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07/22 23:42 CDT MacNaughton, Hartel score late 1st-half goals to send streaking
St. Louis past Galaxy 3-1
MacNaughton, Hartel score late 1st-half goals to send streaking St. Louis past
Galaxy 3-1
By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer
CARSON, Calif. (AP) --- Lukas MacNaughton and Marcel Hartel scored four minutes
apart late in the first half to break open St. Louis City's 3-1 victory over
the LA Galaxy on Wednesday night.
Simon Becher scored in the second half after Galaxy defender Emiro Garcs was
sent off in the 49th minute with his second yellow card, and St. Louis cruised
to its third straight win.
St. Louis, which is unbeaten in six straight since early May, also leapfrogged
the Galaxy into the Western Conference's playoff positions with this victory.
Troy Elgersma scored his first MLS goal in the 86th minute for the Galaxy, who
have lost two home matches by a combined 6-1 since selling top goal-scorer
Gabriel Pec to Brazil's Cruzeiro for a club-record fee of at least $12 million
during the World Cup break. Pec had 43 goals and 28 assists across 101 matches
for the Galaxy.
MacNaughton opened the scoring in the 42nd minute when he glided through the
box and headed Hartel's corner in off the Galaxy's back post.
With Galaxy captain Marco Reus down behind the play after a St. Louis player
stepped on his foot in the first minute of stoppage time, Hartel dribbled
outside the penalty area and looped in a shot that froze goalkeeper JT
Marcinkowski, who made eight saves. The teams exchanged shoves after the goal,
with Reus and Garcs receiving yellow cards.
Garcs was sent off shortly after the break for kicking the ball away after a
foul.
Becher sneaked behind LA's back line and chipped home on the counter in the
68th minute.
Elgersma, a 22-year-old midfielder from Redlands, California, entered his
second MLS match as a late substitute and ruined Roman Brki's clean sheet.
Teenager Harbor Miller started in Pec's place on LA's front line for the
Galaxy, whose fans chanted "We want better!" in the second half. The Galaxy are
awaiting the arrival of Kyogo Furuhashi after acquiring the Japanese striker
from Birmingham City on Tuesday.
Joao Klauss, the longtime St. Louis forward acquired by the Galaxy in January,
has been out since undergoing foot surgery in April.
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AP soccer: https://apnews.com/soccer
