{"id":426443,"date":"2026-10-13T10:10:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/426443\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:10:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:10:28","slug":"team-of-the-matchday-st-louis-set-record-messi-revives-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/426443\/","title":{"rendered":"Team of the Matchday: St. Louis set record, Messi revives Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer signings shone, and St. Louis CITY SC<\/a> made MLS history to earn stars their spot in the Matchday 29 Team of the Matchday presented by Audi.<\/p>\n

\n Full team (3-4-3, left to right)<\/p>\n

Starters: Maxime Cr\u00e9peau (ORL) – Reed Baker-Whiting (NSH), Dave Romney (SJ), Iv\u00e1n Angulo (ORL) – Andr\u00e9 Luiz (SKC), Maren Haile-Selassie (CHI), Carlo Holse (STL), Lionel Messi (MIA) – Luis Su\u00e1rez (MIA), Rafael Navarro (STL), Idan Toklomati (CLT)<\/p>\n

Bench: Earl Edwards Jr. (SJ), Oliver Larraz (VAN), Chris Durkin (STL), Cavan Sullivan (PHI), Shakur Mohammed (NSH), Paul Arriola (SEA), Jorge Ruvalcaba (RBNY), Antoine Griezmann (ORL), Kevin D\u00e9nkey (CIN)<\/p>\n

\n Team highlights<\/p>\n

Led by first-year head coach Yoann Damet, St. Louis CITY’s newly formed Designated Player duo led their side to league history in a 6-2 thrashing<\/a> of LA Galaxy<\/a> on Sunday Night Soccer presented by Continental Tire. Carlo Holse<\/a> netted his first MLS hat trick, while\u00a0Rafael Navarro<\/a> produced 2g\/2a,\u00a0extending CITY’s record-tying unbeaten streak<\/a> to 20 games across all competitions.<\/p>\n

Lionel Messi<\/a> (2g) and\u00a0Luis Su\u00e1rez<\/a> (2g\/1a) rolled back the clock in Inter Miami CF<\/a>‘s 4-0 drubbing<\/a> of D.C. United<\/a> in their Walmart Saturday Showdown at Nu Stadium, returning the Herons to winning ways following the Argentinian icon’s emotional international farewell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nashville SC<\/a> took one step closer to claiming their first Supporters’ Shield title as Reed Baker-Whiting<\/a> netted the opener in a 4-1 win<\/a> at Austin FC<\/a>, notching a league-record 63 points through 28 matches as the Coyotes chase the MLS single-season points record (74).<\/p>\n

Chicago Fire FC<\/a> kept pace in the Eastern Conference Audi MLS Cup Playoffs race, impressively mounting a third consecutive victory in comeback fashion, 2-1<\/a> over NYCFC<\/a>, despite playing down a man. Just a day after signing his contract extension<\/a>, Maren Haile-Selassie<\/a> played the hero, providing the equalizing assist before scoring the 89th-minute winner.<\/p>\n

Charlotte FC<\/a> similarly delivered delirium for their home fans, climbing back from a late two-goal deficit to pull out a 3-2 triumph<\/a> over FC Dallas<\/a>. Idan Toklomati<\/a> guided The Crown’s 50th win at Bank of America Stadium with 2g\/1a in the final 20 minutes to flip the script.<\/p>\n

Orlando City<\/a> continued their playoff push with a hard-fought 3-2 win<\/a> over Columbus Crew<\/a>, as Iv\u00e1n Angulo<\/a> produced 1g\/1a and goalkeeper Maxime Cr\u00e9peau<\/a> had a club high with 12 saves in the match.<\/p>\n

Club-record signing Andr\u00e9 Luiz<\/a> also made history for Sporting Kansas City<\/a>, becoming the first player to net seven goals in his first seven games for the club behind a brace in a thrilling 3-3 draw<\/a> with the Portland Timbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the Team of the Matchday,\u00a0Dave Romney<\/a> snatched an equalizer for the San Jose Earthquakes<\/a> in a 1-1 draw<\/a> at the Colorado Rapids<\/a> to maintain their top-four spot in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summer signings shone, and St. Louis CITY SC made MLS history to earn stars their spot in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[167693,167687,167688,167694,17160,11908,167689,167364,167690,167692,167695,5429,32007,167365,1660,1658,157038,55208,123,125,124,166634,167691,5430,167367,4786,166951,167363,105655,167360,158697,17150,4959,167366,79581,17161,167362,83167,167361],"class_list":["post-426443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-andre-luiz","tag-atlvscin-10-10-2026","tag-atxvsnsh-10-10-2026","tag-carlo-holse","tag-charlotte-fc","tag-chicago-fire-fc","tag-chivsnyc-10-10-2026","tag-cltvsdal-10-10-2026","tag-colvssj-10-10-2026","tag-dave-romney","tag-idan-toklomati","tag-inter-miami-cf","tag-ivan-angulo","tag-lafcvsvan-10-10-2026","tag-lionel-messi","tag-luis-suarez","tag-maren-haile-selassie","tag-maxime-crepeau","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miavsdc-10-10-2026","tag-minvshou-10-10-2026","tag-nashville-sc","tag-nevssea-10-10-2026","tag-orlando-city","tag-orlvsclb-10-10-2026","tag-phivsrsl-10-10-2026","tag-rafael-navarro","tag-rbnyvssd-10-10-2026","tag-reed-baker-whiting","tag-san-jose-earthquakes","tag-sendtonews","tag-skcvspor-10-10-2026","tag-sporting-kansas-city","tag-st-louis-city-sc","tag-stlvsla-10-11-2026","tag-team-of-the-matchday","tag-torvsmtl-10-10-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}