Austin FC will carry a two-game successful streak into play once they journey north to play St. Louis Metropolis on Sunday afternoon.
Austin FC (3-2-0, 9 factors) have by no means overwhelmed St. Louis Metropolis, dropping three of the 4 all-time matches between the edges with one draw. Austin FC’s solely level within the matchup got here in a 2-2 tie at house in March of final season.
The Verde heads to the highway after a 2-1 house win over first-year facet San Diego FC final Sunday. Brandon Vasquez and Jon Gallagher scored for Austin FC within the opening 19 minutes earlier than they conceded within the twenty seventh minute and held on behind a three-save effort from goalkeeper Brad Stuver.
The Verde have discovered a successful system over the previous two weeks, morphing from a crew that performed for possession in its first three video games to only 30.4 % possession towards San Diego FC as coach Nico Estevez has stacked Austin to play on the counterattack.
“I am studying by each week,” Estevez stated. “Simply attempting to do my finest to place each participant in the very best place to carry out. I believe we’re getting near connecting all of the dots, after which (we’ll) see a crew that’s actually enjoyable to look at.”
St. Louis Metropolis (2-1-2, 8 factors) heads house after a 1-0 loss at Philadelphia final Saturday. They performed the ultimate 24 minutes a person down after midfielder Eduard Lowen drew two yellow playing cards inside 11 minutes.
St. Louis Metropolis managed only one shot on objective however stayed within the match because of eight saves from keeper Ben Lundt.
“I used to be actually disillusioned with the beginning of the match. It was not what we agreed upon,” St. Louis Metropolis coach Olof Mellberg stated. “After that we have been chasing the sport. We’d like higher high quality on the ball.
“We have now improved because the preseason and we’re getting higher with each apply, each recreation. We nonetheless have a number of work to do.”
St. Louis has allowed only one objective, the least of any crew this season. Austin is tied for second within the league with simply three objectives allowed over 5 matches.
Previous to the loss in Philadelphia, St. Louis Metropolis had produced two shutout wins, towards the Los Angeles Galaxy and Seattle Sounders, respectively. They opened the season with back-to-back scoreless attracts to tie a league document with 4 consecutive clear sheets to open a season.
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