St. Louis City crush Los Angeles Galaxy six goals to two

St. Louis City achieved a crushing 6-2 win over hosts Los Angeles Galaxy, in the match played as part of round 28 of MLS for the 2026 season, which began at 02:00 Damascus time.

Carl Johan Holse Justesen opened the scoring for St. Louis City in the 2nd minute, then added the second goal in the 7th minute, before completing his hat-trick by scoring the third goal in the 21st minute. Robert Thomas Taylor replied for Los Angeles Galaxy with a goal in the 31st minute.

Before the end of the first half, Rafael Navarro added a fourth goal for St. Louis City from a penalty kick in the 45th minute, then the fifth goal came from Lukas Michael MacNaughton in first-half stoppage time in the 45+7th minute.

In the second half, Rafael Navarro scored his second goal of the match and his team's sixth in the 53rd minute, before Los Angeles Galaxy narrowed the gap with a second goal in the 71st minute.

St. Louis City dominated possession with 59 percent against 41 percent for their opponents, and completed 605 passes against 409 for their rivals. In terms of shots, Los Angeles Galaxy registered 18 shots against 11 for St. Louis City, while each team received two yellow cards without any red cards.

With this result, St. Louis City raised their tally to 47 points in second place in the Western Conference from 27 matches, while Los Angeles Galaxy's tally stood at 36 points in ninth place from 28 matches.