What very nearly became the biggest win in the young history of St. Louis City SC instead became one of its most painful losses. There was City SC, up 2-1 on Club America, the Mexican soccer powerhouse, regarded by many as the best team in North America, with 11 minutes to go in the game and weathering one attack after another.
But finally, City SC could not hold back the continuing onslaught of the Aguilas , giving up two goals in the final 11 minutes of regulation and another in stoppage time for a 4-2 loss at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, in the round of 16 of the Leagues Cup. “It's such an emotional (roller coaster),” said City SC interim coach John Hackworth. “I mean, I'm literally as pissed and upset as I can possibly be, and at the same time, I'm really proud of the way we played.
Congratulations to Club America. Fantastic opponent. That said I felt like we played a really good game ourselves, and until the last 20 minutes, I thought we had good control of that game.
” The loss ended City SC’s run in the tournament and the team is off until Aug. 24, when it plays at Portland as the Major League Soccer schedule resumes. City SC has nine games remaining and realistically needs to win seven of them if it is to make the playoffs.
The good news is that it won’t face a team as good as Club America the rest of the way. The bad news is that City SC still hasn’t gotten this winning thing figured out. It led in all four of its Leagues Cup games a.