2010 AC St. Louis season

AC St. Louis

2010 season
Chairman	Jeff Cooper
Manager	Dale Schilly
USSF Division 2	5th, NASL Conference
2010 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
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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.

Results

NASL Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Carolina RailHawks FC	30	13	9	8	44	32	+12	47	Conference leader, qualified for playoffs
2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	30	10	5	15	32	22	+10	45	Qualified for playoffs[a]
3	Montreal Impact	30	12	11	7	36	30	+6	43
4	Miami FC	30	7	11	12	37	49	−12	33
5	AC St. Louis	30	7	15	8	32	48	−16	29
6	Crystal Palace Baltimore	30	6	18	6	24	55	−31	24

Players

Roster

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Alec Dufty 2 DF  USA Zach Bauer 3 MF  USA Troy Cole 4 DF  USA Tim Velten 5 DF  USA Jack Traynor 6 DF  USA John Lesko 7 MF  USA Luke Kreamalmeyer 8 DF  TRI Anthony O'Garro 9 FW  BIH Elvir Kafedzic 10 MF  USA Hagop Chirishian 11 MF  USA Chris Salvaggione 12 MF  USA Gilbert Pogosyan

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF  BRA Gauchinho 15 MF  USA Mike Ambersley 17 MF  USA Brad Stisser 20 MF  USA Jeff Cosgriff 21 DF  USA Mark Bloom 22 GK  USA Chad Becker 23 MF  USA Ryan Moore 24 FW  BRA Alex Titton 26 DF  USA Dillon Barna 30 MF  USA Luis Gil (on loan from Real Salt Lake) 31 MF  USA Michael Videira

Staff

• Dale Schilly Head Coach
• John Vanbuskirk Assistant Coach
• Tim Leonard Assistant Coach
• Blake Decker Assistant Coach
• Tim Owens General Manager
• Paul Rogers Goalkeeper Coach

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%)

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

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

References