St. Louis City vs Angola 6-2

St. Louis City beat Angola 6-2 at Citypark after racing into a five-goal half-time lead. Carlo Holse scored three times in the opening 21 minutes, Rafael Navarro Leal added a penalty on 45 minutes, and Lukas MacNaughton made it 5-1 deep into first-half stoppage time.

Holse opened the scoring in the 2nd minute from Rafael Navarro Leal's pass, then doubled the lead on 7 minutes with the same assist before making it 3-0 on 21 minutes from Christopher Durkin's ball. Robert Taylor pulled one back for Angola on 31 minutes after Erik Thommy's assist, but Navarro Leal restored the four-goal cushion from the spot on 45 minutes before MacNaughton, set up by Alexandru Măţan, made it 5-1 three minutes into first-half stoppage time.

Navarro Leal struck again on 53 minutes, this time from Durkin's assist, to make it 6-1. Angola made two changes on 60 minutes, sending on Marco Reus and Joseph Paintsil, and Reus then supplied Klauss, who had come on in the 11th minute, for the visitors' second goal on 71 minutes. St. Louis City made three changes on 80 minutes, including Holse and Navarro Leal going off after their big part in the scoring, while a late Damion Downs substitute replaced Măţan in stoppage time.

The numbers backed the home win. St. Louis City had 59% of the ball and 598 passes to Angola's 409, while Angola had more shots, 17 to 11, and more corners, 3 to 2. Each side had 6 shots on target, St. Louis City posted 2.69 expected goals to Angola's 1.73, and the hosts made 5 saves.

Christopher Durkin and Conrad Wallem were booked for St. Louis City, while Bernardi Julian Ezequiel Aude and Harbor Miller were booked for Angola. There were no red cards.