{"id":427601,"date":"2023-02-26T03:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T08:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=427601"},"modified":"2023-02-26T03:39:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T08:39:18","slug":"newcomers-st-louis-city-shock-mls-with-debut-win-at-austin","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/newcomers-st-louis-city-shock-mls-with-debut-win-at-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcomers St. Louis City shock MLS with debut win at Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d3-l-col__col-12\">\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text \">\n<p>Brazilian Joao Klauss scored in the 86th minute and the expansion team St. Louis City made history on Saturday night, rallying to beat Austin 3-2 at Q2 Stadium in their inaugural match.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Still celebrating with y\u2019all \ud83e\udef6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PFCeTLI7r3\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/PFCeTLI7r3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; St Louis CITY SC (@stlCITYsc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stlCITYsc\/status\/1629749244268560384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery proud of this group,\u201d St. Louis head coach Bradley Carnell said. \u201cTo come here and leave with three points. I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s many greater things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was a stunning loss for Austin, which advanced to the Western Conference final before losing 3-0 to eventual champion LAFC in its second season of play last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"d3-l-col__col-12\">\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text \">\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text \">\n<p>Centre back Tim Parker wrote his name into St. Louis&#8217; history books in by scoring the club&#8217;s opening goal in MLS &#8211; his third since 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text \">\n<p>The veteran silenced the raucous Q2 Stadium crowd and gave the expansion side a surprise 1-0 lead in the 24th minute with a towering header off an Eduard Lowen corner kick.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Honored. Let\u2019s keep this going. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V7JDLdGWON\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/V7JDLdGWON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tim Parker (@Tim_Parker26) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tim_Parker26\/status\/1629717899492356096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s an amazing feeling. I don&#8217;t score that many goals. So it&#8217;s kind of ironic that I scored tonight, in the way that I did,\u201d Parker said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m just really, really, really happy. I think it&#8217;s a combination of all the hard work that we put in and I was just in the right place at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sebasti\u00e1n Driussi found the net in the 45th minute to get Austin on the scoreboard and Jon Gallagher gave the home team a 2-1 lead with a goal in the 72nd minute.<\/p>\n<p>Jared Stroud scored in the 78th minute to pull St. Louis level at 2-2 before Klauss&#8217; winner.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams next play Saturday. 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