St Louis CITY2 Extends Unbeaten Streak to Six Matches After Earning 1-1 Draw Against North Texas SC

St Louis CITY2 pushed their unbeaten run to six matches after earning a 1-1 draw in regulation against North Texas SC, before coming up short 8-7 in a penalty shootout. Sidney Paris broke the scoring deadlock netting his first professional goal in the 37th minute off an assist from Nighte Pickering. North Texas responded just before halftime, with forward Nick Simmons finding the equalizer in the fourth minute of stoppage time. Neither team was able to find the back of the net in second half action, sending the match into a penalty shootout.  

CITY2 will travel to face Sporting KC II at Victory Field at Swope Soccer Village next Saturday, September 5, with kickoff set for 7:00 p.m. CT.

Postgame Notes

• Sidney Paris scored his first professional goal
• Nighte Pickering recorded his first assist of the season
• Pickering has four goal contributions (three goals, one assist) in his last four games
• CITY2 extended their unbeaten streak to six matches

Goal-Scoring Plays

STL: Sidney Paris (Nighte Pickering), 37th minute – Sidney Paris scored with a header from the center of the box to the middle-left zone.

NTX: Nick Simmonds (Slade Starnes), 45th minute + 4 – Nick Simmonds scored with a header from the center of the box to the bottom left corner.

Scoring Summary

STL: Sidney Paris (Nighte Pickering), 37’

NTX: Nick Simmonds (Slade Starnes), 45’+4

Misconduct Summary

NTX: Lucas Martins (caution), 35’

STL: Owen Jorgensen (caution), 42’

NTX: Daniel Baran (caution), 44’

STL: Trip Clancy (caution), 56’

NTX: Nick Simmonds (caution), 83’

NTX: Alvaro Agusto (caution), 88’

Lineups

STL: GK Colin Welsh (Nate Martinez, 27’); D Owen Jorgensen, D Zack Lillington, D Tyson Pearce (Yu Ota, 82’), D Andrew De Gannes (Chris Pearson, 82’), D Sidney Paris; M Trip Clancy (Alex Jundt, 66’), M Jack Wagoner ©, M Lorenzo Cornelius, M Patrick McDonald (Jemone Barclay, 66’); F Nighte Pickering

Substitutes Not Used: D Emiliano Chavez, D Stone Marion, M Samuel Goldstein, M Cooper Forcellini

TOTAL SHOTS: 9; SHOTS ON GOAL: 2; FOULS: 13; OFFSIDES: 5; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 3

NTX: GK Nicolas Arango Montoya; D Leandro Goncalves, D Alvaro Augusto, D Slade Starnes ©, D Enzo Newman; M Edouard Nys, M Caleb Swan (Ian Charles, 63’), M Lucas Martins Do Espirtio Santo (Timothy Ospinia, 46’); F Nick Simmonds, F Daniel Baran (Diego Garcia, 70’), F Nathaniel James (Benjamin Flowers, 84’)

Substitutes Not Used: GK Eryk Dymora, D Jonah Biggar, D Jonah Gibson, D Liam Vejrostek, M Marlon Luccin

TOTAL SHOTS: 13; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 16; OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 1

Referee: Jacob Larson

Assistant Referees: Shane Richards, Fermin Sanchez

Fourth Official: Andrew Strasberg

Venue: Energizer Park