LA Galaxy vs. St. Louis CITY SC ｜ Full Match Highlights ｜ 4-Goal Thriller

Royce, who's not a comfortable center forward, will play a little bit more withdrawn. That means the verticality is going to have to come from Harper Miller and Joseph Paintsil, who will line up LA Galaxy transitional capabilities. And Marcel Hartl, top scorer for this team, is going to have to really pull the strings on the offensive end. The injury to Joao Claus, the former St. Louis City striker who wears the Galaxy colors. He is not back from injury yet, so they are short on attack. Paintsil will have to lead the line. We're underway here, and welcome back. Thatcher pressuring the ball. Royce in a pocket of space to accept it on the midfield strike. I like this intensity from St. Louis City in their pressing game. Very, very clear when they release. Hartl on the opening pass, has numbers on both sides, to his right foot, and off of the post! Follow-up chance, and it winds up in the gloves of Marcin Kowski. First real quality chance in the opening minutes here tonight. Realizing no pressure is coming out to him. Have a go yourself. That actually hits off of Marcin Kowski's play. Best look of the first half for A, since they had the Harvard-Miller business. Second time we've seen him hit that long diagonal ball. This time it stays in play for Harvard-Miller. Little stutter step to get by a joiner. Miller to the edge of the 18. Good ball! Thatcher finds a loose ball, but he couldn't hang on to it. Pulling it back. And now through for Harvard-Miller. Miller to the far side! And yes, the indication is a second first half. This chance, but I like Harvard-Miller recognizing he's in behind the back line. Have a touch, set your body up, and have a go. And it's well defended and blocked to slow that down. And wide for a corner kick. It's a little bit of a forced ball into the box, but I like Harvard-Miller's more control of the game over the last five or so minutes. Durkin trying to keep the possession alive. It ends up going right in there for Marcin Kowski. Time save from the 29-year-old NorCal native to keep this one scoreless. It's a little bit of a missed pass back, but it's a quick little tidy turn from Thatcher. Look how tidy this is. Right into his stride, a little bit of a clipper. A drunk stays on for Hartu. He'll send it back to the top of the area. Leuven on the left foot. Leuven! It's deflected on the way in, and that should be a third first half corner for visiting St. Louis City. It is. I like these patterns of play. These movements with some counter-movements as Hartu starts to go drifting into some spaces with dynamic movements. You can see the play, especially from this angle up in the booth, just building up to create a chance for Leuven. A little change here. Leuven just delivered the corner a moment ago, and now it'll be Carroll DP. Hartu, on toward the near post. Great header, and it hits! Fantastic header at the post, and St. Louis City take the lead. Opportune time. It's picture-perfect. It's an outswinger. It's a powerful run to the near post, and look at the timing of this from McNaughton. Gets up off of one foot and just redirects it to the back post. Some teams opt to have a player on the near and the far post set up, but more and more often we see them leave that to track runners and move off, and it's a perfect redirected header. There's a response immediately. Paints Hill. Great ball in. So for that production to come from Lucas McNaughton and your back line has to build the confidence of the team. The goals can be spread around, especially when you're playing on the road. Fourth official, Brandon Stavis, putting up the board. Two minutes minimum of first half stoppage time. Meanwhile, looking for more. There it is! Marcinkowski was stuck in cement, maybe took his eye off it. It doesn't matter. It's Marcel Harto with his fifth of the year, and it doubles the lead for visiting St. Louis. Marcinkowski was directing traffic. Look, takes his eye off the ball. Yeah, and we'll see more from this angle here as he drives inside, frees himself up, and it looks like he's looking to cross. He's deflected it off. I think it may have been, I think it may have been, maybe we'll see from this angle. I mean tough to see that's a dipping ball to near post. Miller getting the start tonight, his sixth of 2026 for the youngster. Teams have switched ends. Leading 2-0. St. Louis City in the gold kits on the road here tonight. Again, we talked about only one shot on target in the first half out of their opening five or six. Another chance wasted there at the top of the area from Paints Hill. That's it! And how quickly things can change Amino Garcic with a quick mental lapse in focus. He touches the ball after it was an indication for a free kick for Simon Boettcher and St. Louis City. Garcic again to push on the back. Putting his hands up and then kicks that last bit of ball away on that last touch after the fact. Austin FC gets a 3-1 win against the Seattle Sounders and Jackson Reagan showing a late red card in that one. And look at this full-time Colorado beating San Diego FC tonight. Gleznes accelerating into space. Miller almost had the nifty turn right outside the edge of the 18, but now it turns over and a direct ball through. Flack stays down here. Boettcher had a good look in the first half. He doesn't need another look in the second half, but he'll strike to make it 3-0. And it's just a hard run over the top ball right into his stride, but he keeps control as he goes and you can see all along. Glances over his shoulder, gets up to speed, just pure effort. And then to have that composure as you start to see Marcinkowski go to ground, your space is over the top of him, just lifts it over him. And just a wonderful strike and a wonderful ball that really puts this game out of reach for the LA Galaxy. Another preseason to work through some things. Boettcher, does he have a second in the cards? Oh, he misclipped it right into the gloves of J.T. Marcinkowski. Yoshida lifting the chin, square ball all the way across. Chipped into the area and into the back of the net, a push in the back. See if you can see it, watch right side of the screen there. That's a, oh, I don't know. I mean, it's not a, it's not a shove. But there's definitely a hand to the back. Justin Hack there and given any of those type of circumstances, that's probably a play on, but given it's in the box and a goal. I was going to say, letter of the law with the hand on the back, maybe. Look, the home team never really coming out of that shell consistently. Santos to drive it across toward the back pose, pops up in the air and Marcinkowski just secure it with his gloves. That was a genuine voice, by the way. It was. You've got to earn those things, you know. Roman Berkey back in between the pipes for St. Louis City and just a few minutes away from earning just his second clean sheet in MLS play this season. Orozco dancing on it in the far side. Eventually losing possession, but look at Harber-Miller is surrounded by a couple of St. Louis City defenders. Got past the first one, though. Great stuff from the 19-year-old, still working out in front. At the end of his career! Ogerson! Quick little nutmeg to get past the defensive line, but keeps his run going, just scrapping and battling for that. And the ball falls right to the feet of Troy Ogiersma. And look at his fall to his feet. We saw him have a chance just moments before that. And those are the moments and opportunities you dream of as a young attacker. Getting brought into the LA Galaxy side, signing your contract, getting a chance to get on the field in difficult circumstances. Hard of hearing, Terra County FC in the USL. St. Louis want to look for a response, and why wouldn't they? What a save from Marcinkowski! Absolutely brilliant with the fingertips from JT Marcinkowski to tip it over the bar. The Galaxy to set up defensively, and they're just sort of cutting them apart. But look at this save. The left hand, high hand from Marcinkowski. Sense of desperation in the last minute, down two goals and chasing the game. City still looking for more. Marcinkowski has had several quality saves here in the second half, and he earns the goal kick here. After that one, he's tapped out of play. Romero getting involved in his limited minutes for St. Louis City SC. Final few seconds ticking off the watch of Malik Badawi, our referee here tonight in Southern California. Taylor. There is the full-time whistle, and it is now a seven-match unbeaten run across all competitions for St. Louis City.