Match Report | St. Louis CITY SC Earns Second Consecutive Win, Defeats LAFC 2-1 at Home

St. Louis CITY SC upset LAFC 2-1 marking the first win in club history against the Black and Gold on Wednesday night at Energizer Park. CITY SC got on the board quickly in the fourth minute with a multiple pass team goal finished by Tomas Totland. Totland earned his first goal of the season off assists from Eduard Löwen and Marcel Hartel. St. Louis kept LAFC to just one shot on goal in the first half and entered halftime with the one goal lead. In the 64th minute, Rafael Santos helped CITY SC to the 2-0 lead with his first goal of the season. Tonight’s match marked the first win in club history against LAFC. 

St. Louis travels to D.C. United for the first time at Audi Field this Saturday, May 16 with kickoff set for 6:30 p.m. CT. 

Postgame Notes 
Tomas Totland scored first goal of the 2026 MLS regular season and second across all competitions 
Rafael Santos earned his first of the season. The goal was Santos’ fourth in his MLS career 
Eduard Löwen recorded his first assist of the season 
With his assist tonight, Löwen became the first player in club history to record 30 regular-season goal contributions (13 goals, 17 assists) at Energizer Park 
Tonight’s match marked the first win in club history against LAFC
 
May 13, 2026 – Energizer Park (St. Louis, MO) 

Goal-Scoring Plays 

STL: Tomas Totland (Eduard Löwen, Marcel Hartel), 4th minute – Tomas Totland scored with a right footed shot from the center of the box to the middle-left zone. 

STL: Rafael Santos, 64th minute – Rafael Santos scored with a right footed shot from the center of the box to the central bottom zone. 

LAFC: David Martínez (Nkosi Tafari), 73rd minute – David Martínez scored with a left footed shot from the central position outside the box to the central bottom zone.  

Scoring Summary 

STL: Tomas Totland (Eduard Löwen, Marcel Hartel), 4’ 
STL: Rafael Santos, 64’ 
LAFC: David Martínez, (Nkosi Tafari), 73’ 

Misconduct Summary 

STL: Tomas Totland (caution), 49’ 
LAFC: Eddie Segura (caution), 58’ 
STL: Dante Polvara (caution), 60’ 
LAFC: Aaron Long (caution), 67’ 
STL: Simon Becher (caution), 76’ 
LAFC: Ryan Raposo (caution), 83’ 

Lineups 
STL: GK Roman Bürki ©; D Lukas MacNaughton, D Timo Baumgartl, D Dante Polvara; M Jaziel Orozco (Rafael Santos, 10’), M Tomas Totland, M Daniel Edelman, M Eduard Löwen (Fallou Fall, 66’), M Marcel Hartel; F Sangbin Jeong (Simon Becher, 46’), F Sergio Córdova (Brendan McSorley, 90’) 
Substitutes not used: GK Ben Lundt, D Mbacke Fall, M Miguel Perez, F Cedric Teuchert, F Mykhi Joyner 

TOTAL SHOTS: 7; SHOTS ON GOAL: 2; FOULS: 13; OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 2; SAVES: 3 

LAFC: GK Hugo Lloris; D Eddie Segura (Jacob Shaffelburg, 77’), D Ryan Raposo (Ryan Hollingshead, 85’), D Aaron Long ©, D Nkosi Tafari; M Mark Delgado, M Timothy Tillman (Nathan Ordaz, 77’), M Mathieu Choiniere (Stephen Eustaquilo, 77’); F Tyler Boyd (David Martínez, 70’), F Denis Bouanga, F Son Heung-Min 

Substitutes not used: GK Thomas Hasal, D Ryan Porteous, D Artem Smoliakov, F Jeremy Ebobisse 

TOTAL SHOTS: 18; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 10; OFFSIDES: 4; CORNER KICKS: 8; SAVES: 0 

Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez 
Assistant Referees: Logan Brown, Ben Rigel, Matthew Thompson 
VAR: Ismir Pekmic 
AVAR: Tom Felice 
Venue: Energizer Park 
Weather: Sunny, 66 degrees