{"id":405448,"date":"2026-07-20T17:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/405448\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T17:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:22:07","slug":"match-preview-st-louis-city-sc-heads-to-california-for-midweek-matchup-against-la-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/405448\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Preview | St. Louis CITY SC Heads to California for Midweek Matchup Against LA Galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St. Louis CITY SC\u00a0heads to the west coast to face LA Galaxy on Wednesday, July 22 at\u00a0Dignity\u00a0Health Sports Park in Carson, California.\u00a0\u00a0Kickoff is set for 9:30\u00a0p.m. CT\u00a0and\u00a0the match\u00a0can be\u00a0watched\u00a0on\u00a0Apple TV.\u00a0St. Louis will be looking to\u00a0maintain\u00a0their unbeaten streak\u00a0against the Galaxy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stream:\u00a0MLS on Apple TV\u00a0<br \/>Apple TV Talent (English):\u00a0Mark Rogondino\u00a0(play-by-play),\u00a0Heath Pearce\u00a0(analyst)\u00a0<br \/>Apple TV Talent (Spanish):\u00a0Pablo Ramirez\u00a0(play-by-play),\u00a0Jesus Bracamontes\u00a0(analyst)\u00a0<br \/>Radio:\u00a0KYKY Y98.1 FM (English), KXOK 102.9 FM (Spanish)\u00a0<br \/>Radio Talent (English):\u00a0Joey Zanaboni (play-by-play), Dale Schilly (analyst)<\/p>\n<p>Radio Talent (Spanish):\u00a0Santiago Beltran (play-by-play), Hector Vega (analyst)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0week\u2019s\u00a0featured CITY on Tap Watch Party\u00a0is\u00a0at Five Iron Golf in Clayton! Tee it up with $5 Michelob ULTRA specials and be sure to check in with the CITY App for a chance to win prizes. See you there!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis\u00a0CITY SC\u00a0resumed MLS play\u00a0with a\u00a03-2 win over\u00a0cross-state rivals Sporting KC at Energizer Park last Thursday.\u00a0Sangbin Jeong and Marcel Hartel\u00a0gave CITY SC a two-goal\u00a0lead,\u00a0before SKC responded with\u00a0two\u00a0consecutive\u00a0goals to level the score. In the 86th minute,\u00a0Eduard L\u00f6wen\u00a0calmly\u00a0converted from the penalty spot\u00a0to secure all three points.\u00a0With the win, St. Louis extended their unbeaten streak to six matches\u00a0(4-0-2)\u00a0across all competitions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CITY SC\u2019s attack picked up where it left\u00a0off before the FIFA World Cup break.\u00a0Hartel\u00a0scored\u00a0his\u00a0team-leading fourth goal of the season\u00a0while Simon\u00a0Becher,\u00a0added his team-best fifth assist,\u00a0after leading the team in that category prior to the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis CITY SC vs\u00a0LA Galaxy\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since joining MLS in 2023, St. Louis CITY SC is unbeaten in six all-time meetings against the LA Galaxy, posting a 2-0-4 record. Last season, CITY earned a 3-0 road victory before\u00a0playing\u00a0to\u00a0a 3-3 draw at Energizer Park in the return fixture.\u00a0The series has consistently produced goals, with 24\u00a0goals\u00a0across the six meetings (4.0\u00a0per match). St. Louis has also enjoyed success at Dignity Health Sports Park, compiling a 1-0-3 record while scoring eight of its 14 all-time goals against the Galaxy on the road.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>STL x LA Galaxy Connections\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis CITY SC and the LA Galaxy share several connections across their coaching staffs and playing rosters. CITY SC head coach Yoann Damet served as an assistant coach under Greg Vanney with the Galaxy in 2022. Before joining the first team, Damet was the head coach of LA Galaxy II, where he worked with current CITY SC assistant coaches David Sauvry and Marcelo Sarvas. Sarvas also shared the field with CITY assistant coach Baggio Hu\u0161idi\u0107 during their playing careers with the Galaxy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the player side, Galaxy forward Jo\u00e3o Klauss began his MLS career\u00a0and played three seasons\u00a0with St. Louis\u00a0and\u00a0before joining LA ahead of the 2026 season. Defender John Nelson\u00a0was\u00a0also a\u00a0member\u00a0of\u00a0the club&#8217;s inaugural 2023 season before moving to\u00a0LA in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LA Galaxy enters Saturday&#8217;s match following a 3-0 home loss to rivals LAFC. The Galaxy currently sit ninth in the Western Conference standings with 20 points, one point ahead of St. Louis CITY SC. At Dignity Health Sports Park, LA owns a 2-3-3 record, scoring 10 goals while conceding 11, and enters the matchup winless in its last three home matches. Forward Jo\u00e3o Klauss leads the team with five goals, while midfielder Marco Reus\u00a0leads\u00a0the Galaxy with five assists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St. Louis CITY SC\u00a0heads to the west coast to face LA Galaxy on Wednesday, July 22 at\u00a0Dignity\u00a0Health Sports&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,93,427],"class_list":["post-405448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-featured","tag-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}