Less than two minutes later, after Grinwis came strong off his line to come up with a save on the left side of the penalty area, the rebound deflected to Swope Park’s Lebo Molotto, whose shot toward a vacated net was knocked away with a sliding stop by defender Konrad Plewa.

“Oh my gosh,” said Grinwis, who posted his third shutout in his past four starts. “Got caught out a little bit, and he picked me up. That’s what we have to do; it’s a team effort. Every clean sheet we get, it’s all 11 guys plus the ones off the bench. Everybody did their job tonight.”

In the 71st minute, on a chance in front, the Rangers’ Kharlton Belmar followed up on a blocked shot and slid a shot just past the far post.

Nine or so minutes later, reserve Seth Rudolph battled to win a 50-50 battle in the right corner and delivered a far-post cross to Volesky, whose header went wide.

Swope Park came on strong late, forcing Grinwis and the STLFC defense to battle to get the point.