St. Louis City SC 2, often shortened to St. Louis City 2 or City2 (stylized as CITY2), is an American professional soccer team that is located in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the reserve team of St. Louis City SC and participates in MLS Next Pro. The team plays most of its home games at Hermann Stadium on the campus of Saint Louis University in the city, but also plays home games at Ralph Korte Stadium on the SIU Edwardsville campus in Edwardsville, Illinois.
History
On December 6, 2021, St Louis City SC announced the formation of a reserve team in MLS Next Pro that would begin play in the 2022 season.
It was announced on January 14, 2022, that St Louis City SC's director of coaching, John Hackworth, would serve as the interim head coach for the MLS Next Pro side. At the conclusion of the MLS Next Academy season, academy head coach Andreas Schumacher would take over as head coach of the side. St. Louis local and Bosnian-American Elvir Kafedzic was announced as an assistant coach.
St Louis City SC signed Joshua Yaro to their MLS Next Pro side, in preparation for him joining the MLS side in 2023. Yaro was drafted second overall in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft and has made 23 MLS appearances.