2010 AC St. Louis season

AC St. Louis
2010 season
Chairman United States Jeff Cooper
Manager United States Dale Schilly
USSF Division 2 5th, NASL Conference
2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 16
Top goalscorer League: Ambersley (9)
All: Ambersley (11)
Highest home attendance 5,695
Lowest home attendance 2,037
Average home league attendance 2,767
Home colours
Away colours
2011 →

The 2010 AC St. Louis season was the club's first and last season of professional soccer. The Saints in the NASL Conference of the USSF D2 Pro League, the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The league was a temporary professional soccer league created by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) in 2010 to last just one season, as a compromise between the feuding United Soccer Leagues (USL) and the North American Soccer League (NASL).

St. Louis played their home games at the Anheuser-Busch Center in nearby Fenton, Missouri. The team's colors are green, white and yellow. The team began the season coached by Claude Anelka, the older brother of French international striker Nicolas Anelka, but Dale Schilly replaced Anelka as head coach 24 June 2010.

Preseason

On March 19, 2010, AC St. Louis and the Kansas City Wizards started what is expected to be an annual rivalry series of 2 games between the cross-state rivals. The March 19th game was played in Kansas City with the 2nd in St. Louis, Missouri. The wizards won the first game 2-0. The winner will be decided on aggregate score.[1]

USSF 2

AC St. Louis kicked off their season April 10 at the Carolina Railhawks.

Conference table

NASL Conference
Pos Club Pts GP W L D GF GA GD Details
1 Carolina RailHawks 47 30 13 9 8 44 32 +12 Details
2 Vancouver Whitecaps 45 30 10 5 15 32 22 +10 Details
3 Montreal Impact 43 30 12 11 7 36 30 +6 Details
4 Miami FC 33 30 7 11 12 37 49 −12 Details
5 AC St. Louis 29 30 7 15 8 32 48 −16 Details
6 Crystal Palace Baltimore 24 30 6 18 6 24 55 −31 Details
Final regular season standings. Based on the results at the USSF D-2 schedule table
2010 USSF Division 2 playoff structure
Conference leaders automatically qualify for playoffs
The remaining six teams with the highest point totals, regardless of conference, also advance to the playoffs.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 United States GK Alec Dufty
2 United States DF Zach Bauer
3 United States MF Troy Cole
4 United States DF Tim Velten
5 United States DF Jack Traynor
6 United States DF John Lesko
7 United States MF Luke Kreamalmeyer
8 Trinidad and Tobago DF Anthony O'Garro
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina FW Elvir Kafedzic
10 United States MF Hagop Chirishian
11 United States MF Chris Salvaggione
12 United States MF Gilbert Pogosyan
No. Position Player
13 Brazil MF Gauchinho
15 United States MF Mike Ambersley
17 United States MF Brad Stisser
20 United States MF Jeff Cosgriff
21 United States DF Mark Bloom
22 United States GK Chad Becker
23 United States MF Ryan Moore
24 Brazil FW Alex Titton
26 United States DF Dillon Barna
30 United States MF Luis Gil (on loan from Real Salt Lake)
31 United States MF Michael Videira

Staff

Statistics

Overall

Games played 25
Games won 6
Games lost 11
Games drawn 8
Goals scored 25 (1.00 per match)
Goals conceded 34 (1.36 per match)
Goal difference -9
Clean sheets 7
Yellow cards 30
Red cards 4
Worst discipline United States Jack Traynor ( 7 , 1 Red card)
Best result(s) 3-0 (H) v Montreal Impact - 10 July 2010
3-0 (H) v Portland Timbers - 28 July 2010
Worst result(s) 0-3 (A) v Portland Timbers - 22 April 2010
0-3 (H) v FC Tampa Bay - 22 May 2010
0-3 (A) v Montreal Impact - 21 July 2010
Most appearances Mark Bloom and Alec Dufty with 24 appearances
Top scorer United States Mike Ambersley (9 goals)
Top assistant United States Luke Kreamalmeyer (5 assists)
Points 26/75 (34.7%)

Last updated: 6 August
Source: USSF

Top Scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Position Nation Number Name USSF Division 2 U.S. Open Cup Total
1 United States 15 Mike Ambersley 9 2 11
2 United States 7 Luke Kreamalmeyer 4 0 4
  United States 11 Chris Salvaggione 2 0 2
  United States 17 Brad Stisser 2 0 2
  United States 20 Jeff Cosgriff 2 0 2
3 Trinidad and Tobago 8 Anthony O'Garro 1 0 1
  Brazil 13 Gauchinho 1 0 1
  Mali 19 Manuel Kante† 1 0 1
  United States 21 Mark Bloom 1 0 1

Last updated: 6 August
Source: USSF

† = Player is no longer with the club but still scored a goal during the season.

References

  1. ↑ Press Release
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