St. Louis FC’s playoff hopes took another hit Saturday night at Soccer Park, with one of its former players having a huge hand in the crushing 2-1 defeat against Harrisburg City.

Jake Bond, a CBC High and Quincy University product who played with STLFC last year, scored in the first half and assisted on Pedro Ribeiro’s goal with just seconds to play in extra time, giving the visitors a win before a disappointed crowd of 4,133.

“I wanted to do well. Old club, hometown, it was just fun to get to play,’’ said Bond, whose head coach Bill Becher also lived in North County and graduated from Hazelwood East. “Then, to get a goal and an assist and a win that we really needed, it’s just an added bonus.”

STLFC, which entered the weekend four points back in the race for the eighth and final playoff spot in United Soccer League’s Eastern Conference, fell to 8-12-7 while the Islanders snapped a five-game losing streak and improved to 7-14-6.

“Really hard moment and not a lot to say,’’ STLFC coach Preki Radosavljevic said. “To lose a game like this at home, it’s just ... I just don’t know what we have to do to put a ball in the net.

“And they get two balls on frame and two goals. It’s a cruel game.”