In the end, in front of a sold-out crowd at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field in Columbus, St. Louis converted all five attempts, while their backup goalkeeper Ben Lundt made one big save to give the visitors—and their roughly 2,000 traveling fans – a 5-3 win in the shootout.
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