St. Louis CITY SC earned three points with a 2-1 win against the LA Galaxy on Sunday afternoon. CITY SC took the lead within the first 9 minutes with Cedric Teuchert scoring his second career MLS goal for St. Louis. The goal was Teuchert’s second consecutive goal in league play. The Galaxy opened the second half with a goal to tie the game 1-1, but St. Louis responded in the 68th minute with a goal from Marcel Hartel off a cross from Jay Reid. The goal was Hartel’s first career MLS goal and the game winner to help CITY SC earn three points and remain unbeaten over their last four MLS matches. St. Louis will face Eastern Conference opponents New England Revolution for the first time on Saturday, September 7 at 6:30 p.m. CT at Gillette Stadium.
Postgame Notes
- Cedric Teuchert scored his second career MLS goal and his fourth goal in his last seven matches across all competitions
- Teuchert has now scored in back-to-back matches for CITY SC
- Marcel Hartel scored his first career MLS goal
- Jay Reid earned his third career MLS assist
- Henry Kessler played in his 100th career MLS match
- CITY SC remained unbeaten against LA Galaxy across the teams’ four all-time matchups (1-0-3)
- St. Louis’ record at home is 18-8-7 all-time across all competitions
- CITY SC pushed its unbeaten home streak to four consecutive matches across all competitions and recorded its second straight home win in MLS play
Goal-Scoring Plays
STL: Cedric Teuchert, 9th minute – Cedric Teuchert scored with a right footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom right corner
LAG: Gabriel Pec (Miguel Berry), 46th minute – Gabriel Pec scored with left footed shot from the center of the box to the middle right zone
STL: Marcel Hartel (Jay Reid), 68th minute – Marcel Hartel scored with right footed shot from the center of the box to the top right corner
Scoring Summary
STL: Cedric Teuchert, 9’
LAG: Gabriel Pec (Miguel Berry), 46’
STL: Marcel Hartel (Jay Reid), 68’
Misconduct Summary
STL: Cedric Teuchert (caution), 38’
STL: Jannes Horn (caution), 53’
STL: Chris Durkin (caution), 74’
STL: João Klauss (caution), 81’
LAG: Joseph Paintsil (caution), 90’+3
Lineups
STL: GK Roman Bürki ©; D Jake Nerwinski, D Henry Kessler, D Kyle Hiebert, D Jannes Horn (Jay Reid, 64’); M Eduard Löwen (Jake Girdwood-Reich, 90+5), M Chris Durkin; M Marcel Hartel, M Cedric Teuchert (Rasmus Alm, 75’), M Indiana Vassilev (Nökkvi Thórisson, 65’) F Simon Becher (João Klauss, 65’)
Substitutes not used: GK Ben Lundt, D Tomas Totland, D Josh Yaro, M Akil Watts
TOTAL SHOTS: 9; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 7; OFFSIDES: 4; CORNER KICKS: 2; SAVES: 5
LAG: GK John McCarthy; D Miki Yamane, D Maya Yoshida ©, D John Nelson (Mauricio Cuevas, 77’), D Jalen Neal; M Gaston Brugman (Isaiah Parente, 77’), M Diego Fagundez (Miguel Berry, 46’), M Mark Delgado (Edwin Cerrillo, 67), M Marco Reus (Dejan Joveljic, 77’) ; F Gabriel Pec, F Joseph Paintsil
Substitutes not used: GK Novak Micovic, D Eriq Zavaleta, M Tucker Lepley, F Ruben Ramos Jr
TOTAL SHOTS: 10; SHOTS ON GOAL: 6; FOULS: 17; OFFSIDES: 0; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 3
Referee: Joe Dickerson
Assistant Referees: Corey Parker, Walt Heatherly, Ricardo Fierro
VAR: Daniel Radford
AVAR: TJ Zablocki
Venue: CITYPARK
Weather: Sunny, 86 degrees
