWith tonight\u2019s win, CITY SC advanced to the U.S. Open Cup\u00a0Semifinal\u00a0for the first time in club history. The date, time, and opponent will be announced\u00a0at\u00a0a later date\u00a0<\/p>\n
May 19,\u00a02026 \u2013 Energizer Park (St. Louis, MO)\u00a0<\/p>\n
STL: Marcel Hartel, 10th minute \u2013\u00a0Marcel Hartel\u00a0scored with a left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high center of the goal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
HOU:\u00a0Mateusz Bogusz, 11th minute\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mateusz Bogusz scored with a right\u00a0footed\u00a0shot from the center of the box to the center of the goal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
HOU:\u00a0Artur, 42nd minute \u2013\u00a0Artur scored with a right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom corner.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
STL: Marcel\u00a0Hartel,\u00a0(penalty kick),\u00a052nd minute \u2013\u00a0Marcel Hartel\u00a0with a right footed\u00a0shot\u00a0from the penalty spot\u00a0to the bottom left corner.\u00a0<\/p>\n
STL:\u00a0Marcel Hartel,\u00a010\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
HOU:\u00a0Mateusz Bogusz, 11\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
STL:\u00a0Marcel Hartel, 52\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
HOU:\u00a0Lawrence Ennali (caution), 29\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
STL:\u00a0Daniel Edelman (caution), 57\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
HOU:\u00a0Guilherme Augusto (caution), 59\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
HOU:\u00a0Agust\u00edn\u00a0Bouzat\u00a0(caution), 90\u2019+4\u00a0<\/p>\n
STL:\u00a0Chris Durkin (caution), 90\u2019+7\u00a0<\/p>\n
HOU:\u00a0Lawrence Ennali (ejection), 109\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
HOU:\u00a0Artur (caution), 110\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
STL:\u00a0Mykhi Joyner (caution), 118\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
STL:\u00a0GK\u00a0Roman\u00a0B\u00fcrki \u00a9\u00a0(Ben Lundt,\u00a026\u2019);\u00a0D\u00a0Lukas MacNaughton\u00a0(Fallou Fall, 120\u2019+3),\u00a0D\u00a0Timo Baumgartl,\u00a0D\u00a0Dante Polvara;\u00a0M\u00a0Conrad Wallem,\u00a0M\u00a0Chris Durkin,\u00a0M\u00a0Daniel Edelman\u00a0(Eduard L\u00f6wen,\u00a063\u2019),\u00a0M\u00a0Tomas Totland\u00a0(Mykhi Joyner\u00a0106\u2019);\u00a0F\u00a0Marcel Hartel,\u00a0F\u00a0Sangbin\u00a0Jeong\u00a0(Brendan McSorley, 91\u2019),\u00a0F\u00a0Sergio\u00a0C\u00f3rdova\u00a0(Simon Becher, 63\u2019)<\/p>\n
Substitutes not used:\u00a0D\u00a0Mbacke Fall,<\/p>\n
TOTAL SHOTS:\u00a014; SHOTS ON GOAL:\u00a04; FOULS: 16; OFFSIDES:\u00a01; CORNER KICKS:\u00a03; SAVES:\u00a08<\/p>\n
HOU:\u00a0GK\u00a0Jonathan Bond;\u00a0D\u00a0Ant\u00f4nio Carlos,\u00a0D\u00a0Agustin Resch,\u00a0D\u00a0Felipe\u00a0Andrade\u00a0(Duane Holmes, 120\u2019+1);\u00a0M\u00a0Artur\u00a0\u00a9,\u00a0M\u00a0Agust\u00edn Bouzat,\u00a0M\u00a0Jack McGlynn\u00a0(H\u00e9ctor Herrera, 87\u2019);\u00a0F\u00a0Mateusz Bogusz,\u00a0F\u00a0Lawrence Ennali,\u00a0F\u00a0Ezequiel Ponce\u00a0(Ondrej\u00a0Lingr, 76\u2019),\u00a0F\u00a0Guilherme Augusto<\/p>\n
Substitutes not used: GK\u00a0Blake Gillingham,\u00a0D\u00a0Franco Negri,\u00a0D\u00a0Erik Sviatchenko,\u00a0F\u00a0Aliyu Ibrahim<\/p>\n
TOTAL SHOTS:\u00a022; SHOTS ON GOAL: 11; FOULS: 18; OFFSIDES:\u00a01; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 2<\/p>\n
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