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09/12 21:45 CDT Navarro scores 2 goals (again) as St. Louis City beats
Minnesota 4-2, extends unbeaten streak to 15
Navarro scores 2 goals (again) as St. Louis City beats Minnesota 4-2, extends
unbeaten streak to 15
ST. LOUIS (AP) --- Rafael Navarro scored two goals for the second consecutive
game to help St. Louis City beat Minnesota United 4-2on Saturday night and
extend its unbeaten streak to 15 games.
St. Louis (11-6-8) hasn't lost since a 2-0 defeat at Austin on May 3.
Minnesota (7-11-8) has lost three in a row and has just one win in its last 13,
dating to a 3-2 win at Columbus on May 2.
Navarro, who was acquired from Colorado on Sept. 2, also had two goals
Wednesday in his first start for St. Louis, a 2-2 tie with Portland.
Kyle Duncan was shown his second yellow card in the 80th minute and Minnesota
played a man down the rest of the way.
Carlo Holse added a goal and an assist and Daniel Edelman also scored a goal
for St. Louis. Roman Brki had one save.
Navarro outraced the defense to a long ball-ahead played by Holse and gently
chipped a shot, from a few yards right of the spot, over the head of goalkeeper
Drake Callender in the 38th minute and converted a penalty kick in the 57th to
make it 4-1.
Toms Chancalay outraced the defense to a ball-ahead played by Joaqun Pereyra
in the 10th minute and Kelvin Yeboah converted from the penalty spot in the
61st for Minnesota.
Edelman slammed home the rebound of a shot by Holse in the 19th minute and
Holse fired a first-touch shot from the right side of the area inside the back
post to give St. Louis a 2-1 lead in the 22nd.
Holse, a 27-year-old midfielder acquired July 28 from Samsunspor of the Turkish
Sper Lig, has four goal contributions (two goals, two assists) in the last
four games.
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