MLS

LA Galaxy vs St. Louis 2023 Major League Soccer, Regular Season

  • 53': Ricard Puig (P)
  • 82': Billy Sharp
FT
2 - 2
  • 4': Samuel Adeniran
  • 28': João Klauss
  • Red Card 60': Samuel Adeniran

Galaxy storm back to draw with St. Louis after red card

Substitute Billy Sharp leveled the match in the 82nd minute to help the LA Galaxy rally from two goals down and salvage a 2-2 draw against 10-man St. Louis City on Sunday in Carson, Calif.

Match Commentary

  • 4': Goal! LA Galaxy 0, St. Louis City SC 1. Samuel Adeniran (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 22': Joakim Nilsson (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 28': Goal! LA Galaxy 0, St. Louis City SC 2. João Klauss (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aziel Jackson following a fast break.
  • 45': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Mark Delgado replaces Edwin Cerrillo.
  • 50': Chris Mavinga (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 52': Samuel Adeniran (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 53': Goal! LA Galaxy 1, St. Louis City SC 2. Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  • 60': Second yellow card to Samuel Adeniran (St. Louis City SC) for a bad foul.
  • 68': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Diego Fagundez replaces Douglas Costa.
  • 68': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Billy Sharp replaces Dejan Joveljic.
  • 71': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Nicholas Gioacchini replaces João Klauss.
  • 78': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Joshua Yaro replaces Eduard Löwen.
  • 78': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Kyle Hiebert replaces Joakim Nilsson.
  • 78': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Nökkvi Thórisson replaces Aziel Jackson.
  • 82': Anthony Markanich (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 82': Goal! LA Galaxy 2, St. Louis City SC 2. Billy Sharp (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Uri Rosell with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  • 85': Kyle Hiebert (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 88': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Preston Judd replaces Tyler Boyd.
  • 90'+3': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Indiana Vassilev replaces Jared Stroud.
  • 90'+3': Mauricio Cuevas (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+5': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Daniel Aguirre replaces Mauricio Cuevas.
  • 90'+10': Second Half ends, LA Galaxy 2, St. Louis City SC 2.

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: Dignity Health Sports Park
Location: Carson, California, USA
Attendance: 19,554

MLS Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+19 San Diego FC 27 52 7
+14 Minnesota United FC 27 47 6
+15 Vancouver Whitecaps 26 46 6
+7 Seattle Sounders FC 26 41 7
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Statistics

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10 Fouls 11
3 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 0
2 Corner Kicks 8
6 Saves 1
30.1 Possession 69.9
5 SHOTS 20
3 ON GOAL 8
0.6 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
171 Accurate Passes 517
253 Passes 597
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 7
11 Crosses 30
0.1 Cross % 0.2
59 Long Balls 32
18 Accurate Long Balls 21
0.3 Long Balls % 0.7
0 Blocked Shots 6
10 Effective Tackles 6
21 Tackles 14
0.5 Tackle % 0.4
7 Interceptions 8
27 Effective Clearances 10
27 Clearances 10

Line-Ups

LA LA Galaxy (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Jonathan Bond (GK)
17 Chris Mavinga Yellow Card
4 Maya Yoshida
3 Julián Aude
19 Maruicio Cuevas Yellow Card
6 Ricard Puig
16 Oriol Rosell
20 Edwin Cerrillo
9 Dejan Joveljic
11 Tyler Boyd
10 Douglas Costa

STL St. Louis CITY SC (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Roman Bürki (GK)
4 Joakim Nilsson Yellow Card
26 Tim Parker
13 Anthony Markanich Yellow Card
20 Akil Watts
10 Eduard Löwen
6 Njabulo Blom
25 Aziel Jackson
8 Jared Stroud
16 Samuel Adeniran
9 João Klauss

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