Wife of CITY SC player Eduard Löwen passes away after cancer battle

20 MAY 2023 - ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI- St. Louis CITY SC host Sporting Kansas City during match...
20 MAY 2023 - ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI- St. Louis CITY SC host Sporting Kansas City during match day 14 at CITYPARK in St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday May 20, 2023.(Joe Martinez; St. Louis CITY SC | Joe Martinez/CITY SC)
Published: Mar. 9, 2026 at 2:53 PM CDT

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Matrix Midwest) - The wife of CITY SC midfielder Eduard Löwen has passed away after a two-year battle with cancer, the club announced Monday.

Ilona Löwen passed away Monday morning. Eduard Löwen announced Ilona Löwen’s cancer diagnosis in May 2024.

“Kind of out of nowhere, my wife has had serious health issues,” Eduard Löwen said in May 2024. “It got worse and worse, and she ended up having a surgery. The truth is now that my wife has cancer. I want to be very open about that because, at a certain point, people will know.”

Eduard Löwen took an extended absence from the team in 2024 due to the diagnosis.