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St. Louis CITY SC<\/a> finally found their shooting boots on Matchday 3 with goals from Cedric Teuchert<\/a>, Marcel Hartel<\/a> and Simon Becher<\/a> powering a 3-0 win<\/a> at reigning MLS Cup champions LA Galaxy<\/a> \u2013 their first victory of the season under new head coach Olof Mellberg.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u201c[It is] really, really nice obviously, the first goals as well. I thought we deserved the win today,\u201d Mellberg said after the Sunday Night Soccer presented by Continental Tire clash.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n The biggest reason for CITY\u2019s early success has been their defense, led by back-to-back MLS All-Star starting goalkeeper Roman B\u00fcrki<\/a>. Through three matches this season, St. Louis are the only team in MLS yet to concede a goal.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was so nice to see and I think the first two games have built confidence,\u201d Mellberg said. \u201cThanks to some good individual defending and especially to Roman, we were able to get another clean sheet. But I think it’s a lot to do also with the first couple of games that they feel confident defending.\u201d<\/p>\n For the attacking players, knowing B\u00fcrki is likely to keep a clean sheet makes every goal on the offensive end feel more valuable.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s very important for us. I think [he made] three or four really good saves to keep us in the game and that’s why he’s the best goalkeeper in the league,\u201d Teuchert said.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we stay good in the defense, we are always good to score goals because we have big players in the offense\u2026 I think when we [keep] clean sheets, we win a lot of games.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Teuchert himself exemplified that message, producing a goal and assist on either side of halftime for CITY\u2019s first goals of the year.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it was one of my easiest goals in my career, but I think for us as a team, we need sometimes goals like this,\u201d Teuchert said. \u201cI’m very happy to score the first goal of the season for our team and I think it was a very deserved win.\u201d<\/p>\n It took St. Louis 224 minutes to score this season, punishing a Galaxy backline that struggled in transition moments.<\/p>\n \u201cI liked our positioning. I thought we looked really dangerous,\u201d Mellberg said. \u201cWe had one-v-one situations, two-v-one, two-v-two, so really happy with the way we looked formation-wise. [We] added a little bit more quality today, especially in the final third, some great finishing for the goals.\u201d<\/p>\n Last season, St. Louis struggled on the road with only one away win, but began to play like a more complete team after the midseason arrivals of Teuchert and Hartel. On Sunday, those same two players led CITY to their first road win of the Mellberg era.<\/p>\n St. Louis hope to continue their momentum next Saturday back at Energizer Park in a major Western Conference clash against Seattle Sounders FC<\/a> (8:30 pm ET | MLS Season Pass<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/main><\/p>\n<\/div>\nBrick wall<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
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