{"id":1862,"date":"2026-05-14T04:04:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/st-louis-city-emerges-with-first-ever-victory-over-lafc\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T04:04:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:04:43","slug":"st-louis-city-emerges-with-first-ever-victory-over-lafc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/st-louis-city-emerges-with-first-ever-victory-over-lafc\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis City emerges with first-ever victory over LAFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Tomas Totland and Rafael Santos each scored a goal as St. Louis City secured a 2-1 victory over visiting Los Angeles FC on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/simeon-woods-richardson-hits-low-point-as-twins-fall-to-marlins-despite-byron-buxtons-homers\/\">Simeon Woods Richardson hits low point as Twins fall to Marlins despite Byron Buxton\u2019s homers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>St. Louis City (3-6-3, 12 points) won a second match in a row following a five-match winless run, and they defeated LAFC for the first time ever in the eighth meeting (1-5-2).<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles (6-4-3, 21 points) got a goal from David Martinez but dropped its third straight match across all competitions. LAFC are 0-2-1 in their past three MLS outings.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>St. Louis got off to a dream start in the fourth minute through a well-worked team goal. Marcel Hartel\u2019s first touch found the feet of an on-rushing Eduard Lowen along the right side. Lowen\u2019s cross inside the box passed several LAFC defenders to reach Totland, who finished at the near post past goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to put St. Louis ahead 1-0. It was Totland\u2019s first goal of the season.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>St. Louis doubled its lead in the 64th minute. After Hartel found Sergio Cordova surging down the right flank, Cordova crossed the ball into the box. It sailed over the head of St. Louis\u2019 Simon Becher, deflected off LAFC\u2019s Ryan Raposo, and landed at the feet of Santos, who powered it past a helpless Lloris for his first of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/gavin-sheets-2-out-3-run-homer-in-ninth-rallies-padres-past-brewers\/\">Gavin Sheets\u2019 2-out, 3-run homer in ninth rallies Padres past Brewers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>LAFC found a lifeline in the 73rd minute through Martinez, who caught Roman Burki off his line and chipped it over the head of the St. Louis goalkeeper into an open net to cut it to 2-1.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles nearly pulled level in the 81st minute, but Burki made a tremendous save when Aaron Long deflected Martinez\u2019s long-range effort toward the goal.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>That proved to be LAFC\u2019s best chance at an equalizer.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>St. Louis was forced into a substitution in the 10th minute as Jaziel Orozco exited due to an apparent lower leg injury.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/daylen-liles-10th-inning-blast-leads-nationals-past-reds\/\">Daylen Lile\u2019s 10th-inning blast leads Nationals past Reds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>Copyright 2026 Field Level Media. All Rights Reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><\/p>\n<p>This story was originally published <span>May 13, 2026 at 7:57 PM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomas Totland and Rafael Santos each scored a goal as St.Louis City secured a 2-1 victory over visiting Los Angeles FC on Wednesday.St.Louis City (3-6-3, 12 points) won a second match in a row following a five-match winless run, and they defeated LAFC for the first time ever in the eighth meeting (1-5-2).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>St. Louis City emerges with first-ever victory over LAFC - 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