CARSON, CA (March 9, 2025) – St. Louis CITY SC blanked LA Galaxy 3-0 on the road to earn their first win of the 2025 MLS season. Cedric Teuchert, Simon Becher and Marcel Hartel tallied their first goals of the season in the match. Roman Bürki made eight saves en route to his 18th MLS career clean sheet. With the shutout, CITY SC remains the only team in MLS to have not conceded a goal. The win marked the first of head coach’s Olof Mellberg’s CITY SC career. St. Louis returns to Energizer Park next Saturday to face Seattle Sounders.
Three Consecutive Shutouts
St. Louis recorded its third consecutive clean sheet to start the 2025 season. This marks the first time in St. Louis’ young history that the team has achieved such feat. Following this weekend’s result across the league, CITY SC is the only remaining team in the MLS to have not conceded a goal. Roman Bürki recorded eight saves to earn his 18th career clean sheets across three seasons in MLS. With the shutout, St. Louis became the fifth team in the past decade and the 11th in MLS history to not concede a goal in the first three games of a season.
Keep the Train Rolling
St. Louis CITY SC attackers Marcel Hartel, Cedric Teuchert and Simon Becher scored CITY SC’s goals against the Galaxy. The trio recorded 29 goal contributions between them last season after joining the team in the summer transfer window. This was the second match since last season where all three players scored a goal (the other was against Portland Timbers on Aug. 9, 2024).
CITY SC vs LA Galaxy
St. Louis continued its undefeated run against LA Galaxy, improving their record to 2-0-3 following tonight’s win at Dignity Health Sports Park. The win was CITY SC’s first victory on the road against the Galaxy. Marcel Hartel has now scored his first MLS goal of the 2024 and 2025 season against LA Galaxy. Following the result, St. Louis remains the only Western Conference team LA Galaxy has not defeated in the last two years (minimum two meetings).
Postgame Notes
With the shutout, St. Louis became the fifth team in the past decade and the 11th in MLS history to not concede a goal in the first three games of a season
This is the first instance in CITY SC history that the team recorded three consecutive clean sheets
Cedric Teuchert scored the first goal of the season for CITY SC
The goal was Teuchert’s sixth MLS goal
Additionally, Teuchert earned his fifth career MLS assist
Simon Becher scored his first goal of the season; the goal was his tenth MLS career goal
Marcel Hartel tallied his fourth career MLS goal
Henry Kessler earned his first career MLS assist
Kyle Hiebert recorded his first assist of the season
Roman Bürki made eight saves en route to his third clean sheet of the season
It took Bürki and CITY SC eight regular season matches last season to earn three clean sheets
It also took St. Louis 15 away matches last season to get their first road win
CITY SC defender Timo Baumgartl made his MLS debut after coming on as a substitute
Olof Mellberg earned his first win as CITY SC’s head coach
March 9, 2025 – Dignity Health Sports Park (Carson, CA)
Goal-Scoring Plays
STL: Cedric Teuchert (Henry Kessler), 44th minute – Cedric Teuchert scored with a right footed shot from the center of the box to the middle right corner.
STL: Marcel Hartel (Cedric Teuchert), 49th minute – Marcel Hartel scored with a left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner.
STL: Simon Becher (Kyle Hiebert), 84th minute – Simon Becher scored with a left footed shot from the center of the box to the top left corner.
Scoring Summary
STL: Cedric Teuchert (Henry Kessler), 44’
STL: Marcel Hartel (Cedric Teuchert), 49’
STL: Simon Becher (Kyle Hiebert), 84’
Misconduct Summary
LA: Edwin Cerrilo (caution), 33’
STL: Jannes Horn (caution), 52’
STL: Josh Yaro (caution), 72’
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