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Following recovery, a video session and activation training in the wake of a 4-1 home loss to Houston on Sunday, the Los Angeles Football Club packed up for a six-day road trip.<\/p>\n

Read more Dodgers plan to give Shohei Ohtani a DH break amid slump<\/a><\/p>\n

Heading to St. Louis prior to several nights in Nashville leading to a clash of the defeated\u00a0CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinalists, another short turnaround will push LAFC to the limit until the FIFA World Cup break.<\/p>\n

Sitting third in the Western Conference standings, LAFC (6-3-3, 21 points) can help repel a post-CONCACAF slump coming off a 4-0 defeat in Toluca, Mexico, one week ago by taking points against St. Louis CITY SC for an eighth straight match (six shutouts).<\/p>\n

Currently 14th in the West, St. Louis (2-6-3, 9 points) returns home after playing three on the road, including a U.S. Open Cup victory over the Chicago Fire, when midfielder Eduard L\u00f6wen scored the game-winner to send his team into the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Since signing with St. Louis leading into the team\u2019s conference-winning 2023 expansion season, the 29-year-old L\u00f6wen, hailing from Idar-Oberstein, Germany, has 40 goal contributions (18 goals, 22 assists) in 63 starts across 75 regular-season appearances.<\/p>\n

This February, prior to the start of the 2026 season, L\u00f6wen announced that he would step away from soccer to attend to his ailing 28-year-old wife Ilona. She passed away on March 9, following a two-year fight with brain cancer. That same week, St. Louis played LAFC at BMO Stadium. In lieu of answering questions after the match \u2013 LAFC\u2019s fourth of a record six consecutive MLS shutouts to begin the year \u2013 head coach Marc Dos Santos read a statement honoring L\u00f6wen and the German\u2019s family, referencing their deeply held Christian faith and personal connection.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegardless of the result,\u201d Dos Santos said, \u201cI had this already written: \u2018Eduard your testimony blessed me, my kids, and I think many people in the soccer community. What happened in your family and how you can see good in it is so encouraging. you are a warrior. you inspired us. and I know God will use you in incredible ways. In a world that everything goes at 100 miles-per-hour and we can be so selfish in our little world we have to be reminded how God is enough. Thank you so much for your testimony.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking publicly last week for the first time since his wife passed, L\u00f6wen thanked everyone around him for the overwhelming support.<\/p>\n

Read more Angels waste offensive opportunities in loss to Guardians<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean everything is fine and I\u2019m doing OK,\u201d L\u00f6wen said. \u201cI know I have a long way ahead of me and that\u2019s OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing I can say to justify who she was,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s no vocabulary to express the love that we shared, the love that we had for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Describing L\u00f6wen as a \u201ctop man,\u201d Dos Santos looked forward to connecting with him Wednesday at Energizer Park.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see so many star players that are terrible for young people to look at,\u201d Dos Santos said, \u201cand L\u00f6wen is different.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Debuting this season on April 18 with a late goal in a 4-1 loss in Seattle, L\u00f6wen has five appearances for first-year St. Louis head coach Yann Damet, 35, an assistant under Wilfried Nancy at Columbus, where they defeated LAFC to win the MLS Cup title in 2023.<\/p>\n

Struggling during seven league games without L\u00f6wen, St. Louis is one of three teams with single-digit points through 11 MLS contests. Against LAFC, the team will line up without midfielder Chris Durkin, who started all 13 games under Damet. Durkin was shown a red card in the waning moments of a 1-0 win at Colorado on Saturday.<\/p>\n

LAFC is missing fullback Sergi Palencia, who was injured against Houston and won\u2019t return until after the World Cup break, Dos Santos confirmed. Denis Bouanga, suspended against the Dynamo for yellow card accumulation, is available.<\/p>\n

Read more St. John Bosco baseball scores in 11th inning to beat Cypress in playoff thriller<\/a><\/p>\n

LAFC AT ST. LOUIS CITY SC<\/h4>\n

When:<\/strong>\u00a0Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. PT<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Energizer Park, St. Louis, Mo.<\/p>\n

TV\/Radio:<\/strong>\u00a0Apple TV\/710 AM, 980 AM, 1230 AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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