St. Louis CITY SC fell 3-0 to Los Angeles FC on Saturday night at Energizer Park. Denis Bouanga opened the scoring for the visitors in the 15th minute, and Son Heung-Min added two goals to LAFC’s advantage to seal the three points. CITY SC will resume action next weekend in its final road match of the season, playing against Austin FC at 7:30 p.m. CT next Saturday at Q2 Stadium.
Postgame Notes
- Tonight’s match was St. Louis CITY SC’s 50th regular season home match which featured the one millionth fan enter Energizer Park since the team’s inaugural season in 2023
September 27, 2025 – Energizer Park (St. Louis, MO)
Goal-Scoring Plays
LAFC: Denis Bouanga, 15th minute – Denis Bouanga scored with a right footed shot from the central position outside the box to the bottom left corner.
LAFC: Son Heung-Min (Artem Smolyakov, Mathieu Choiniere), 45th minute + 4 – Son Heung-Min scored with a right footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom left corner.
LAFC: Son Heung-Min (Artem Smolyakov), 60th minute – Son Heung-Min scored with right footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom left corner.
Scoring Summary
LAFC: Denis Bouanga, 15’
LAFC: Son Heung-Min (Artem Smolyakov, Mathieu Choiniere), 45’+4
LAFC: Son Heung-Min (Artem Smolyakov), 60’
Misconduct Summary
STL: Sangbin Jeong (caution), 3’
LAFC: Eddie Segura (caution), 51’
STL: Célio Pompeu (caution), 66’
STL: Eduard Löwen (caution), 73’
STL: Timo Baumgartl (caution), 90’
STL: João Klauss (caution), 90’+10’
Lineups
STL: GK Roman Bürki ©; D Conrad Wallem (Tomas Totland, 58’), D Timo Baumgartl, D Fallou Fall (Kyle Hiebert, 74’), D Devin Padelford; M Chris Durkin (Alfredo Morales, 58’), M Eduard Löwen; M Brendan McSorley (Célio Pompeu, 65’), M Marcel Hartel, M Sangbin Jeong (Mykhi Joyner, 65’); F João Klauss
Substitutes not used: GK Ben Lundt, M Tomáš Ostrák, M Seth Antwi, F Simon Becher
TOTAL SHOTS: 9; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 14; OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 2; SAVES: 4
LAFC: GK Hugo Lloris © (Thomas Hasal, 46’); D Artem Smoliakov (Ryan Hollingshead, 78’), D Ryan Porteous, D Nksoi Tafari, D Sergi Palencia; M Eddie Segura (Kenneth Nielsen, 87’), M Mark Delgado, M Mathieu Choiniere; F Denis Bouanga (David Martinez, 87’), F Heung Min Son, F Andrew Moran (Frankie Amaya, 78’)
Substitutes not used: M Yaw Yeboah, M Ryan Raposo, M Alexandru Baluta, F Jeremy Ebobisse
TOTAL SHOTS: 21; SHOTS ON GOAL: 7; FOULS: 8; OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 3
Referee: Victor Rivas
Assistant Referees: Jeremy Kieso, Lyles Arfa, Benjamin Meyer
VAR: Kevin Terry Jr.
AVAR: Craig Lowry
Venue: Energizer Park
