St. Louis City 3-1 Toronto: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings

How St. Louis City won it

The opening goal came in the 41st minute: Carlo Holse for St. Louis City, set up by Alexandru Mățan. Tomas Totland made it 2-0 to St. Louis City in the 54th minute, set up by Alexandru Mățan. Simon Becher made it 3-0 to St. Louis City in the 68th minute, set up by Conrad Wallem. Theo Corbeanu made it 3-1 to Toronto in the 90th minute (+7), set up by Alonso Coello.

It was 1-0 at half-time.

The referee, L. Szpala, showed 4 yellow cards: 2 to St. Louis City and 2 to Toronto.

St. Louis City: Y. Damet, 3-4-3 · Toronto: R. Fraser, 4-2-3-1.

Moneyball's prediction against the result

Moneyball did not publish a pre-match estimate for this match, so there is nothing to mark it against.

Why it went this way

On the day the expected goals were 1.00 for St. Louis City and 2.41 for Toronto.

St. Louis City scored about 2.0 more than their chances were worth: clinical finishing, or a goalkeeper having a bad day.

Toronto left about 1.4 goals' worth of chances on the pitch.

Toronto created the better chances, 2.41 xG to 1.00, and still lost. On chances alone, the result could easily have gone the other way.

St. Louis City had 8 shots on target, Toronto 2.

Toronto's goalkeeper made 5 saves.

St. Louis City had 62% of the ball and turned it into the win.

Where the two sides stood before this match

St. Louis City came into it with 31 MLS matches played, scoring 1.8 and conceding 1.4 a match, with 1.52 expected goals for and 1.27 against, and had won 45% of their matches.

Toronto came into it with 31 MLS matches played, scoring 1.6 and conceding 1.9 a match, with 1.29 expected goals for and 1.85 against, and had won 26% of their matches.

St. Louis City vs Toronto: the match in numbers

Team statistics from Sportmonks.

Player ratings and man of the match

Man of the match: Carlo Holse (St. Louis City), rated 8.3 by Sportmonks, with 1 goal.

St. Louis City

• Carlo Holse 8.3 1 goal
• Alexandru Mățan 8.1 2 assists
• Simon Becher 7.2 1 goal
• Fallou Fall 7.2
• Conrad Wallem 7.2 1 assist

Toronto

• Alonso Coello 7.5 1 assist
• Theo Corbeanu 7.3 1 goal
• Luka Gavran 7.1
• Matheus Pereira 7.0
• Josh Sargent 6.7

The lowest-rated starter was Walker Zimmerman at 6.2. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.

What comes next

• St. Louis City: St. Louis City vs Portland Timbers Thursday 29 October 2026 · MLS
• Toronto: Toronto vs DC United Wednesday 28 October 2026 · MLS

Each preview has Moneyball's estimate for the next match, published before kick-off and marked against the result afterwards, as this one is.

Questions about St. Louis City vs Toronto

What was the score in St. Louis City vs Toronto?

St. Louis City 3-1 Toronto (half-time 1-0), MLS, Sunday 20 September 2026.

Who scored in St. Louis City vs Toronto?

Carlo Holse 41', Tomas Totland 54', Simon Becher 68', Theo Corbeanu 90+7'.

Did Moneyball predict St. Louis City vs Toronto correctly?

Moneyball did not publish a pre-match estimate for this match, so there is nothing to mark it against.

Who was man of the match in St. Louis City vs Toronto?

Carlo Holse, rated 8.3 by Sportmonks.

Who refereed St. Louis City vs Toronto?

L. Szpala.