St. Louis City extended its unbeaten streak across all competitions to 20 games with a 6-2 win over the LA Galaxy on Sunday night, tying the MLS record set by the New York Red Bulls in 2016. The result was driven by a hat trick from Carlo Holse, who scored in the second, seventh and 21st minutes, the second-fastest hat trick in MLS history.
Holse's three goals gave St. Louis a 3-0 lead early in the match. Rafael Navarro converted a penalty in the 45th minute, scored again in the 53rd and added two assists, while Lukas Mac Naughton headed in a diving goal in first-half stoppage time. Roman Bürki made five saves in goal. The Galaxy's Kyōgo Furuhashi left with an apparent hamstring injury in the 10th minute and was replaced by João Klauss, whose goal in the 71st minute capped the scoring. Robert Taylor scored for the Galaxy in the 31st minute.
St. Louis is now 14-6-8 overall and has gone 13-0-5 in its last 18 regular-season games. The club beat the Galaxy 3-1 on July 22 at Dignity Health Sports Park, and the two sides have now met again in a meaningful stretch of the season.
The Galaxy, 9-11-9, remain in the last playoff spot in the Western Conference and face the Portland Timbers at Dignity Health Sports Park on Wednesday. Portland sits three points behind the Galaxy for ninth place. St. Louis, meanwhile, hosts the Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday in a Western Conference top-of-table clash.
Source: ESPN Soccer · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing