MLS 2026 | Matchday 28 | 2026-10-12 08:00 JST
6–2
- 2' C. Holse
- 7' C. Holse
- 21' C. Holse
- 45' Rafael Navarro
- 45+7' L. MacNaughton
- 53' Rafael Navarro
- 32' R. Taylor
- 71' Joao Klauss
Match summary
St. Louis City SC took on LA Galaxy in the MLS 2026 Matchday 28 on October 12. Goals flew in as St. Louis City SC edged out LA Galaxy 6-2. St. Louis City SC led 5-1 at half-time. In the second half, St. Louis City SC scored 1 and LA Galaxy scored 1.
Possession: St. Louis City SC 59%, LA Galaxy 41%. Shots: St. Louis City SC 11, LA Galaxy 18. St. Louis City SC won despite having fewer shots. St. Louis City SC scored 6 from 6 shots on target. Yellow cards: St. Louis City SC 2, LA Galaxy 2.
Team stats
3-4-3
4-3-3
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| St. Louis City SC | Stat | LA Galaxy |
|---|---|---|
| 3-4-3 | Formation | 4-3-3 |
| 59% | Possession | 41% |
| 2.61 | Expected goals (xG) | 1.96 |
| 11 | Shots | 18 |
| 6 | Shots on target | 7 |
| 3 | Shots off target | 5 |
| 2 | Blocked shots | 6 |
| 11 | Shots inside the box | 12 |
| 0 | Shots outside the box | 6 |
| 2 | Corner kicks | 3 |
| 3 | Offsides | 1 |
| 17 | Fouls | 10 |
| 605 | Passes | 409 |
| 542 | Accurate passes | 336 |
| 90% | Pass accuracy | 82% |
| 5 | Goalkeeper saves | 1 |
| -2.69 | Goals prevented (xG) | -2.69 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
Player stats
St. Louis City SC
| Pos | Player | Shots | Shots on target | Goals | Dribbles (success) | Tackles (success) | Blocks | Passes (accuracy) | Assists | Yellow cards | Red cards | Fouls | Fouled | Rating | Min | Key passes | Interceptions | Duels (won) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Roman Bürki | 0 | 22(92%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 90 | ||||||||||
| DF | Lukas MacNaughton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 67(93%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7.5 | 90 | 2 | 6(3) | |||
| DF | Timo Baumgartl | 0 | 1 | 1 | 70(95%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.9 | 90 | 1 | 3(3) | |||||
| DF | Dante Polvara | 0 | 2 | 68(89%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 90 | 1 | 9(5) | |||||||
| MF | Conrad Wallem | 0 | 1(50%) | 3 | 32(91%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6.5 | 80 | 1 | 12(5) | ||||
| MF | Daniel Edelman | 0 | 1 | 2 | 54(93%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 90 | 3 | 6(1) | |||||
| MF | Christopher Durkin | 0 | 2 | 57(86%) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.9 | 72 | 2 | 1 | 5(3) | ||||
| MF | Tomas Totland | 1 | 0 | 3 | 33(80%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.9 | 90 | 1 | 2 | 6(4) | |||
| FW | Carlo Holse | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1(100%) | 2 | 46(87%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 80 | 2 | 7(3) | |||
| FW | Rafael Navarro | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2(40%) | 2 | 25(81%) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 80 | 2 | 16(6) | ||
| FW | Alexandru Mățan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48(91%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8.5 | 89 | 2 | 8(5) | ||||
| DF | Fallou Fall | 0 | 15(94%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 18 | ||||||||||
| DF | Jaziel Orozco | 0 | 3 | 4(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 10 | |||||||||
| FW | Jeong Sang-bin | 0 | 1(50%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 10 | ||||||||||
| FW | Simon Becher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.5 | 10 | 2(None) | |||||||||
| FW | Damion Downs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| GK | Benjamin Lundt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| MF | Miguel Perez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| MF | Tomáš Ostrák | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | Rafael Santos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
LA Galaxy
| Pos | Player | Shots | Shots on target | Goals | Dribbles (success) | Tackles (success) | Blocks | Passes (accuracy) | Assists | Yellow cards | Red cards | Fouls | Fouled | Rating | Min | Key passes | Interceptions | Duels (won) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | JT Marcinkowski | 0 | 17(65%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 90 | ||||||||||
| DF | Harbor Miller | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18(75%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.3 | 90 | 1 | 3 | 7(2) | |||
| DF | Jakob Glesnes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38(86%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.5 | 90 | 1 | 2 | 5(3) | ||||
| DF | Justin Haak | 2 | 0 | 4 | 38(93%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 90 | 2 | 8(7) | ||||||
| DF | Julián Aude | 0 | 2 | 35(85%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5.5 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 8(4) | ||||
| MF | パブロ Ruíz | 0 | 1 | 24(83%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.2 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 5(3) | |||||
| MF | Sergi Roberto | 0 | 25(86%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.2 | 45 | 1 | 2(1) | ||||||
| MF | Erik Thommy | 0 | 1(33%) | 20(80%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 75 | 4 | 5(2) | |||||
| FW | Troy Elgersma | 0 | 3(75%) | 1 | 27(87%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 90 | 10(5) | ||||||
| FW | Kyogo Furuhashi | 0 | 3(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 11 | ||||||||||
| FW | ロベルト Taylor | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13(68%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.6 | 60 | 1 | 5(2) | |||||
| FW | João Klauss | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18(75%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.2 | 79 | 1 | 5(1) | ||||
| MF | Lucas Sanabria | 0 | 2 | 19(70%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.6 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 6(4) | ||||
| MF | Marco Reus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1(100%) | 15(79%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.5 | 30 | 2 | 5(1) | ||||
| FW | Joseph Paintsil | 0 | 13(93%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6.9 | 30 | 6(4) | |||||||
| DF | Carlos Garcés | 0 | 1(100%) | 2 | 13(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 3(3) | ||||||
| GK | Novak Mićović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | John Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | Calegari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | Maya Yoshida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lineups
St. Louis City SC
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | GK | 1 | R. Burki |
| Starter | DF | 5 | L. MacNaughton |
| Starter | DF | 32 | T. Baumgartl |
| Starter | DF | 21 | D. Polvara |
| Starter | MF | 6 | C. Wallem |
| Starter | MF | 24 | D. Edelman |
| Starter | MF | 8 | C. Durkin |
| Starter | MF | 14 | T. Totland |
| Starter | FW | 19 | C. Holse |
| Starter | FW | 9 | Rafael Navarro |
| Starter | FW | 23 | A. Matan |
| Bench | DF | 99 | J. Orozco |
| Bench | DF | 27 | F. Fall |
| Bench | FW | 77 | S. Jeong |
| Bench | FW | 42 | D. Downs |
| Bench | FW | 11 | S. Becher |
Show unused substitutes (4)
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bench | GK | 39 | B. Lundt |
| Bench | DF | 20 | Rafael Santos |
| Bench | MF | 28 | M. Perez |
| Bench | MF | 7 | T. Ostrak |
LA Galaxy
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | GK | 12 | J. Marcinkowski |
| Starter | DF | 26 | H. Miller |
| Starter | DF | 5 | J. Glesnes |
| Starter | DF | 15 | J. Haak |
| Starter | DF | 3 | J. Aude |
| Starter | MF | 17 | P. Ruiz |
| Starter | MF | 6 | S. Roberto |
| Starter | MF | 27 | E. Thommy |
| Starter | FW | 76 | T. Elgersma |
| Starter | FW | 7 | K. Furuhashi |
| Starter | FW | 21 | R. Taylor |
| Bench | DF | 25 | C. Garces |
| Bench | MF | 18 | M. Reus |
| Bench | MF | 8 | L. Sanabria |
| Bench | FW | 28 | J. Paintsil |
| Bench | FW | 99 | Joao Klauss |
Show unused substitutes (4)
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bench | GK | 1 | N. Micovic |
| Bench | DF | 4 | M. Yoshida |
| Bench | DF | 2 | Lucas Calegari |
| Bench | DF | 14 | J. Nelson |
Match events
| Time | Team | Event | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1H 2' | St. Louis City SC | ⚽ Goal | C. Holse | 1-0 |
| 1H 7' | St. Louis City SC | ⚽ Goal | C. Holse | 2-0 |
| 1H 12' | LA Galaxy | 🔄 Substitution | OUT K. Furuhashi → IN Joao Klauss | |
| 1H 21' | St. Louis City SC | ⚽ Goal | C. Holse | 3-0 |
| 1H 32' | LA Galaxy | ⚽ Goal | R. Taylor | 3-1 |
| 1H 40' | St. Louis City SC | 🟨 Yellow card | C. Durkin | |
| 1H 45' | St. Louis City SC | ⚽ Goal | Rafael Navarro | 4-1 |
| 1H 45+7' | St. Louis City SC | ⚽ Goal | L. MacNaughton | 5-1 |
| 2H 2' | LA Galaxy | 🔄 Substitution | OUT S. Roberto → IN L. Sanabria | |
| 2H 8' | St. Louis City SC | ⚽ Goal | Rafael Navarro | 6-1 |
| 2H 15' | LA Galaxy | 🔄 Substitution | OUT R. Taylor → IN J. Paintsil | |
| 2H 16' | LA Galaxy | 🔄 Substitution | OUT P. Ruiz → IN M. Reus | |
| 2H 18' | St. Louis City SC | 🟨 Yellow card | C. Wallem | |
| 2H 22' | LA Galaxy | 🟨 Yellow card | J. Aude | |
| 2H 26' | LA Galaxy | ⚽ Goal | Joao Klauss | 6-2 |
| 2H 28' | St. Louis City SC | 🔄 Substitution | OUT C. Durkin → IN F. Fall | |
| 2H 30' | LA Galaxy | 🟨 Yellow card | H. Miller | |
| 2H 31' | LA Galaxy | 🔄 Substitution | OUT E. Thommy → IN C. Garces | |
| 2H 36' | St. Louis City SC | 🔄 Substitution | OUT Rafael Navarro → IN S. Becher | |
| 2H 36' | St. Louis City SC | 🔄 Substitution | OUT C. Holse → IN S. Jeong | |
| 2H 36' | St. Louis City SC | 🔄 Substitution | OUT C. Wallem → IN J. Orozco | |
| 2H 45+1' | St. Louis City SC | 🔄 Substitution | OUT A. Matan → IN D. Downs |
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