LAFC maintained its perfect start to the 2026 MLS season with a 2-0 home win over St. Louis CITY SC on Saturday night at BMO Stadium. Mathieu Choinière scored the game’s only goals in the 73rd minute and the 81st minute, both of them right-footed shots from distance, helping the club improve to 4W-0L-0D in MLS this season.
The Black & Gold will be back in action Tuesday night in Costa Rica when it faces Alajuelense in the decisive second leg of their two-game Round-of-16 series in Concacaf Champions Cup, with the winner on aggregate goals advancing to the CCC Quarterfinals. The match will be available to watch on FS2 (English) and TUDN (Spanish) in the United States, OneSoccer in Canada, and ConcacafGO. Local radio coverage will be available on 710 AM ESPN LA and the ESPN App (English), 980 AM La Mera Mera (Spanish), and K-Radio 1230 AM (Korean).
Following an MLS road match on March 21 in Austin, TX, LAFC will return to BMO Stadium on Saturday, April 4, when the club hosts Orlando City.
NOTES
- With the win, LAFC is now 4-0-0 for 12 points. LAFC is the only club to open the 2026 MLS season with four consecutive wins so far. This is the first time in LAFC history that the team has opened a season with four consecutive wins.
- For the first time this season, head coach Marc Dos Santos did not use the same starting lineup, making three changes to the team that beat FC Dallas 1-0 last weekend. Mathieu Choinière, Nathan Ordaz, and Ryan Raposo all came into the lineup, replacing Stephen Eustáquio, Sergi Palencia, and Timothy Tillman.
- For Raposo, it was his first-ever start in an MLS game for LAFC.
- All-time, LAFC is now 5-0-2 all-time against St. Louis CITY, outscoring St. Louis 13-2 in those seven games. At BMO Stadium, LAFC is 3-0-1 against St. Louis.
- LAFC has recorded a shutout in each of its first four games of the season, becoming the fourth team in MLS history to do so. The club joins St. Louis CITY in 2025, Vancouver in 2012 and the 2007 New York Red Bulls as the only teams to open a season without conceding a goal in its first four games.
- Including the end of the 2025 MLS season, LAFC has now not allowed a goal in the last 363 minutes of regular-season play. This is the second-longest shutout streak in club history, beaten only by a 550 minute scoreless streak in 2024.
- Mathieu Choinière scored both goals on the night for LAFC. These were his first goals of 2026 and his first-ever goals at BMO Stadium.
- He is the first LAFC player to score multiple goals in a league game this season and it is the second multi-goal game of his MLS career. His first was on August 20, 2003, against Toronto FC when he was a member of CF Montréal.
- In the 82nd minute, Jude Terry entered the game in place of Denis Bouanga, making his MLS debut. At 17 years, 157 days old, Terry, who made his first-ever appearance for the club in the Concacaf Champions Cup win over Real España on February 24, is the third youngest player to appear in an MLS game for LAFC. Only Erik Dueñas (15 years, 362 days) and Christian Torres (16 years, 137 days) were younger when they made their debut for the club.
- Hugo Lloris recorded his 40th regular-season win with LAFC, making four saves while facing a season-high 19 shots.
- Lloris is the 62nd goalkeeper in MLS history to record 40 wins.
- Lloris, Eddie Segura, and Nkosi Tafari are the only three LAFC players to play all 360 minutes for the club this season.
- David MartÃnez started the game, making his 50th regular-season appearance.
