Cicerone was the third player that got to be the hero for the week, following Kyle Greig’s brace that earned a 3-2 win against Hartford last Sunday before Tyler Blackwood’s first goal for STLFC earned the win against Ottawa on Wednesday. That was always the way it was going to need to be, with 17 players starting across the three games and only three – defenders Sam Fink, Phanuel Kavita and Sean Reynolds – starting and going the full 90 minutes in all three.

“Three games in [seven] days at this level, you can’t ask a lot of players to do that, so it was always the plan to rotate,” said Cicerone. “I know I rested Wednesday night, I came in off the bench so I was a little more fresh today. … When some of the main guys came in off the bench it gave us a little bit of a spark, that’s when we got the goal. Everybody in our depth chart can do the job, but with the squad we’ve got right now we’re looking very good.”

Cicerone’s goal brought the topper to what had already been a celebratory night at West Community Stadium. St. Louis Scott Gallagher Academy alumni Tim Ream and Josh Sargent were on hand, in town for the United States Men’s National Team’s contest in the city on Tuesday, as was the Stanley Cup won by the St. Louis Blues earlier this summer. Former U.S. Men’s National Team member Alexi Lalas – set to broadcast the United States’ game with Uruguay for FOX on Tuesday – presented Cicerone the Man of the Match bucket of beer in front of the St. Louligans.