Match Report | St. Louis CITY SC Defeats Columbus Crew 5-3 in Penalty Shootout to Win 2026 U.S. Open Cup

St. Louis CITY SC defeated Columbus Crew 5-3 in a penalty shootout on Wednesday night at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field to win the U.S. Open Cup. After 120 minutes of scoreless regulation and extra time, the match went to penalties. Timo Baumgartl converted CITY SC’s first attempt before goalkeeper Ben Lundt saved Columbus’ first shot from Santiago Rodríguez. Lukas MacNaughton, Chris Durkin and Damion Downs each converted before Daniel Edelman scored the decisive penalty to secure the victory for St. Louis. 

The win earned St. Louis CITY SC its first U.S. Open Cup title and the first trophy in club history. 

Postgame Notes 

October 21, 2026 – ScottsMiracle-Gro Field (Columbus, OH) 

Misconduct Summary 

CLB: Santiago Rodriguez (caution), 82' 

STL: Carlo Holse (caution), 90’+10 

STL: Daniel Edelman (caution), 90’+11 

STL: Tomas Totland (caution), 104' 

CLB: Eric Bailly (caution), 119' 

Lineups  

CLB: GK Nicholas Hagen; D Mohamed Farsi (Brooks Lennon, 84'), D Steven Moreira, D Sean Zawadzki ©, D Malte Amundsen; M Santiago Rodriguez, M Dylan Chambost (Sekou Bangoura, 84'), M Taha Habroune (Eric Bailly, 90’+1), M Anass Zaroury (Andres Herrera, 113’); F Brais Mendez, F Josef Martinez (Gonzalo Tapia, 68’) 

Substitutes not used: GK Evan Bush, M Tarun Karumanchi 

TOTAL SHOTS: 16; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 23; OFFSIDES: 0; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 3 

STL: GK Roman Bürki © (Ben Lundt, 78’); D Lukas MacNaughton, D Timo Baumgartl, D Dante Polvara; M Conrad Wallem, M Chris Durkin, M Daniel Edelman, M Tomas Totland; F Carlo Holse, F Sangbin Jeong (Damion Downs, 78'), F Simon Becher (Tomáš Ostrák, 105’) 

Substitutes not used: D Jaziel Orozco, D Fallou Fall, D Rafael Santos, F Mykhi Joyner 

TOTAL SHOTS: 5; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 22; OFFSIDES: 3; CORNER KICKS: 2; SAVES: 3 

Venue: ScottsMiracle-Gro Field 

Weather: Clear, 58 degrees