SPORTS BRIEF: August 26, 2024

It’s been a chaotic weekend and it was difficult to watch all of the weekend’s sports action, so here’s the Sports Recap with stories from the weekend:

CITY2 secures win over North Texas SC

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ST. LOUIS — St Louis CITY2 earned three points at CITYPARK with a 4-0 shutout against North Texas SC on Sunday night.

CITY2 opened the scoring with a goal in the 13th minute from Caden Glover. In first-half stoppage time, Mykhi Joyner scored his eleventh goal of the season to give CITY2 a two-goal advantage.

In the second half, Brendan McSorley tallied his fourth goal of the season to make it 3-0. Joyner scored in the 60th minute to secure the 4-0 victory for CITY2 and earn his twelfth goal this season. The match saw Glover earn a goal and assist, John Klein tally two assists, and Joyner score a brace.

CITY2 will continue their home stand next Monday, September 2 against Austin FC II.

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Culver-Stockton has a busy week in store for soccer, volleyball, XC, football

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CANTON, Mo. — The Culver-Stockton Wildcats have a busy week in store with sports action kicking off on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, the Lady Wildcats soccer team will host Stephens College inside Poulton Stadium. Kickoff will be at 7 p.m.

The women’s volleyball team will be on the road in Oskaloosa, Iowa this weekend at the William Penn Tournament with Friday afternoon matchups against Waldorf and St. Francis and Saturday afternoon matchups against Tabor and Mount Marty

Both cross-country teams will serve as hosts to the Great River Open, which will start at 5:30 p.m. Friday for the women and at 6:15 p.m. for the men. The meets will be held at the River Valley Golf Course in rural Canton.

Both soccer teams will be in action against Harris-Stowe State University on Saturday. While the women will host Harris-Stowe for a 1 p.m. kickoff, the men will kick off in St. Louis at 3:30 p.m.

Finally, Culver-Stockton football starts its 2024 campaign as they host Mount Marty in Poulton Stadium with a 5 p.m. kickoff.

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CITY SC ties with Timbers on road in Portland

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PORTLAND, Ore. — St. Louis CITY SC earned a point on the road after a 4-4 tie at Portland Timbers.

CITY SC took the lead within the first 11 minutes with Simon Becher scoring his first MLS goal for St. Louis from a corner kick from Marcel Hartel who notched his first MLS assist. In the 34th minute, Eduard Löwen converted from the penalty spot to give CITY SC a two-goal advantage. Portland responded with a goal from Jonathan Rodríguez to cut the lead in half before Cedric Teuchert made it 3-1 to CITY SC heading into the halftime break.

Portland’s Felipe Mora scored in the 57th minute but again St. Louis responded through Nökkvi Thórisson a minute later. Mora scored again in the 65th minute before Evander tied it up in stoppage time to give Portland a point at home. 

CITY SC interim head coach John Hackworth spoke to the tie after Saturday night’s match.

Listen to “PRESS CONFERENCE: John Hackworth speaks to media after road tie vs. Portland” on Spreaker.

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Illinois State women’s soccer shut out by Illinois

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URBANA — Illinois State Soccer (1-1-1, 0-0-0 MVC) suffered its first loss of the season Sunday at the hands of Illinois (3-0-1, 0-0-0 Big Ten), by a 4-0 mark at Demirjian Park.  

The Illini jumped on Illinois State early and never looked back, scoring in the opening minute. 

Illinois State generated three shots and one shot on frame, which came from freshman Chloe Cline in the 27th minute. The chance generated consecutive corner kicks for Illinois State, but the Redbirds couldn’t break through. 

Sophomore Madi Valenti made seven saves in her second collegiate start, which is tied for the second-most by a Redbird goalie over the last two seasons.  

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Eastern Illinois women’s soccer suffers loss against Purdue Fort Wayne

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CHARLESTON — After both goalkeepers were able to turn away several good scoring chances by each team, Purdue Fort Wayne finally broke though in the final 11 minutes to pick up a 1-0 win over Eastern Illinois on Sunday afternoon at Lakeside Field.
 
The goal came in the 79th minute as Hailey Hoskins knocked home a cross from Kailey Hansen for the Mastodons (2-1-1) goal.
 
Both teams had three shots on goal in the opening half with the Panthers finishing with eight total shots on goal of their 14 total shots. Carys Grieve led EIU with two shots on goal.

Abby Reinl, Ella Dwyer, Casey Kittridge, Alex Tetteh, Elisa Solis, and Kylie Mahoney all added shots on goals for EIU (1-2-1).
 
Purdue Fort Wayne had 17 total shots with six on target including the game-winner late in the second half. 
 
Sam Christie finished with eight saves for the clean sheet for Purdue Fort Wayne. Ashlyn Hoover had five saves as she came up short of her second straight shutout in goal.

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No retirement for AEW’s Bryan Danielson (yet)

LONDON — It appears that Bryan Danielson still has a lot of unfinished business in All Elite Wrestling, as his retirement tour will continue just a bit longer.

In a 26-minute banger in the main event of AEW All In London, Danielson dethroned Swerve Strickland via submission in a title match for the AEW World Championship.

Earlier in the night, according to the Wrestling Observer, Strickland signed a new deal with the promotion during the Zero Hour pre-show, sticking around for the long haul regardless of the outcome of the championship match.

Other title changes include Mariah May defeating “Timeless” Toni Storm for the AEW Women World Championship, HOOK regaining the unsanctioned FTW Championship from “The Learning Tree” Chris Jericho, PAC and the Blackpool Combat Club winning the AEW World Trios Championship, and Will Ospreay defeating MJF for the AEW International Championship.

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