St Louis City tops Charlotte 3-1, extends historic start

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Eduard Lowen scored the go-ahead goal on a penalty kick in the fifth minute of first-half stoppage time and St. Louis City became the fourth expansion team to win its first two matches with a 3-1 victory over Charlotte. Playing its first home game, St. Louis joined Chicago (1998), Seattle (2009) and Los Angeles FC (2018) as the only MLS teams to win their first two matches. Seattle is the only team to win its first three, Eleven of the last 21 expansion teams won their home opener and St. Louis became the first since Miami in 2020.