It's a clean slate in MLS Next Pro - the first match of the season. Read this full preview and see how St. Louis City II and Tacoma Defiance did in their pre-season friendlies!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
St. Louis City II form and stats
The season before, St. Louis City II's league stats were 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss, leading to 4th spot in the MLS Next Pro. During these four matches they scored {7 goals} and gave away 7. Performing as the home team in the previous season St. Louis City II generated 2-0-1 (win-draw-lost) with {6 goals} and 7 conceded.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the St. Louis City II friendly games in pre-season: St. Louis City II played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that St. Louis City II scored {0 goals} and conceded 3 in these one game.
Tacoma Defiance form and stats
Let's have a look at how Tacoma Defiance performed last season in the MLS Next Pro: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 11 and conceded {9 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 1 and lost 1 with 5/6 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the former three meetings between these two squads are: two wins for St. Louis City II, zero draws and one win for Tacoma Defiance. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.
St. Louis City II missing players
Tacoma Defiance missing players
| St. Louis City II | Tacoma Defiance | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis City II | Last season | Tacoma Defiance | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 56 | 25 | Scored | S | 24 | 60 | ||
| 39 | 16 | Conceded | C | 16 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 85% | ||
| 63% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 62% | ||
| 41% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 42% | ||
| 26% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 27% | ||
| 63% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 58% | ||
| 30% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 31% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 6.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.9 | 9.1 | ||
| 6.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 37% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 50% | ||
| 8.4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Minnesota United II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Austin II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Swope Park Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Whitecaps FC II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Tacoma Defiance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Colorado Rapids II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | North Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | St. Louis City II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Los Angeles II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | LA Galaxy II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | San Jose Earthquakes II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Houston Dynamo FC II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Real Monarchs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Houston Dynamo FC II | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 2 | Minnesota United II | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | North Texas | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | St. Louis City II | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Whitecaps FC II | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Tacoma Defiance | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | San Jose Earthquakes II | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Swope Park Rangers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 9 | Real Monarchs | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers II | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids II | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 0 |
