
In April, St. Louis was sitting near the bottom of the Western Conference in 14th place and it looked like another long season. On Sunday night the team put together a dominating performance with an easy 6-2 victory over the LA Galaxy and set the a 20 game unbeaten streak across all competitions.
Carlo Holse set the tone for St. Louis by scoring 3 goals in the first 21 minutes and had the second hat trick in club history. Holse opened the scoring in the second minute of the match to give St. Louis a 1-0. Then Carlo, added a goal in the seventh and then skipped a shot inside the right post to make it 3-0 in the 21st minute to record the second-fastest hat trick in MLS history that was set by Nashville’s Hany Mukhtar scored three goals for Nashville in the first 16 minutes win over Chicago on July 17, 2021.
Rafael Navarro joined in the scoring caracal by converting a penalty shot in the 45th minute, then 53rd and added two assists for St. Louis. Lukas MacNaughton scored on a spectacular diving header in the seventh minute of first-half stoppage time while goalkeeper Roman Bürki had five saves. Former St. Louis City SC João Klauss scored on the 71st minute for the Galaxy which he received a standing ovation from the fans who still holds the team record for most goals for the franchise.
St. Louis play the Vancouver Whitecaps and hope to not only set the record for the longest unbeaten streak but at stake is first place of the Western Conference.
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