LAFC 4-0-0 WITH 2-0 WIN OVER St LOUIS CITY SC
LAFC continued its best-ever start to an MLS season, improving to 4-0-0 with a 2-0 win over St. Louis CITY at BMO Stadium on Saturday night. Mathieu Choinière made his first league start of the season and tallied a pair of second-half goals to lead the Black & Gold to the win. LAFC is now the only 4-0-0 team in MLS this season as well as the only team to register a shutout in each of its first four games of the year.
Including the Concacaf Champions Cup, LAFC is 6-0-1 in 2026, outscoring opponents 16-2.
Just 30 seconds into the game, LAFC nearly took the lead when Denis Bouanga got free inside the penalty area, only to see his right-footed shot clip the crossbar and go out for a goal kick. The home side struck the woodwork again in the 40th minute with Nathan Ordaz’s left-footed strike beating the dive of St. Louis goalkeeper Roman Bürki but crashing off the post. In between those two chances, St. Louis CITY had a goal called back for a foul inside the box, meaning that LAFC went to the half tied 0-0.
Both teams would create chances throughout the second half, but it took until the 73rd minute for LAFC to pull in front. Choinière collected a loose ball near midfield and ran at the heart of the St. Louis defense before hitting a low, right-footed shot just inside the post from the edge of the box, making the score 1-0.
It was 2-0 eight minutes later with Choinière tallying his second of the night. The Canadian international collected a clearance in the attacking third and took one touch before once again placing a right-footed shot just inside the post, past the dive of Bürki to double LAFC’s advantage.
St. Louis CITY pushed to get back into the game over the final eight minutes plus stoppage time, taking seven shots and forcing LAFC captain Hugo Lloris into three saves. He finished the game with four saves for his fourth straight shutout to open the season.
The Black & Gold will be back in action on Tuesday, March 17, when the club travels to Costa Rica to face Alajuelense in the second leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16. That game kicks off at 6 p.m. PT and can be seen live on FS2, TUDN, OneSoccer, and Concacaf GO. The club returns to MLS play on Saturday, March 21, when it faces Austin FC on the road in Texas at 5:45 p.m. PT.
