Ilona Lowen, wife of St. Louis City SC midfielder Eduard Lowen, dies of brain cancer at 28 Ilona Lowen, wife of City SC midfielder Eduard Lowen died of brain cancer at age 28

There are some stories you really don't want to write. A sad day. www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...

Forward Maddie DiMaria and defender Sophia Ahrens, both with St. Louis Scott Gallagher, are on the U.S. roster for the final round of CONCACAF U-17 soccer qualifying.

SLU is out of the top 25, falling to No. 29 this week in the AP poll. But since SLU's struggles began the week they broke into the top 25, this may be a good thing. (And they're 28 in the USA Today coaches poll.)

Fallou Fall practicing with City SC for the first time this season today

Josh Sargent isn't on the roster tonight for Toronto's game with Cincinnati, much to the chagrin of Apple and MLS no doubt, since it's the big Sunday Night game. The game is about to kickoff

City2 wins 3-0, has outscored opponents 7-0 in first two games. City2's Palmer Ault leads MLS Next Pro in assists with three

Joyner gets subbed out in the 64th minute for Alex Jundt. He'll have to settle for two goals today

Joyner gets a second goal, in the 53rd minute, off an assist by Ault, who has three goal contributions so far, as City2 goes up 3-0

Mbacke comes out at the half for City2, Sidney Paris comes on.

Mykhi Joyner scores off a nice setup by Palmer Ault and Cooper Forcellini to put City2 up 2-0 in the 26th minute. Ault had the other goal

Hiebert, Mbacke, Joyner all in the starting lineup for City2, kicking off at 4 p.m. at Energizer Park

Add Skinn on Nick Ellington (13 points, 10 rebounds): "Nick Ellington’s a guy from St. Louis (Cardinal Ritter), gets a chance to go out there against a very, very good team that never recruited him, one of the reasons he chose George Mason was because he wanted to play against St. Louis." 2/2

George Mason coach Tony Skinn postgame: "It’s a dangerous thing when you cut the nets a little bit too early and that gave us all the life and all the motivation we needed." 1/2

Sunday morning numbers: SLU is 27 in the NET (2-1 v. Quad 1, 4-2 v. Quad 2), 40th in Wins Above Bubble (which means far more than the NET) (with Missouri at 39) and 40th at kenpom.com.

St. Louis City SC has trouble scoring goals in another shutout loss, falling to Seattle 1-0 St. Louis City SC was shut out for the second game in a row, falling to Seattle 1-0 on Saturday

City SC's style of play is certainly more attractive, unless you consider scoring goals the prettiest part of the game. The gamer, with reaction from Damet, Baumgartl, Durkin on another game that would have gone better if City SC had scored www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...

SLU ends regular season with a whimper, stumbles into A-10 tourney with 86-57 loss SLU closed the regular season with its worst loss of the year, getting thumped by George Mason 86-57 and heading into the Atlantic 10 tournament on a low note

OK, that wasn't very good at all. SLU's season lands in a new light after getting blown out by George Mason. The final gamer, with reaction from Schertz and Brown. www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

Final: Seattle 1, City SC 0. City with more possession, more chances, fewer goals and one costly turnover

Sangbin Jeong in for Wallem in the 88th minute

Brendan McSorley about to come in

Cordova is wearing No. 16, former number of Sam Adeniran and Emil Jaaskelainen

And in the 56th minute, Cordova in for Teuchert

Looks like Cordova is getting ready to come in

Wallem with a very bad turnover deep in his own end that leads to a goal for Seattle in the 47th minute. 1-0

At the half, Seattle 0, City SC 0. City SC with more of the chances, but lots of shots right at the Seattle goalkeeper.

Schertz said Avila was questionable because he's been bothered by plantar fasciitis, but felt good enough to play today after pregame warmups.

George Mason 86, SLU 57. A slam by Thames with 13 seconds to play brought the margin under 30. SLU finishes 27-4, 15-3. Worst shooting for SLU on 3's this season, making 4 of 24.

Game's not over, but it's over. A 17-0 run for George Mason puts it up 71-43 with 7:56 to go. Jax Kerr is in the game.

George Mason goes up 53-39 with 15:19 to go, SLU calls time. SLU just 2 for 7 in the second half

At the half, George Mason 43, SLU 34. Avila played just 5 minutes because of foul trouble. He's got 3. SLU has 7 turnovers and Mason has 11 offensive rebounds, so SLU is getting clobbered in the possession game. (Mason has 10 2nd chance points, 10 off rebounds) Brown leads SLU with 11 points

George Mason up 29-23, 7:57 to go, SLU calls time. Avila on the bench with three fouls.