STL Soccer Talk

STL Soccer Talk

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports experts focus on St. Louis City SC, the team's debut MLS season, soccer and all the excitement at CityPark.

Episodes

July 2, 2025 47 mins

St. Louis City SC beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley do talk about the team's loss to Houston, but switch to chatting about the Gold Cup, USMNT and World Cup heat concerns.

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St. Louis City SC beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley chat about goalkeeper Roman Burki's efforts during the team's 2-4 loss to Orlando City SC, the goals from Klauss and Simon Becher and the team's struggles on defense.

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June 17, 2025 53 mins

St. Louis City SC may as well be asking "Are you not entertained" under interim coach David Critchley. Klauss returns to scoring form in a big way against Los Angeles Galaxy, notching the team's first hat trick. Beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley discuss the teams tie, and how, to salvage the season, Klauss needs to be at the top of his game, and signs ...

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St. Louis City SC beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley discuss the team's loss in Portland, and the tough road City will have to take to make the playoffs.

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June 4, 2025 56 mins

St. Louis City SC beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley discuss the team's win against the San Jose Earthquakes. Interim coach David Critchley delivered with a more entertaining, pressing style of play. Timmermann and O'Malley also chat about the USWNT game versus Jamaica.

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May 29, 2025 44 mins

St. Louis City SC beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley discuss Olof Mellberg's firing and the naming of David Critchley as the caretaker coach. 

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May 27, 2025 45 mins

Olof Mellberg is still the St. Louis City SC coach. Or, at least he was on Tuesday when beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley sat down to chat about the team's loss against Colorado. With San Jose coming to town on Saturday, and the growing sense of frustration with Mellberg and the string of winless games, what options are there to turn the season around?...

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May 22, 2025 50 mins

St. Louis City SC beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley chat about the team's seeming inability to secure a win. What will turn the team's luck around?

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St. Louis City SC beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley chat about the team's tie against Sporting Kansas City. The sting of nearly losing a derby could last for a while, as the team faces a tough schedule over the next several weeks. Worse, it extended the winless streak. With nearly every game becoming a must-win situation, as coach Olof Mellberg admits,...

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St. Louis City SC beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley chat about City's win in the Open Cup. While not pointless, the win didn't advance the team in MLS standings, just in the Open Cup bracket. But are the emotional impacts of a win following a bad 4-1 Seattle loss enough to lift the team to some wins at home in May? 

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April 30, 2025 25 mins

St. Louis City SC beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley chat about the team's tie against LAFC, goalkeeper Ben Lundt's penalty kick save. Bottom line? The team's struggles may only be resolved with the return of injured players.

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April 24, 2025 26 mins

Sports columnist Benjamin Hochman joins podcast co-host Beth O'Malley to chat about St. Louis City SC's 2025 performance and how the team just ... needs to start scoring goals.

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April 16, 2025 44 mins

St. Louis City SC beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley chat about City's near-tie against the Columbus Crew and how the players showed encouraging improvement despite the loss. Unfortunately, the team's schedule isn't giving them a reprieve. 

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April 8, 2025 2 mins

St. Louis City SC beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley discuss the team's lack of offense yet again after City fell to Sporting Kansas City 2-0. The loss was St. Louis' third game in a row without a goal, and while there's some improvement, is it coming fast enough? The next few games are against tough opponents, making a return to last year's scoring for...

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St. Louis City SC beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O’Malley talk about City SC scoring woes after the team was shut out for the fourth time in six games in a 1-0 loss to Austin on Sunday. While the team’s defense is much improved from last season, its offense has been struggling, scoring just four goals so far, with three of them coming in one game...

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St. Louis City SC beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley discuss the loss to the Philadelphia Union, and Klauss' fun reunion with coach Bradley Carnell.

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St. Louis City SC beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley discuss the news that Roman Burki, the team's No. 1 goalie, will be out for a month. Ben Lundt will now take center stage in an unusual role for him — starting goalie.

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St. Louis City SC beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley talk about the team's 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy, where City finally scored a goal (three!), and goalkeeper Roman Burki stood on his head to preserve a three-game clean sheet record.

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March 4, 2025 46 mins

St. Louis City SC beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley discuss the team's 0-0 tie with San Diego FC, and the improved defense St. Louis City SC has shown in its first two games.

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February 25, 2025 45 mins
St. Louis City SC beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley discuss the team's first game, a tie. While the defense had a stellar game, and the team as a whole did better with more possession, the offense failed to score in a game that they should have won.
 
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