TUKWILA, WASH. – Tacoma Defiance (4-2-0, 12 points) defeated St. Louis CITY2 (3-3-1, 11 points) Saturday evening at Starfire Stadium. Osaze De Rosario scored his league-leading eighth goal of the season, with Stuart Hawkins and Georgi Minougou also finding the net for Tacoma in the home victory. With the result, Defiance is now tied atop the Western Conference with 12 points and leads MLS NEXT Pro with 20 goals scored through six games. Hervé Diese’s side next travels to Ventura County FC on Friday, May 2 at William Rolland Stadium (7:00 p.m. PT / Apple TV).
MATCH SUMMARY
Tacoma Defiance 4 – St. Louis CITY2 1
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Venue: Starfire Stadium
Referee: Lukasz Jozefecki
Assistants: Serghei Celan, Miles Crumley
Fourth official: Justin St. Pierre
Weather: 63 degrees and sunny
SCORING SUMMARY
TAC – Own Goal (Jaziel Orozco) 8’
TAC – Osaze De Rosario (Yu Tsukanome) 58’
TAC – Stuart Hawkins (Peter Kingston) 62’
TAC – Georgi Minoungou 84’
STL – Matteo Kidd 88’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
STL – Emil Jääskeläinen (caution) 40’
LINEUPS & STATS
Tacoma Defiance – Jacob Castro; Travian Sousa, Kaito Yamada, Stuart Hawkins, Gallatin Sandnes (Reed Baker-Whiting 56’); Snyder Brunell – Captain, Peter Kingston; Sebastian Gomez (Antino Lopez 65’), Yu Tsukanome (Rafferty Pedder 85’), Danny Robles (Georgi Minoungou HT); Osaze De Rosario
Substitutes not used: Lars Helleren, Jackson Khoury, Birame Diaw, Ryan Baer, Christian Dodzi
Total shots: 14
Shots on goal: 5
Fouls: 8
Offside: 3
Corner-kicks: 3
Saves: 5
St. Louis CITY2 – Colin Welsh; Tyson Pearce, Jaziel Orozco (Ryan Becher 72’), Gabriel Mikina, Cameron Cilley; Seth Antwi (Emiliano Chavez 76’), Matteo Kidd; Wan Kuzain (Dida Armstrong 76’), Caden Glover (Ryan Dugan 63’), Brendan McSorley (Lorenzo Cornelius 72’); Emil Jääskeläinen
Substitutes not used: Larsen Hackworth, John Di Maria, Lucas McPartlin
Total shots: 13
Shots on goal: 6
Fouls: 12
Offside: 2
Corner-kicks: 3
Saves: 2
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