2010 AC St. Louis season

AC St. Louis
2010 season
Chairman Jeff Cooper
Manager 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 attendance 2,767
Home colours
Away colours

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. Th leagu 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.

Contents

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.

Standings

Conference table

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 has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Alec Dufty
2 DF Zach Bauer
3 MF Troy Cole
4 DF Tim Velten
5 DF Jack Traynor
6 DF John Lesko
7 MF Luke Kreamalmeyer
8 DF Anthony O'Garro
9 FW Elvir Kafedzic
10 MF Hagop Chirishian
11 MF Chris Salvaggione
12 MF Gilbert Pogosyan
No. Position Player
13 MF Gauchinho
15 MF Mike Ambersley
17 MF Brad Stisser
20 MF Jeff Cosgriff
21 DF Mark Bloom
22 GK Chad Becker
23 MF Ryan Moore
24 FW Alex Titton
26 DF Dillon Barna
30 MF Luis Gil (on loan from Real Salt Lake)
31 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 Jack Traynor ( 7 , 1 )
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 Mike Ambersley (9 goals)
Top assistant 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 15 Mike Ambersley 9 2 11
2 7 Luke Kreamalmeyer 4 0 4
  11 Chris Salvaggione 2 0 2
  17 Brad Stisser 2 0 2
  20 Jeff Cosgriff 2 0 2
3 8 Anthony O'Garro 1 0 1
  13 Gauchinho 1 0 1
  19 Manuel Kante 1 0 1
  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