Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – St. Louis City’s MLS record-tying 19-match unbeaten streak ended on Saturday with a 3-2 loss at Minnesota, while Philadelphia’s undefeated MLS run reached 15 matches after a 2-2 draw with Charlotte. Canadian Marcus Caldeira scored the game winner for Minnesota in the 86th minute after United fell behind early on St. Louis goals by Brazilian forward Rafael Navarro in the fourth minute and South Korean winger Jeong Sang-bin in the 10th.
Aziel Jackson answered for Minnesota in the 49th minute, and Kelvin Yeboah netted the equalizer in the 68th. St. Louis City, which has already clinched the club’s first playoff berth since 2023, missed the chance to break the MLS unbeaten streak mark it now shares with Columbus, Dallas, and Inter Miami. City also saw its MLS-record 21-match unbeaten streak across all competitions snapped.
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City (14-7 with nine drawn) had not lost an MLS match since falling 2-0 at Austin on May 3, with 13 triumphs and six draws in the run. Philadelphia (13-10-7) had won eight MLS matches in a row before the fightback home draw with Charlotte. Philadelphia lost 6-4 at Miami on May 24, but since then the Union has won 12 times and drawn three, taking 39 of a possible 45 points since Ryan Richter took over as interim head coach during the league’s World Cup break.
Milan Iloski gave the Union a 1-0 lead on a penalty in the 24th minute, the American blasting a right-footed shot into the bottom left corner of the goal. Beninese striker Rodolfo Aloko equalized for Charlotte in the 48th, firing a left-footed shot into the lower right side of the goal. Charlotte grabbed the lead in the 64th minute as Israeli striker Idan Toklomati nodded in a header, but Uruguayan forward Bruno Damiani lifted the Union level in the 73rd with a goal from the heart of the box.
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