Down To Ten
Minnesota United FC
Minnesota United FC played the closing 10 minutes a man down after a 80′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 80′
- Player
- Kyle Duncan
Major League Soccer · Matchday 25
St. Louis City
D. Edelman 18'
C. Holse 22'
Rafael Navarro 38', 57'
4 – 2
FT
HT 3–1
Minnesota United FC
T. Chancalay 5'
K. Yeboah 61'
Major League Soccer
Matchday 25St. Louis City4–2Minnesota United FC
2.85
Expected goals
1.75
5′18′22′38′57′61′80′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: SLC 2.85, MU 1.75.
Match report
St. Louis City 4-2 Minnesota United FC
St. Louis City saw off Minnesota United FC 4-2 at Energizer Park in Major League Soccer. Chancalay opened the scoring for Minnesota United FC on 5', Edelman levelled for St. Louis City on 18', Holse put St. Louis City back in front on 22', Navarro made it 3-1 to St. Louis City on 38', Navarro added his second on 57' from the penalty spot and Yeboah pulled one back for Minnesota United FC on 61' from the penalty spot.
Expected goals finished St. Louis City 2.85, Minnesota United FC 1.75. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. St. Louis City held 65.0% of the ball.
The game turned on a dismissal: Duncan was sent off on 80', leaving Minnesota United FC 10 minutes to play a man short.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. St. Louis City graded out for clinical edge — 4 goals and 2.85 expected goals. Minnesota United FC graded out for box occupation — 9 of 11 shots in the box and 0.16 xg per shot.
Rafael Navarro came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.9 for St. Louis City from 2 goals, 3 shots and 4 tackles.
It was a niggly afternoon: 29 fouls between them and 3 yellow cards, with Minnesota United FC conceding the most free-kicks (15).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
65%Possession35%
14Shots11
2.85xG1.75
What the numbers say
5 readsComeback Win
St. Louis City
St. Louis City went behind and turned the match around.
- Final score
- 4–2
Clinical Edge
St. Louis City
St. Louis City finished well above what their chances were worth — 4 goals from 2.85 xG.
- Goals
- 4
- Expected goals
- 2.85
- Overperformance
- +1.15
Box Occupation
Minnesota United FC
Minnesota United FC kept getting bodies into the area — 82% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 9 of 11
- Share
- 82%
- xG per shot
- 0.16
Timeline
⚽5'
T. Chancalay — assist: J. Pereyra
D. Edelman
⚽18'
C. Holse — assist: C. Wallem
⚽22'
Rafael Navarro — assist: C. Holse
⚽38'
Half-time
🟨47'
Michael Boxall
Foul
Rafael Navarro (Pen)
⚽57'
T. Totland ↑ Rafael Santos ↓
🔄59'
C. Durkin ↑ D. Edelman ↓
🔄59'
A. Matan ↑ C. Holse ↓
🔄59'
⚽61'
K. Yeboah (Pen)
🟨64'
Kyle Duncan
Foul
🔄75'
J. Diaz ↑ N. Romero ↓
🔄75'
N. Triantis ↑ W. Trapp ↓
🔄75'
M. Malone ↑ K. Yeboah ↓
L. MacNaughton ↑ F. Fall ↓
🔄76'
D. Downs ↑ S. Becher ↓
🔄76'
🟨80'
Kyle Duncan
Foul
🟥80'
Kyle Duncan
Foul
🔄83'
A. Jackson ↑ T. Chancalay ↓
Match info
Kickoff
VenueEnergizer Park, St. Louis
RefereeRicardo Montero, Costa Rica
CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Season2026
RoundMatchday 25
StatusMatch Finished