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FT Saturday, February 21, 2026
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St. Louis CITY SC WWLWD 1
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Match Report

St. Louis and Charlotte share points in MLS season opener

Marcel Hartel scored in the 60th minute and Pep Biel equalized in the 73rd as St. Louis City SC and Charlotte FC opened the MLS season with a 1-1 draw on Saturday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
6
10
Saves
2
47.8
Possession
52.2
8
SHOTS
22
3
ON GOAL
11
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
356
Accurate Passes
395
442
Passes
471
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
10
Crosses
23
0.2
Cross %
0.1
52
Long Balls
35
22
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
8
11
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
17
28
Effective Clearances
24
28
Clearances
24

Head to Head

STL leads series 1-0

Lineups

STL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Roman BürkiG
  2. 32Timo BaumgartlCD
  3. 21Dante PolvaraCD-L
  4. 99Jaziel OrozcoCD-R
  5. 8Christopher DurkinCM-L
  6. 24Daniel EdelmanCM-R
  7. 20Rafael SantosLM
  8. 6Conrad WallemRM
  9. 11Simon BecherF
  10. 17Marcel HartelCF-L
  11. 77Jeong Sang-BinCF-R

CLT · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kristijan KahlinaG
  2. 3Tim ReamCD-L
  3. 4Andrew PrivettCD-R
  4. 15Harry ToffoloLB
  5. 14Nathan ByrneRB
  6. 16Pep BielAM
  7. 8Ashley WestwoodLM
  8. 17Luca de la TorreRM
  9. 9Idan ToklomatiF
  10. 10Wilfried ZahaAM-L
  11. 11Liel AbadaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Andrew Privett (Charlotte FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 40' Timo Baumgartl (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 59' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Brendan McSorley replaces Jeong Sang-Bin.
  4. 60' Goal! St. Louis City SC 1, Charlotte FC 0. Marcel Hartel (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Simon Becher.
  5. 66' Jaziel Orozco (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 69' Substitution, Charlotte FC. David Schnegg replaces Harry Toffolo.
  7. 69' Substitution, Charlotte FC. Djibril Diani replaces Luca de la Torre.
  8. 69' Substitution, Charlotte FC. Kerwin Vargas replaces Liel Abada.
  9. 71' Wilfried Zaha (Charlotte FC) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 73' Goal! St. Louis City SC 1, Charlotte FC 1. Pep Biel (Charlotte FC) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha.
  11. 83' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Miguel Perez replaces Chris Durkin because of an injury.
  12. 84' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Lukas MacNaughton replaces Dante Polvara.
  13. 88' Substitution, Charlotte FC. Tyger Smalls replaces Idan Toklomati.
  14. 90'+3' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Cedric Teuchert replaces Simon Becher.
  15. 90'+4' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Tomas Totland replaces Rafael Santos.

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