ST. LOUIS — Nicholas Gioacchini and João Klauss scored first-half targets and St. Louis Metropolis remained unbeaten in its inaugural season with a 3-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday evening.
St. Louis Metropolis (4-0-0), which grew to become the primary MLS crew to open a season with three straight come-from-behind victories, didn’t must rally towards San Jose (2-2-0).
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The targets by Gioacchini and Klauss have been unassisted. Gioacchini’s rating got here within the thirty fourth minute and Klauss added his within the third minute of stoppage time.
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Tomás Ostrák capped the scoring with an unassisted aim within the 68th minute. Klauss has contributed to a aim in all 4 matches this season.
The Earthquakes got here into the match with a 3-0-1 report towards growth groups since 2019. LAFC and the Seattle Sounders are the one remaining groups with no loss to a first-year membership throughout that span.
St. Louis Metropolis outshot San Jose 20-13 with an 8-2 benefit in photographs on aim.
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Roman Bürki made two saves to earn the clear sheet for St. Louis Metropolis. JT Marcinkowski completed with 5 saves for the Earthquakes.
San Jose falls to 2-8-5 all-time in street openers towards growth groups. The Earthquakes have only one street win in all competitions in its final 21 matches.
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