St. Louis CITY SC vs San Diego FC: Oct. 31 Kickoff, Injury Report, Apple TV and Stadium Guide

St. Louis CITY SC host San Diego FC on Saturday, October 31, 2026, at Energizer Park in St. Louis, Missouri. The home club and MLS preview list kickoff for 2:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT, UTC−05:00), equivalent to 19:00 UTC on October 31, 3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−04:00), and noon Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−07:00). Apple TV is the announced live streaming service. An important pregame update is now available: MLS has published a matchday injury and player-status report naming four unavailable players across the two clubs.

Schedule check: There is a discrepancy to be aware of. A fixture-data timestamp associated with this event gives 00:00 UTC on November 1, which would mean 7:00 p.m. CDT on October 31—not the published 2:00 p.m. CDT kickoff. However, the St. Louis CITY SC match preview, MLS editorial match preview, San Diego FC tune-in notice, and the host club’s October 31 matchday guide all support the afternoon kickoff. The official MLS match center is the place to check for any subsequent scheduling correction. Do not confuse the two UTC timestamps or assume they describe the same instant.

St. Louis CITY SC vs San Diego FC: date, kickoff and venue

• Competition: 2026 MLS regular season.
• Match date: Saturday, October 31, 2026.
• Published local kickoff: 2:00 p.m. in St. Louis, CDT (UTC−05:00).
• Corresponding UTC time: 19:00 UTC, Saturday, October 31.
• Other U.S. times: 3:00 p.m. EDT (UTC−04:00); noon PDT (UTC−07:00), both October 31.
• Stadium: Energizer Park, 2019 Market Street, St. Louis, MO 63103.
• Broadcast: Apple TV; announced local and regional radio coverage listed below.
• Status: Pregame. No final score or confirmed starting XI is implied.

Daylight saving time matters here. U.S. clocks change from daylight to standard time on Sunday, November 1, 2026, after this Saturday fixture. St. Louis remains on CDT (UTC−05:00) when the match is scheduled to begin. A clock conversion using CST (UTC−06:00) would be wrong for the announced Saturday afternoon time. Fans using calendar feeds should check both the displayed time zone and the original publisher.

Latest official injury and player availability report

The MLS Player Status Report for Matchday 34 (October 31–November 1) provides specific pre-match absences that were not established in the earlier article. For Saturday, October 31, it lists the following players as out:

These are league-reported availability designations, not medical diagnoses, recovery estimates, or evidence of the circumstances behind an injury. In particular, concussion protocol should not be expanded into an unsupported account of how or when a player was hurt. The same MLS report does not mark any additional player from these two teams as questionable. That does not guarantee every other player will start or be available at kickoff; coaches can still make selection decisions and the status report can be revised.

Suspensions: In this Saturday player-status report, MLS does not identify a St. Louis or San Diego player as out due to suspension. This is narrower than declaring that neither club has any disciplinary issue: the MLS disciplinary summary should also be reviewed for updates, and the official starting lineups remain the final check before kickoff. Avoid treating older matchday suspension notices as automatically applying to October 31.

How to watch the game on Apple TV and listen on radio

Apple TV is the announced live viewing option. The league’s official viewing guide says the 2026 MLS season is included in the standard Apple TV subscription rather than requiring a separately purchased MLS Season Pass. Open the event listing in Apple TV before kickoff to verify access, language options and region-specific subscription terms. The St. Louis preview lists Steve Cangialosi and Danny Higginbotham on the English-language match call, with Michele Giannone reporting from the sideline; the club also identifies Jesús Acosta and Jesús Bracamontes for the Spanish-language broadcast.

For radio, St. Louis lists KYKY Y98.1 FM for English commentary and KXOK 102.9 FM for Spanish commentary. The club names Joey Zanaboni and Dale Schilly as its English radio team, with Santiago Beltrán and Héctor Vega on the Spanish call. On the San Diego side, the club’s official tune-in notice identifies English coverage on San Diego Sports 760 AM, 101.5 KGB-HD2, and the iHeartRadio app. Streaming eligibility and terrestrial signal coverage vary by location. Radio listings are not additional TV broadcast confirmations.

Why the result matters to both teams

According to the MLS pregame preview, St. Louis entered the fixture third in the Western Conference with 51 points from 32 matches (14 wins, nine losses and nine draws). San Diego was 13th with 35 points from 32 matches (eight wins, 13 losses and 11 draws). These are explicitly pre-match snapshots, not a live table or a postgame update.

St. Louis was three points behind second-place FC Dallas and level with fourth-place Houston Dynamo FC at the time of the MLS preview. A higher playoff seed remains a tangible objective despite a difficult stretch: CITY SC lost 3-2 against Portland on October 28, a third straight MLS defeat. Daniel Edelman and Rafael Navarro scored in the comeback attempt, but St. Louis could not erase the deficit. San Diego arrived following a 4-1 loss at Vancouver on October 28; MLS says that defeat ended the club’s hopes of reaching the 2026 postseason. That context explains the different pressures facing the clubs without implying a result in advance.

Players to watch, and what the new absences change

For St. Louis, Rafael Navarro remains a key attacking name. The league’s pregame figures credit him with nine goals and four assists in nine starts since joining in the summer. Carlo Holse was listed with six goals and three assists, while Daniel Edelman has contributed important moments from midfield. Timo Baumgartl is highlighted in the MLS preview for his consistent starting record. However, the reported absence of goalkeeper Roman Bürki is a relevant consideration for the home team; the available sources do not establish who will replace him in the starting XI, so no replacement should be presented as confirmed.

San Diego’s attack features Anders Dreyer, credited by the official club preview with 14 goals and 13 assists for the season, and Marcus Ingvartsen, credited with 12 goals. The MLS preview also highlights Cédric Bakambu and Onni Valakari. Elias Achouri’s lower-body designation is a confirmed absence in the league status report, but neither the report nor the preview establishes a specific formation change. Player statistics and lineup choices are separate questions: the figures describe prior performances, not who will start this match.

Head-to-head: what happened in the earlier meeting?

The home club’s match preview reports that San Diego won the first 2026 meeting 2-0 at Snapdragon Stadium on March 1. Dreyer scored in the third minute and Ingvartsen added a second in the 54th. It is the clubs’ second and final scheduled meeting of the 2026 regular season. Before this fixture, San Diego’s regular-season head-to-head record against St. Louis was two wins and a draw in three matches, including a 1-0 win at Energizer Park in May 2025. Previous meetings are useful background, not a prediction of what happens on Halloween.

Matchday at Energizer Park: entry and Halloween events

The official October 31 Know Before You Go guide schedules the CITY Block Party to start at 11:00 a.m. St. Louis CDT (UTC−05:00), gates to open at 12:30 p.m. CDT (UTC−05:00), and kickoff at 2:00 p.m. CDT (UTC−05:00). These times all refer to Saturday, October 31. The club has announced Fan Appreciation Day and Halloween activities, including a trick-or-treat trail for children aged 12 and under, face painting and other pregame games. The club also advertises a rally towel giveaway for fans entering the stadium; availability is subject to its actual matchday arrangements.

Energizer Park is located at 2019 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63103. The stadium A–Z guide identifies Union Station as the nearest MetroLink stop, encourages transit use and describes SeatGeek as the club’s official ticketing partner. Tickets are digital, and the venue does not operate an on-site box office for buying or printing tickets. Have the correct mobile ticket ready, check your assigned entrance, and allow time for security screening and downtown travel.

Review the stadium bag policy before leaving home. The stadium permits clear bags smaller than 14 by 14 by 6 inches and small non-clear bags smaller than 5 by 7 by 2 inches, subject to inspection. Medical and diaper bag exceptions are considered individually. The venue is cashless. These are stadium policies, not match-specific guarantees about lines, parking space or how long a journey will take.

Final checks before Saturday kickoff

1. Use the MLS match center and home club’s matchday instructions to confirm kickoff if another feed shows 00:00 UTC on November 1 instead of 19:00 UTC on October 31.
2. Check the MLS matchday player-status report for late changes, then look for the officially posted starting XIs; do not treat a predicted lineup as confirmed.
3. Open Apple TV to confirm the game listing and viewing access in your region. Radio listeners should use the announced stations.
4. For stadium attendance, confirm your digital ticket, bag compliance, transport arrangements and gate opening times.

Latest verified pregame position: MLS and the clubs’ editorial and matchday announcements continue to support Saturday, October 31, 2026, 2:00 p.m. CDT (UTC−05:00) / 19:00 UTC at Energizer Park, streamed on Apple TV. The MLS Matchday 34 status report lists Roman Bürki, Célio Pompeu and Alex Matan out for St. Louis, and Elias Achouri out for San Diego. The separate 00:00 UTC November 1 event-data timestamp remains inconsistent with those announcements and should be checked rather than silently substituted. No final score or starting lineup has been asserted in this pregame update.