St. Louis City vs Los Angeles FC – Major League Soccer 2026

Match recap

St. Louis City secured a valuable 2-1 victory over Los Angeles FC in a hard-fought MLS encounter. The home side took an early lead, settling into the match well and dictating the tempo. Los Angeles FC responded, finding an equalizer before halftime to ensure parity at the break, and the momentum shifted as they pressed for a second. However, St. Louis City regrouped in the second half, regaining their attacking rhythm and eventually scoring what proved to be the winning goal in the final quarter of the match. The result provides a significant boost for St. Louis in their season aspirations, while LAFC will rue missed opportunities.

Markets (closing odds)

Match Result

Home2.55

Draw3.40

Away2.32

Away Team Goals 0.5

Over 0.51.15

Under 0.53.82

Away Team Goals 1

Over 11.34

Under 12.65

Away Team Goals O/U 1.5

Over 1.51.97

Under 1.51.63

Away Team Goals 2

Over 23.31

Under 21.22

Away Team Goals 2.5

Over 2.54.18

Under 2.51.13

Events

4'Goal — T. Totland (Normal Goal)
10'subst — J. Orozco (Substitution 1)
46'subst — S. Jeong (Substitution 2)
49'Card — Tomas Totland (Yellow Card)
58'Card — Eddie Segura (Yellow Card)
60'Card — Dante Polvara (Yellow Card)
64'Goal — Rafael Santos (Normal Goal)
66'subst — E. Lowen (Substitution 3)
67'Card — Aaron Long (Yellow Card)
70'subst — T. Boyd (Substitution 1)
73'Goal — D. Martinez (Normal Goal)
76'Card — Simon Becher (Yellow Card)
77'subst — M. Choiniere (Substitution 2)
77'subst — E. Segura (Substitution 3)
77'subst — T. Tillman (Substitution 4)
82'Card — Ryan Raposo (Yellow Card)
85'subst — R. Raposo (Substitution 5)
90'subst — S. Cordova (Substitution 4)

Match statistics

2Shots on Goal4

6Shots off Goal5

8Total Shots16

0Blocked Shots7

6Shots insidebox10

2Shots outsidebox6

13Fouls10

2Corner Kicks8

1Offsides4

38%Ball Possession62%

3Yellow Cards3

—Red Cards—

3Goalkeeper Saves0

404Total passes661

347Passes accurate597

86%Passes %90%

1.72expected_goals1.68

-0.80goals_prevented-0.80

Lineups

St. Louis City3-4-3

R. BurkiG
L. MacNaughtonD
T. BaumgartlD
D. PolvaraD
J. OrozcoM
E. LowenM
D. EdelmanM
T. TotlandM
S. JeongF
S. CordovaF
M. HartelF

Los Angeles FC4-3-3

H. LlorisG
R. RaposoD
A. LongD
Nkosi TafariD
E. SeguraD
M. DelgadoM
T. TillmanM
M. ChoiniereM
T. BoydF
Son Heung-MinF
D. BouangaF

Form

St. Louis City — last 5 home

WDLWW

Los Angeles FC — last 5 away

LLDWD

L@ Nashville SC2–3

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Standings — Major League Soccer

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF:GA	Pts
1	Vancouver Whitec	14	10	2	2	34:12	32
1	Nashville SC	14	10	3	1	31:11	33
2	San Jose Earthqu	15	10	2	3	34:15	32
2	Inter Miami	15	9	4	2	39:28	31
3	Real Salt Lake	14	8	2	4	26:19	26
3	Chicago Fire	14	8	2	4	27:16	26
4	New England Revo	14	8	1	5	22:18	25
4	FC Dallas	15	7	4	4	30:22	25
5	Los Angeles FC	15	7	3	5	24:17	24
5	New York Red Bul	15	6	4	5	25:32	22
6	Seattle Sounders	13	7	3	3	17:11	24
6	Charlotte	15	6	3	6	24:23	21
7	Houston Dynamo	14	7	1	6	19:23	22
7	FC Cincinnati	15	5	5	5	36:37	20
8	New York City FC	15	5	4	6	25:21	19
8	Minnesota United	15	6	4	5	18:22	22
9	Los Angeles Gala	15	5	5	5	22:22	20
9	DC United	15	4	6	5	21:25	18
10	Columbus Crew	15	4	4	7	21:23	16
10	San Diego	15	4	5	6	30:27	17
11	CF Montreal	14	4	2	8	22:31	14
11	Colorado Rapids	15	5	1	9	25:24	16
12	Orlando City SC	15	4	2	9	23:44	14
12	St. Louis City	14	4	4	6	16:20	16
13	Portland Timbers	14	4	2	8	22:28	14
13	Toronto FC	14	3	5	6	22:29	14
14	Austin	15	3	5	7	19:31	14
14	Atlanta United F	14	3	2	9	14:23	11
15	Philadelphia Uni	15	1	4	10	18:30	7
15	Sporting Kansas	14	3	2	9	14:36	11