Klauss scores two goals and St. Louis City beats Sporting Kansas City 4-1 to clinch a playoff spot

Associated Press

1 October 2023 at 0:03 am·1-min read

St. Louis City SC forward Klauss can't redirect a cross into the net during the first half of the team's MLS soccer match against Sporting Kansas City in St. Louis on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

St. Louis City SC midfielder Njabulo Blom, left, is fouled by Sporting Kansas City defender Logan Ndenbe during the first half of an MLS soccer match in St. Louis on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Sporting Kansas City's Andreu Fontàs, left, and Erik Thommy, right, squeeze St. Louis City SC defender Jake Nerwinski, center, on his run to goal during the first half of an MLS soccer match in St. Louis on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Sporting Kansas City defender Logan Ndenbe, left, and St. Louis City SC midfielder Indiana Vassilev compete for the ball during the first half of an MLS soccer match in St. Louis on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — João Klauss scored two goals in five minutes in the second half and St. Louis City beat Sporting Kansas City 4-1 on Saturday night to clinch a playoff spot.

St. Louis (17-10-5) also set an MLS record for most wins by an expansion club. St. Louis is unbeaten in five straight matches in all competitions for the first time since the club won its first five matches. Kansas City (10-14-8) has just two wins in its last 25 road games in all competitions.

All four goals by St. Louis came in a span of 12 minutes. Samuel Adeniran opened the scoring in the 73rd minute and Klauss made it 4-0 in the 85th.

William Agada scored in second-half stoppage time for Sporting KC.

St. Louis and Kansas City have each defeated the other at home this season, with St. Louis recording a 4-0 win in May and Kansas City a 2-1 win in September.

St. Louis plays on Wednesday at the Vancouver Whitecaps. Sporting KC will visit Real Salt Lake on Saturday.

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Klauss scores two goals and St. Louis City beats Sporting Kansas City 4-1 to clinch a playoff spot

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