St. Louis City break out of slump with shutout of Earthquakes

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Eduard Lowen and Hosei Kijima scored first-half goals and St. Louis City halted a nine-match winless stretch with a 2-0 victory over the visiting San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday night.

Indiana Vassilev had two assists for St. Louis City (4-7-10, 22 points), who controlled the match in their first effort under interim coach John Hackworth. Bradley Carnell was fired on Monday du