St. Louis CITY SC extended their unbeaten streak to five matches after drawing 2-2 against D.C. United on Saturday. With the tie, CITY SC became the first expansion team to start their first two seasons unbeaten through five matches in MLS history. Defender Josh Yaro scored the opening goal of the match before Klauss scored a penalty in the 70th minute to level the game after D.C. United took the lead heading into halftime.
Postgame Notes
- Through five MLS matches this season, St. Louis CITY SC remains undefeated with a 1-0-4 record
- CITY SC became the first expansion team in MLS history to go unbeaten over their first five games in the team’s first two years of existence
- CITY SC is just the fifth team to go unbeaten over the first five games in back-to-back season in MLS history (2014-15 Real Salt Lake, 2017-18 FC Dallas, 2019-20 LAFC, 2022-23 LAFC and 2023-24 FC Cincinnati)
- St. Louis have earned at least a point from a losing position in four of their five MLS matches this season (Real Salt Lake, Austin FC, LA Galaxy and D.C. United)
- CITY SC has recorded multi-goal matches in the last four league games
- Josh Yaro scored the first MLS goal of his career
- Indiana Vassilev picked up his first assist in MLS play of the season
- Nikolas Dyhr made his first career MLS start
- Klauss scored his first goal of the season
- St. Louis has a 12-4-4 all-time MLS record at CITYPARK and are 5-3-1 all-time against Eastern Conference teams.
Goal-Scoring Plays
STL – Josh Yaro (Indiana Vassilev) – Josh Yaro scored with header from the center of the box from a corner kick.
DC – Ted Ku-DiPietro – Ted Ku-Dipietro scored with right footed shot from the center of the box
DC – Christian Benteke (Jared Stroud) – Christian Benteke scored with right footed shot from the center of the box
STL – Klauss (penalty) – Klauss scored from a penalty kick with a right footed shot.
March 23, 2024 – CITYPARK (St. Louis, Missouri)
Scoring Summary
STL: Josh Yaro (Indiana Vassilev), 19
DC: Ted Ku-DiPietro, 21
DC: Christian Benteke (Jared Stroud), 38
STL: Klauss (penalty), 70
Misconduct Summary
DC: Jackson Hopkins (caution), 24
STL: Joakim Nilsson (caution), 42
STL: Chris Durkin (caution), 74
DC: Ted Ku-DiPietro (caution), 82
DC: Gabriel Pirani (caution), 87
STL: Njabulo Blom (caution), 90+12
DC: Jacob Murrell (caution), 90+13
STL: Rasmus Alm (caution), 90+14
Lineups
STL: GK Roman Bürki ©; D Tomas Totland, D Joakim Nilsson, D Josh Yaro, D Nikolas Dyhr (Anthony Markanich 57’); M Chris Durkin, M Tomáš Ostrák (Rasmus Alm 70’), M Indiana Vassilev (Célio Pompeu 57’), M Aziel Jackson (Njabulo Blom 80’); F João Klauss, F Sam Adeniran (Nökkvi Thórisson 80’)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Ben Lundt, M Akil Watts, D Jake Nerwinski, D Kyle Hiebert, M Rasmus Alm
TOTAL SHOTS: 14; SHOTS ON GOAL: 9; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDES: 3; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 2
DC: GK Alex Bono; D Lucas Bartlett, D Conner Antley, D Christopher McVey; M Jared Stroud (Jacob Murrell 70’), M Gabriel Pirani (Martin Rodriguez 90’+7), M Ted Ku-DiPietro (Mohanad Jeahze 90’+10), M Jackson Hopkins, M Mateusz Klich; F Cristian Dajome, F Christian Benteke ©
Substitutes Not Used: GK Luis Zamudio, D Hayden Sargis, GK Nathan Crockford, M Martin Rodriguez
TOTAL SHOTS: 9; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 22; OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 0; SAVES: 6
Referee: Amin Hadzic
Assistant Referees: Fernando Pina, Albert Kyei-Mensah
Fourth Official: Dimitar Chavdarov
VAR: Greg Barkey
Venue: CITYPARK
Weather: Clear, 47 degrees
