Watch: St. Louis City’s Joao Klauss Channelizes His Inner Kevin de Bruyne as He Stunningly Wins the Game Against Austin FC on MLS Opening Day

Published 02/26/2023, 12:32 AM EST

The MLS is back, and fans couldn’t be for excited about it. The fans witnessed multiple last-minute game-winners on the first day itself. They couldn’t have wanted a more solid start to the season. One of the games that got flipped on his head in the blink of an eye is Austin vs St. Louis.

Although other matches were close too, but, few had the heat and intensity that this match had. It took unbelievable teamwork and in the end, they achieved what they set out to play for.

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The only game that had a bigger comeback was Atlanta United vs San Jose. The lead that San Jose got in the 12th minute stayed with them for all the regular time. However, the added 10 minutes turned out like a horror movie for them.

Atlanta United star Thiago Almada seemingly summoned Lionel Messi inside him and scored two breath takes in a matter of a few minutes. The game-winner he scored at 90+9th minute had fans go crazy in response.

Another comeback on the MLS opening day

Austin vs St. Louis was 1-1 by halftime. Although Austin started the match in the lead, a very last added time hiatus from Driussi in the first half took them to an even score. 2nd half started a bit slow and Gallagher scored for Austin in the 72nd minute to take the score 2-1.

DP striker João Klauss breaks through and scores the trivela to give St. Louis City SC a lead over Austin FC in their inaugural game! #AustinFC 2-3 #AllForCITY pic.twitter.com/D4fANUnCqB
— MLS NETWORK (@mlsnetwork) February 26, 2023

While the MLS fans celebrated, they had no what the next 10 minutes were going to bring them. Jared Stroud scored the equalizer only 6 minutes after Austin got the lead. Joao Klauss de Mello took it ahead 8 minutes later and scored a stunner that would become the game-winner. The goal seems like a play by Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne.

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They had the match in hand, and Austin was looking confident and determined to win. But St Louis came up with a plan. They kept on attacking and got rewarded.

While Austin had converted their 2 shot on target out of 2, St Louis had 6 tries. Even if they got 50% of the shots in, they still won. Which of these teams do you think will do better on the table as the season progress? Drop your predictions in the comments below.

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Rishabh is a soccer writer at EssentiallySports, coming with a year of experience in digital marketing and 19 years of being a sports fan. Like most people in India, he started by watching cricket and then all sports. He writes poetry and songs in his free time and plays FPS games like Valorant and CSGO.

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Watch: St. Louis City’s Joao Klauss Channelizes His Inner Kevin de Bruyne as He Stunningly Wins the Game Against Austin FC on MLS Opening Day

Another comeback on the MLS opening day

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