St. Louis CITY SC hosts San Diego FC on Saturday, October 31, 2026, at Energizer Park in St. Louis, Missouri. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT, UTC−05:00), equal to 19:00 UTC on October 31 and noon Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−07:00) in San Diego. San Diego FC confirmed the kickoff in its January 16 club announcement, and both teams list the fixture for live coverage on Apple TV. For fans watching the Western Conference playoff race, there is a crucial distinction: St. Louis has already qualified for the postseason, while San Diego entered its October 28 match still chasing a playoff place.
| Item | Confirmed or scheduled detail |
|---|---|
| Competition | 2026 MLS regular season |
| Fixture | St. Louis CITY SC (home) vs. San Diego FC (away) |
| Date | Saturday, October 31, 2026 |
| Kickoff at the stadium | 2:00 p.m. St. Louis, CDT (UTC−05:00) |
| Pacific time | 12:00 p.m. San Diego, PDT (UTC−07:00) |
| Eastern time | 3:00 p.m. EDT (UTC−04:00) |
| UTC | 19:00 UTC, October 31 |
| Venue | Energizer Park, St. Louis, Missouri |
| Live stream | Apple TV |
See the San Diego FC kickoff announcement and St. Louis CITY SC's official schedule for the published fixture information. The October 31 event also appears on the home club's Fan Appreciation Night calendar.
A time-zone display can look like a scheduling conflict when it is not. A schedule showing “19:00” or “7:00 p.m.” may be displaying the game in UTC rather than the stadium's Central Time. At Energizer Park, 19:00 UTC on October 31 is 2:00 p.m. CDT. In Southern California, the same kickoff is 12:00 p.m. PDT. The club announcement expressly identifies the San Diego time as noon Pacific, making it a useful cross-check.
Daylight saving time is another source of confusion. St. Louis and San Diego are still on daylight time on Saturday, October 31; the U.S. clock change occurs on Sunday, November 1. Do not use the November 1 standard-time offsets to convert an October 31 kickoff. If a calendar app gives you a different hour, examine its selected time zone and check the direct club schedule again before leaving home or starting a stream.
Apple TV is the confirmed live video option. Major League Soccer's 2026 viewing arrangements include every MLS regular-season match with an Apple TV subscription, without a separate MLS Season Pass purchase. The standalone MLS Season Pass subscription was discontinued after the 2025 season. That distinction matters if you are relying on older articles or subscription instructions.
To watch, sign into the Apple TV app or supported web experience, find the MLS live sports listings, and select St. Louis CITY SC versus San Diego FC. Check that your subscription is active and that the match appears with the expected kickoff in your displayed time zone. MLS describes access across more than 100 countries and regions, but available services, offers, and account requirements depend on location. The official MLS how-to-watch page is the best place to check current subscription terms.
San Diego FC's late-October match preview also identifies San Diego Sports 760 AM as a radio option for the St. Louis match. That radio information is separate from the confirmed Apple TV video coverage. A special national FOX or FS1 telecast for this individual fixture was not established by the checked club listings, so viewers should not assume one without a later broadcaster announcement.
St. Louis CITY SC had already secured a place in the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs according to MLS's October 26 list of qualified teams. Therefore, it would be misleading to describe the October 31 game as one St. Louis must win simply to qualify. Points still matter: the final Western Conference standings determine playoff seeding and the potential path through the postseason. But a confirmed berth and a locked-in seed are different things.
For a clearer view of the table, consult the MLS playoff hub after the midweek games and again after this match. An earlier snapshot is not necessarily the table that will apply at kickoff.
San Diego FC's official preview ahead of its October 28 trip to Vancouver stated that the club had 35 points from 31 matches, sat 12th in the Western Conference and trailed the ninth-place team by six points. Those numbers describe San Diego's position before the Vancouver game, not a verified post-October-28 table. The club had three regular-season matches remaining at that point: Vancouver away, St. Louis away and Sporting Kansas City at home on November 7.
That schedule makes the St. Louis trip potentially significant for San Diego, but it does not support an unconditional statement that an October 31 win would guarantee qualification—or even that the club will still be mathematically alive at kickoff. The Vancouver result and other teams' results must be taken into account. MLS published potential elimination scenarios for the October 28 matchday, so readers should review updated standings and officially stated scenarios rather than extrapolating from one earlier points gap.
The MLS regular season ends on Saturday, November 7, 2026, which the league calls Decision Day. The top nine teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs; seventh place or better goes directly to the Round One best-of-three series, while eighth and ninth enter Wild Card matches. As a result, this October 31 fixture can influence the standings, but it is not the final league-wide matchday. See MLS's published 2026 playoff dates and format for the official timeline.
San Diego's club preview recorded a 2-2 draw with Seattle Sounders FC on October 24, with Cédric Bakambu scoring twice in the second half. That is relevant recent form, but it does not identify the eleven who will face St. Louis. The October 28 Vancouver match occurs between that report and the St. Louis fixture, and its implications should be reassessed after the result is official.
St. Louis's qualification had already been confirmed following a scoreless draw with Vancouver earlier in October. The home side also has a scheduled October 28 match against Portland Timbers before meeting San Diego. As with San Diego's midweek game, pre-match predictions should not be turned into asserted results. Late injuries, suspensions, selection decisions and confirmed starting lineups require a newer official match report or team announcement.
Watch the clubs' official news feeds and match coverage on October 31. A projected lineup is not a confirmed lineup, and a player mentioned in a previous preview is not guaranteed to start. For fans focused on playoff implications, checking the live match center and the updated table will be more useful than treating an early-week projection as fact.
Energizer Park is the home stadium of St. Louis CITY SC. The club's official stadium A–Z guide gives the venue address as 2019 Market Street, St. Louis, MO 63103. For public transportation, the club identifies Union Station as the closest MetroLink stop. Check the transit operator's current schedule and allow time for game-day crowds if arriving from elsewhere in the region.
The stadium guide says SeatGeek is the club's official ticketing partner, tickets are purchased online, and admission is subject to bag screening. Generally permitted clear bags must measure 14 by 14 by 6 inches or smaller; small wallets and clutches are subject to separate size limits, and exemptions are considered individually. The venue is cashless. Travelers should check the complete published policy rather than assuming rules at another MLS stadium are identical.
October 31 is listed as Fan Appreciation Night. St. Louis CITY SC's official 2026 theme-night page advertises an afternoon featuring fireworks, autographs and other activities. It does not establish a specific time for every activity in the information checked here. Fans hoping to attend a particular activity should check the event details or club app for updates instead of assuming all programming takes place before kickoff.
Information checked October 29, 2026. The kickoff, venue, broadcast, playoff format and Fan Appreciation Night information above come from the official club and MLS sources linked in this article. Standings and playoff scenarios remain sensitive to the October 28 fixtures and later matches. Before traveling or watching, confirm that the event is still listed for Saturday, October 31, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. CDT (UTC−05:00), or 19:00 UTC, at Energizer Park.
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