FENTON, Mo. – Saint Louis FC try to rebound from a defeat in its last outing, and avoid a season sweep at the hands of Tulsa Roughnecks FC when the two interconference rivals square off on Wednesday night at Toyota Stadium – Saint Louis. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. CT.
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Saint Louis FC news and notes
Current record: 7-10-5, 26pts
Saint Louis fell 2-1 to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds at Toyota Stadium – Saint Louis as the visitors rallied to victory after Seth Rudolph had given STLFC the lead.
The defeat left Saint Louis five points out of the final playoff position in the Eastern Conference with 10 games to play in the regular season.
Saint Louis has been unable to put together back-to-back victories since a three-game winning streak between April 1-12 at the start of the season.
STLFC announced on Monday that midfielder Octavio Guzman had undergone successful knee surgery, and was expected to be out of action for 4-6 weeks.
Tulsa Roughnecks FC news and notes
Current record: 10-9-3, 33pts
The Roughnecks played a 0-0 draw with Orange County SC in its last outing on Aug. 15 at Champions Soccer Stadium at Orange County Great Park.
The draw saw Tulsa extend its undefeated streak to three games, which has seen the side move into sixth place in the USL’s Western Conference.
Roughnecks forward Ian Svantesson has scored five goals on 10 headed shots on goal this season.
Tulsa midfielder Juan Pablo Caffa is tied for the league-lead with three goals from free kicks this season.
Series Notes
Squads
Saint Louis – GK: Devala Gorrick, Adam Grinwis, Jack Filla; D: Aedan Stanley, A.J. Cochran, Konrad Plewa, Austin Ledbetter, Matt Sheldon, Wes Charpie, Ryan Howe, Erick Cabalceta; M: Sebastian Dalgaard, Dragan Stojkov, Mats Bjurman, Tyler David, Nick Radosavljevic, Octavio Guzman, Max Alvarez, Tony Walls, Ivan Mirkovic, Emmanuel Appiah, Emir Alihodzic; F: Seth Rudolph, Christian Volesky, Milan Petosevic, Daniel Jackson, Tyler Feeley
Tulsa – GK: Bryan Byars, Fabian Cerda; D: Paris Gee, Modou Jadama, Jorge Corrales, Francisco Ugarte, Bradley Bourgeois, Kosuke Kimura; M: Jacori Hayes, Jonathan Levin, Joey Calistri, Collin Fernandez, Jaime Ayala, Joaquin Rivas, Brady Ballew, Brandt Bronico; F: Juan Pablo Caffa, Ian Svantesson, Pavel Kondrakhin, Christian Thierjung
Discipline
Saint Louis – None
Tulsa – Accumulation warning: Jorge Corrales
Officials
REF: CHARLES MURPHY
AR1: Matthew Rodman
AR2: Tom Kuczwara
4TH: Aaron Schumacher
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Tulsa Roughnecks FC – @RoughnecksFC
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