ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Matrix Midwest) - St. Louis CITY SC lost its friendly match with Premier League side Aston Villa 2-1 Wednesday night at Energizer Park.
Villa’s Morgan Rogers opened the scoring in the 14th minute for his second goal of the club’s pre-season trip to the USA. Ollie Watkins later doubled the lead in the 56th minute with a header.
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— St Louis CITY SC (@stlCITYsc) July 31, 2025
Shortly after, CITY would strike back. Cedric Teuchert scored from the edge of the area just before the hour mark, past Villa’s goalkeeper Emi Martínez.
Aston Villa was able to hold its one-goal advantage for the remainder of the match and won its first match of the pre-season.
A good test for the boys. A great night in STL 👏#AllForCITY x #AVFCUSA pic.twitter.com/97vBeZisfc
— St Louis CITY SC (@stlCITYsc) July 31, 2025
“I thought both groups came in and gave us a lot of energy, first half group and second half group, good performance by us against a top-level team,” said CITY SC Interim Manager David Critchley after the match.
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