Most expansion teams take at least a few years to get competitive and stay there. St. Louis CITY SC did that in their first season, leading to this 4-0 shutout of Sporting Kansas City.
St. Louis goalkeeper Roman Burki had his best game yet. His six saves gave him five MLS games with five-or-more thing him for most in the league. It’s his third clean sheet of the year.
Burki was helped to his clean sheet with a stellar backline while St. Louis CITY worked from their comfortable 4-2-3-1 starting formation. To help preserve the shutout, they shifted to a 4-4-2 for the second half.