ST. LOUIS — St. Louis FC scored early and late en route to a 2-0 victory over Red Bull II in USL Championship action at West Community Stadium Wednesday night.

Red Bull II (56 points) dropped to 17-7-5.

Tyler Blackwood opened the scoring in the third minute while Sam Fink doubled from margin the penalty spot in the 70th minute.

NYRBII defender Roy Boateng came on in the 73rd minute for Jordan Scarlett, marking his first professional appearance.

Red Bull II visits Louisville City FC Saturday at 7 p.m.

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.