Team of the Matchday: FC Cincinnati & St. Louis CITY SC make history
FC Cincinnati and St. Louis CITY SC won’t soon forget their historic Matchday 35 results – prompting prime real estate in the latest Team of the Matchday presented by Audi.
Löwen has featured for both the German youth international and Olympic national squads. The midfielder made his first appearance on the German youth international stage for the Under-20 team during the U-20 Elite League. He started and played all 90 minutes for matches against U-20 Netherlands and U-20 Switzerland, including his first career international goal in the 2-1 win over U-20 Switzerland.Â
Löwen quickly rose to the Under-21 Germany team where he featured seven times, five of which were during the UEFA European U-21 Championship Qualifying matches. He tallied a goal in five starts and 330 minutes of play during the qualifying matches and also appeared in two international friendlies. Following successful stints at the U-20 and U-21 squads, Löwen was called in for the German Olympic National team. He appeared in all three matches, tallying a goal and two starts in 156 minutes played.Â
For club, Löwen made his senior team debut at 20 years old for 1.FC Nürnberg on March 12, 2017, in a 1-0 win against Arminia Bielefeld. He amassed eight goals and 10 assists for FC Nürnberg during a two-season stint. Löwen was then acquired by Hertha BSC on July 1, 2019 and appeared 14 times over a two-season span, while also being loaned out to FC Augsburg (Jan. 5, 2020 – Oct. 5, 2020) and VfL Bochum (July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022). Before coming to St. Louis, he strung together three goals and four assists for VfL Bochum in 28 matches played.