ST. LOUIS -- Carlo Holse's hat trick in the first 21 minutes -- the second hat trick in club history -- helped St. Louis City beat the LA Galaxy 6-2 on Sunday night to extend their unbeaten streak across all competitions to 20 games and tie the MLS record.
St. Louis, which is 13-0-5 in its last 18 regular-season games, tied the mark set when the New York Red Bulls went unbeaten in an MLS-record 20 consecutive games across all competitions in 2016.
Rafael Navarro converted from the penalty spot in the 45th minute, scored again in the 53rd and added two assists for St. Louis (14-6-8). Lukas MacNaughton scored on a diving header in the seventh minute of first-half stoppage time and Roman Bürki had five saves.
Holse opened the scoring in the second minute, added a goal in the seventh and skipped a shot inside the right post from the center of the area to make it 3-0 in the 21st minute to record the second-fastest hat trick in MLS history. Hany Mukhtar scored three goals for Nashville in the first 16 minutes of 5-1 win over Chicago on July 17, 2021.
The Galaxy's Kyōgo Furuhashi went off due to an apparent hamstring injury and was replaced in the 10th minute by João Klauss, whose goal in the 71st minute capped the scoring. Klauss, a 29-year-old midfielder in his first season with the Galaxy, had St. Louis City's first hat trick in a 3-3 tie with the Galaxy on June 14, 2025.
Robert Taylor scored in the 31st minute for the Galaxy (9-11-9).
St. Louis beat the Galaxy 3-1 on July 22 at Dignity Health Sports Park and hosts the Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday in a Western Conference top-of-table clash.
The Galaxy, who are clinging to the last playoff spot in the West, play the Portland Timbers at Dignity Health Sports Park on Wednesday. The Timbers are three points behind the Galaxy for ninth place -- the final playoff spot.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.