St. Louis City SC's Rafael Santos collected a loose ball in the box and fired home through traffic to make it 2-0 in the 64th minute. LAFC head coach Marc Dos Santos began shuffling his deck soon thereafter, bringing on attacker David Martínez for Tyler Boyd in the 70th minute. Three minutes later, Tafari found a streaking Martínez with a long ball over the top of CITY SC's defense, and the young Venezuelan lifted a one-touch shot over the onrushing goalkeeper to bring the Black & Gold back into the match at 2-1. The pressure nearly paid dividends in the 81st minute when a Martínez blast from distance was redirected by Aaron Long but St. Louis goalkeeper Roman Bürki made a terrific reaction save to preserve the final 2-1 scoreline and St. Louis' first ever win over the Black & Gold in eight all-time meetings.