{"id":583230,"date":"2026-02-11T22:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/583230\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T22:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:34:09","slug":"match-report-la-galaxy-cruise-to-3-0-win-over-st-louis-city-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/583230\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Report: LA Galaxy\u00a0Cruise to 3-0 Win over St. Louis CITY SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>INDIO\u00a0(Feb.\u00a011, 2026) \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0The LA Galaxy\u00a0continued\u00a0their\u00a02026 Coachella Valley Invitational (CVI)\u00a0campaign\u00a0with a\u00a03-0\u00a0win over St. Louis CITY SC\u00a0at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif.\u00a0Ruben Ramos Jr., Matheus Nascimento,\u00a0and Gabriel Pec all\u00a0appeared\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0scoresheet\u00a0with a goal each. In addition, the Galaxy\u00a0earned\u00a0their\u00a0third clean sheet of the preseason.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>LAG\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ruben Ramos\u00a0Jr.,\u00a053rd\u00a0minute:<\/strong>\u00a0After a deflected clearance from the St. Louis goalkeeper, Ramos picked up possession and fired a shot into the bottom right corner to open the scoring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>LAG\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Matheus Nascimento\u00a0(Christian Ramirez),\u00a059th\u00a0minute:<\/strong>\u00a0High pressing from Tucker\u00a0Lepley\u00a0and Christian Ramirez won possession back for the Galaxy.\u00a0Ramirez picked out\u00a0Nascimento at the top of the\u00a0box,\u00a0who\u00a0then tucked the ball inside the\u00a0near post\u00a0to double LA\u2019s advantage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>LAG \u2013 Gabriel Pec, 90th\u00a0minute:<\/strong>\u00a0After intercepting a pass from the St. Louis backline,\u00a0Pec\u00a0rounded the\u00a0CITY SC\u00a0goalkeeper and calmy finished\u00a0into the open net.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0match\u00a0began with\u00a0an even back\u2011and\u2011forth rhythm throughout\u00a0the first\u00a0half.\u00a0LA\u00a0Galaxy goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski\u00a0delivered\u00a0a standout save in the 11th minute, diving to push a close\u2011range effort wide and keep the match level.\u00a0LA\u00a0nearly\u00a0took the lead\u00a0in the 27th minute when\u00a0Matheus\u00a0Nascimento\u2019s driven shot beat the keeper,\u00a0but\u00a0the attempt\u00a0ricocheted\u00a0off the left post\u00a0following a\u00a0long\u00a0run down the right side. The half ended scoreless after a long\u2011range volley from\u00a0Nascimento\u00a0was collected by the St. Louis keeper.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Galaxy came out energized in the second half. Harbor Miller\u00a0was\u00a0relentless\u00a0on the attack\u00a0and\u00a0forced an early save\u00a0by the CITY goalkeeper.\u00a0Sustained pressure\u00a0from the Galaxy\u00a0continued, with multiple looks from\u00a0Nascimento,\u00a0John\u00a0Nelson, and Edwin Cerrillo. LA\u00a0broke through in the 53rd minute when a deflected\u00a0St. Louis\u00a0clearance fell to Ruben Ramos\u00a0Jr., who powered a low shot into the bottom\u2011right corner for\u00a0a 1\u20130 lead. The\u00a0high\u00a0pressure\u00a0paid off\u00a0again in the 60th minute as\u00a0Tucker\u00a0Lepley\u00a0and\u00a0Christian\u00a0Ramirez won the ball high up the field\u00a0before\u00a0Ramirez\u00a0set\u00a0up\u00a0Nascimento,\u00a0who finished clinically into the bottom corner\u00a0to double the advantage.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Second\u2011half substitutes added\u00a0fresh\u00a0energy,\u00a0and Gabriel Pec cut\u00a0inside for several chances before finally capitalizing in the closing moments. A misplaced St. Louis back pass rolled into his path, and\u00a0Pec\u00a0finished calmly to seal a 3\u20130 Galaxy victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The result\u00a0was the Galaxy\u2019s third\u00a0clean sheet of the preseason.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Gabriel Pec scored a goal on his birthday\u00a0(Feb. 11),\u00a0recording\u00a0his third in 2026 CVI play.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The LA Galaxy\u00a0continue\u00a0in the desert with a\u00a0closed-door scrimmage\u00a0against\u00a0Real Salt Lake\u00a0on\u00a0Friday, February 13.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match:<\/strong>\u00a0LA Galaxy vs\u00a0St. Louis CITY SC\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: February\u00a011, 2026\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue<\/strong>:\u00a0Empire Polo Club; Indio, California\u00a0<br \/><strong>Weather<\/strong>:\u00a0Cloudy\u00a0and\u00a069\u00b0F\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>Scoring Summary<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>1<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>2<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>F<\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>LA Galaxy 0 3 3\u00a0<br \/>St. Louis CITY SC 0 0 0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LAG:\u00a0Ruben Ramos\u00a0Jr.,\u00a053\u2019\u00a0<br \/>LAG: Matheus Nascimento (Christian\u00a0Ramirez),\u00a059\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LAG:\u00a0Gabriel Pec,\u00a090\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/><strong>Lineup<\/strong>\u00a0<br \/><strong>LA Galaxy:<\/strong>\u00a0JT Marcinkowski;\u00a0Harbor Miller,\u00a0Jose\u00a0Maga\u00f1a\u00a0(Justin Haak,\u00a067\u2019),\u00a0Maya Yoshida,\u00a0John Nelson\u00a0(Mason\u00a0Vanney\u00a0^,\u00a061\u2019); Lucas Sanabria,\u00a0Edwin Cerrillo,\u00a0Tucker\u00a0Lepley\u00a0(Dylan Vanney\u00a0^,\u00a061\u2019),\u00a0Ruben Ramos Jr. (Troy Elgersma\u00a0\/\/,\u00a077\u2019); Christian Ramirez\u00a0(Julian\u00a0Placias\u00a0\/\/,\u00a077\u2019),\u00a0Matheus\u00a0Nascimento\u00a0(Gabriel Pec,\u00a061\u2019)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/><strong>Subs not used:<\/strong>\u00a0Brady Scott\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INDIO\u00a0(Feb.\u00a011, 2026) \u2013\u00a0The LA Galaxy\u00a0continued\u00a0their\u00a02026 Coachella Valley Invitational (CVI)\u00a0campaign\u00a0with a\u00a03-0\u00a0win over St. Louis CITY SC\u00a0at the Empire Polo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":583231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337,32154,50,10426],"class_list":{"0":"post-583230","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-match-report","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-press-release"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116054384019842400","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}