Lead evaporates in Vancouver, City SC takes 4-3 loss

St. Louis CITY SC fell 4-3 on the road at Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Njabulo Blom scored early in the first half, earning his first goal of the season. Chris Durkin marked his third assist of the season on the goal. Then, Eduard Löwen, who captained the team tonight, converted a penalty kick in the 12th minute. Vancouver then scored in the 37th minute to make the score 2-1. The Whitecaps scored three goals in the second half. In second half stoppage time, Nökkvi Thórisson scored his first goal of the season with an assist from Indiana Vassilev. St. Louis will return home to CITYPARK on Wednesday, July 3 to take on San Jose Earthquakes.

Postgame Notes

This was the second time St. Louis CITY SC scored two goals in the first 12 minutes of a game; the other instance was last season in a 2-0 victory over Colorado Rapids on July 1

Eduard Löwen scored his second goal of the season

Löwen now has 25 goal contributions (8 goals, 17 assists) in 40 MLS regular season matches

Tonight was the first time Löwen wore the captain’s armband for CITY SC in an MLS match; the only other match he captained the team was in last season’s Leagues Cup match against Columbus Crew

Njabulo Blom scored his second career MLS goal and first goal of the season

Nökkvi Thórisson scored his first goal of the season

John Klein made his first ever MLS start and has now appeared in six games for CITY SC

Chris Durkin notched his third assist of the season and Indiana Vassilev earned his second assist as well during the match

With the start, Ben Lundt made his first appearance of the season