St. Louis CITY SC blanked LA Galaxy 3-0 on the road to earn their first win of the 2025 MLS season. Cedric Teuchert, Simon Becher and Marcel Hartel tallied their first goals of the season in the match. Roman Bürki made eight saves en route to his 18th MLS career clean sheet. With the shutout, CITY SC remains the only team in MLS to have not conceded a goal. The win marked the first of head coach’s Olof Mellberg’s CITY SC career. St. Louis returns to Energizer Park next Saturday to face Seattle Sounders.
Three Consecutive Shutouts
St. Louis recorded its third consecutive clean sheet to start the 2025 season. This marks the first time in St. Louis’ young history that the team has achieved such feat. Following this weekend’s result across the league, CITY SC is the only remaining team in the MLS to have not conceded a goal. Roman Bürki recorded eight saves to earn his 18th career clean sheets across three seasons in MLS. With the shutout, St. Louis became the fifth team in the past decade and the 11th in MLS history to not concede a goal in the first three games of a season.
Keep the Train Rolling
St. Louis CITY SC attackers Marcel Hartel, Cedric Teuchert and Simon Becher scored CITY SC’s goals against the Galaxy. The trio recorded 29 goal contributions between them last season after joining the team in the summer transfer window. This was the second match since last season where all three players scored a goal (the other was against Portland Timbers on Aug. 9, 2024).
CITY SC vs LA Galaxy
St. Louis continued its undefeated run against LA Galaxy, improving their record to 2-0-3 following tonight’s win at Dignity Health Sports Park. The win was CITY SC’s first victory on the road against the Galaxy. Marcel Hartel has now scored his first MLS goal of the 2024 and 2025 season against LA Galaxy. Following the result, St. Louis remains the only Western Conference team LA Galaxy has not defeated in the last two years (minimum two meetings).
Postgame Notes
- With the shutout, St. Louis became the fifth team in the past decade and the 11th in MLS history to not concede a goal in the first three games of a season
- This is the first instance in CITY SC history that the team recorded three consecutive clean sheets
- Cedric Teuchert scored the first goal of the season for CITY SC
- The goal was Teuchert’s sixth MLS goal
- Additionally, Teuchert earned his fifth career MLS assist
- Simon Becher scored his first goal of the season; the goal was his tenth MLS career goal
- Marcel Hartel tallied his fourth career MLS goal
- Henry Kessler earned his first career MLS assist
- Kyle Hiebert recorded his first assist of the season
- Roman Bürki made eight saves en route to his third clean sheet of the season
- It took Bürki and CITY SC eight regular season matches last season to earn three clean sheets
- It also took St. Louis 15 away matches last season to get their first road win
- CITY SC defender Timo Baumgartl made his MLS debut after coming on as a substitute
- Olof Mellberg earned his first win as CITY SC’s head coach
March 9, 2025 – Dignity Health Sports Park (Carson, CA)
Goal-Scoring Plays
STL: Cedric Teuchert (Henry Kessler), 44th minute – Cedric Teuchert scored with a right footed shot from the center of the box to the middle right corner.
STL: Marcel Hartel (Cedric Teuchert), 49th minute – Marcel Hartel scored with a left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner.
STL: Simon Becher (Kyle Hiebert), 84th minute – Simon Becher scored with a left footed shot from the center of the box to the top left corner.
Scoring Summary
STL: Cedric Teuchert (Henry Kessler), 44’
STL: Marcel Hartel (Cedric Teuchert), 49’
STL: Simon Becher (Kyle Hiebert), 84’
Misconduct Summary
LA: Edwin Cerrilo (caution), 33’
STL: Jannes Horn (caution), 52’
STL: Josh Yaro (caution), 72’
Lineups
LA: GK Novak Micovic; D Harbor Miller, D Emiro Garces, D Maya Yoshida © (Zanka, 75’), D John Nelson (Julián Aude, 59’); M Gabriel Pec, M Edwin Cerrillo (Elijah Wynder, 59’), M Diego Fagúndez; F Marco Reus (Tucker Lepley, 82’), F Isaiah Parente; F Christian Ramírez (Miguel Berry, 60’)
Substitutes not used: GK John McCarthy, D Eriq Zavaleta, F Rubén Ramos Jr.
TOTAL SHOTS: 24; SHOTS ON GOAL: 8; FOULS: 6; OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 9; SAVES: 2
STL: GK Roman Bürki ©; D Tomas Totland, D Kyle Hiebert, D Henry Kessler, D Jannes Horn (Timo Baumgartl, 82’), M Conrad Wallem (Akil Watts, 75’), M Eduard Löwen, M Chris Durkin, (Alfredo Morales, 75’), M Marcel Hartel; F Cedric Teuchert (Josh Yaro, 61’) F João Klauss (Simon Becher, 61’)
Substitutes not used: GK Ben Lundt, D Joey Zalinsky, M Célio Pompeu, M Tomás Ostrák
TOTAL SHOTS: 14; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 8; OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 8; SAVES: 8
Referee: Jair Marrufo
Assistant Referees: Corey Rockwell, Stephen McGonagle, Corbyn May
VAR: Daniel Radford
AVAR: Joshua Patlak
Venue: Dignity Health Sports Park
Weather: Sunny, 70 degrees
