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Jul 14, 2024 at 1.30am UK
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St Louis City
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Thorisson (27')
Blom (19'), Reid (53'), Durkin (71')
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Preview: St Louis City vs. Vancouver Whitecaps - prediction, team news, lineups

:Headline: Preview: St Louis City vs. Vancouver Whitecaps - prediction, team news, lineups:
Sports Mole previews Sunday's Major League Soccer clash between St Louis City and Vancouver Whitecaps, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
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For the second time in two weeks, St Louis City and the Vancouver Whitecaps will meet in an MLS match, this time at CityPark on Saturday.

Last Sunday, St Louis dropped to 12th in the Western Conference with a 4-1 defeat against the Colorado Rapids, six places below the Caps in the table, after the latter settled for a 1-1 draw with CF Montreal.


Match preview

After a solid start to his coaching tenure, John Hackworth saw his St Louis side knocked down a peg in Colorado, as they struggled to handle the high press throughout the 90 minutes.

Hackworth has a lot of work to do to get this team into a playoff position, with St Louis currently eight points below that line and three teams to surpass.

During the 2023 regular season, this team led the league in home victories (11) but have only claimed four domestically this year, while they can only pick up five more home triumphs at most in 2024.

St Louis have suffered three defeats in MLS this season, just one fewer than they had in their inaugural campaign a year ago.

So far in 2024, St Louis have failed to win five league contests when scoring the opening goal, accounting for 12 points dropped.

Their 2-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes in their previous home contest was only the second time they had won at CityPark and maintained a clean sheet simultaneously, the previous time being versus New York City FC in early March (2-0).

It appeared that the Caps were all set to win consecutive MLS away games for the second time in 2024, only to concede an equaliser with 11 minutes remaining.

That was only the third time domestically this season that they had failed to win despite drawing first blood, dropping seven points as a result.

While Vanni Sartini will be disappointed with last weekend's single point, his side still claimed an 18th point away from home in this competition, equalling their entire output from 2023.

As things stand, Vancouver are in a position to make the playoffs in consecutive seasons for only the second time in their MLS history, currently sixth in the Western Conference.

Only three points currently separate them from Minnesota United above that playoff line, though there are four teams in between those two in the table.

The Caps have won their previous two encounters with St Louis City, including a 4-3 thriller a couple of weeks ago, but they lost their only previous visit to CityPark last year (3-1).

St Louis City Major League Soccer form:

Vancouver Whitecaps Major League Soccer form:


Vancouver Whitecaps form (all competitions):
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Team News

St Louis were without Klauss and Rasmus Alm last weekend because of knee injuries, while Roman Burki left their previous match with a back issue, though Hackworth is optimistic that he will be available.

Celio Pompeu will not return this season because of a serious leg injury, Tomas Ostrak is also out for the year after undergoing Achilles tendon surgery, while Kyle Hiebert is unavailable as Canada take on Uruguay for third place at the Copa America on Saturday.

John Klein had the only St Louis City goal against the Rapids a week ago, the first-ever strike for the 24-year-old in MLS.

Against Montreal, the Whitecaps were missing Pedro Vite because of a quad knock, while Tristan Blackmon and Damir Kreilach were out with groin strains.

Sam Adekugbe may still be recovering from a calf strain, while Ali Ahmed is out as Canada play for a bronze medal at the Copa America.

Brian White notched the only goal last Saturday, having found the back of the net in three successive MLS matches, and Ryan Gauld now has 17 goal contributions in his last 18 domestic appearances.

St Louis City possible starting lineup:
Burki; Totland, Yaro, Parker, Reid; Blom, Durkin; Kijima, Klein, Vassilev; Adeniran

Vancouver Whitecaps possible starting lineup:
Takaoka; Laborda, Veselinovic, Utvik; Raposo, Berhalter, Cubas, Schopf; Gauld, White, Picault


We say: St Louis City 2-2 Vancouver Whitecaps

St Louis lead the league in draws this season with 10, and while many of those points have been memorable fixtures, they have yet to be convincing over 90 minutes, while the Caps are having a tough time winning away from home themselves.


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Eastern Conference

TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Inter MiamiInter Miami33218473472671
2Columbus Crew32179665382760
3FC CincinnatiCincinnati33175115647956
4Orlando City331571158481052
5New York City FCNY City33148115447750
6Charlotte FCCharlotte FC33139114337648
7New York Red BullsNY Red Bulls33111485347647
8DC United331010135267-1540
9CF MontrealMontreal331010134664-1840
10Philadelphia UnionPhiladelphia33910146153837
11Atlanta UnitedAtlanta33910144448-437
12Toronto34114194061-2137
13Nashville SCNashville3389163554-1933
14New England RevolutionNew England3294193564-2931
15Chicago Fire3379174059-1930

Western Conference

TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Los Angeles GalaxyLA Galaxy33197768482064
2Los Angeles FCLos Angeles32177858411758
3Real Salt LakeSalt Lake331511763471656
4Seattle SoundersSeattle33168950341656
5Houston DynamoHouston33149104538751
6Colorado RapidsColorado33155135957250
7Minnesota UnitedMinnesota Utd33147125448649
8Vancouver WhitecapsVancouver32138115045547
9Portland TimbersPortland331210116455946
10Austin FCAustin33109143646-1039
11Dallas33108155255-338
12St Louis City33813124959-1037
13Sporting Kansas CityKansas3387185064-1431
14San Jose EarthquakesEarthquakes3363244075-3521
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