LAFC vs LA Galaxy, 2021 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSLA Galaxy, LAFC play to thrilling 3-3 tie in latest epic 'El Trafico' edition
The LA Galaxy and LAFC played an up-and-down, high-scoring match that ended in a 3-3 draw in yet another epic edition of "El Trafico."
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Sega Coulibaly.
- 4': Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 4': Foul by Víctor Vázquez (LA Galaxy).
- 6': Foul by José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 6': Sega Coulibaly (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Attempt missed. Víctor Vázquez (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dejan Joveljic with a headed pass.
- 10': Attempt missed. Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by José Cifuentes.
- 14': Foul by José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 14': Sega Coulibaly (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 14': José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 15': Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Foul by Rayan Raveloson (LA Galaxy).
- 16': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Eduard Atuesta.
- 17': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Eduard Atuesta.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Jonathan dos Santos (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Víctor Vázquez.
- 18': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Mamadou Fall.
- 19': Attempt missed. Brian Rodríguez (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Cristian Arango.
- 20': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 0, LA Galaxy 1. Dejan Joveljic (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 23': Attempt missed. José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cristian Arango.
- 23': Attempt missed. Diego Rossi (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from long range on the left is too high. Assisted by Diego Palacios.
- 24': Attempt missed. Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Tristan Blackmon.
- 25': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Brian Rodríguez.
- 26': Offside, LA Galaxy. Niko Hämäläinen tries a through ball, but Sebastian Lletget is caught offside.
- 27': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Julian Araujo.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 28': Attempt blocked. Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego Rossi with a cross.
- 28': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Sega Coulibaly.
- 28': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Derrick Williams.
- 29': Attempt missed. José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Eduard Atuesta with a cross following a corner.
- 30': Foul by Latif Blessing (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 30': Rayan Raveloson (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 30': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Mamadou Fall.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Diego Rossi (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Latif Blessing.
- 32': Attempt blocked. Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 32': Foul by Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 32': Víctor Vázquez (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 34': Attempt missed. Rayan Raveloson (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Julian Araujo.
- 35': Foul by Jonathan dos Santos (LA Galaxy).
- 35': José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 35': Jonathan dos Santos (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 37': Foul by Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 37': Sebastian Lletget (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 43': Penalty Los Angeles Football Club. Cristian Arango draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 43': Penalty conceded by Niko Hämäläinen (LA Galaxy) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 44': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 1, LA Galaxy 1. Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 45'+4': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Latif Blessing tries a through ball, but Diego Rossi is caught offside.
- 45'+5': First Half ends, Los Angeles Football Club 1, LA Galaxy 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Los Angeles Football Club 1, LA Galaxy 1.
- 45': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Kim Moon-Hwan replaces Tristan Blackmon.
- 46': Attempt saved. Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Diego Palacios.
- 46': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Jonathan Bond.
- 47': Attempt missed. Diego Rossi (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Latif Blessing following a corner.
- 50': Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 50': Foul by Sega Coulibaly (LA Galaxy).
- 52': Attempt saved. Kévin Cabral (LA Galaxy) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Niko Hämäläinen with a cross.
- 52': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Tomás Romero.
- 55': Attempt saved. Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Latif Blessing.
- 56': Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 56': Foul by Kévin Cabral (LA Galaxy).
- 57': Attempt missed. Jesús David Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Eduard Atuesta with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 58': Attempt saved. Diego Rossi (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by José Cifuentes.
- 58': Attempt saved. Diego Rossi (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 58': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 2, LA Galaxy 1. Brian Rodríguez (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal.
- 60': Hand ball by Julian Araujo (LA Galaxy).
- 62': Foul by Mamadou Fall (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 62': Sebastian Lletget (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 63': Attempt missed. Derrick Williams (LA Galaxy) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Víctor Vázquez with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 64': Attempt saved. Diego Rossi (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cristian Arango.
- 64': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 2, LA Galaxy 2. Dejan Joveljic (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sebastian Lletget.
- 64': Dejan Joveljic (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
- 66': Attempt saved. Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kim Moon-Hwan.
- 66': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 3, LA Galaxy 2. Brian Rodríguez (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
- 68': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Samuel Grandsir replaces Víctor Vázquez.
- 68': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Mamadou Fall.
- 69': Attempt saved. Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by José Cifuentes.
- 70': Hand ball by Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 71': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by José Cifuentes.
- 71': Attempt saved. Derrick Williams (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Julian Araujo.
- 72': Brian Rodríguez (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 72': Foul by Julian Araujo (LA Galaxy).
- 75': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Efraín Álvarez replaces Sebastian Lletget.
- 75': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Marco Farfan replaces Diego Palacios.
- 76': Brian Rodríguez (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 76': Foul by Sega Coulibaly (LA Galaxy).
- 76': Sega Coulibaly (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 77': Attempt saved. Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 78': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Eduard Atuesta.
- 80': Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 80': Foul by Rayan Raveloson (LA Galaxy).
- 81': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Sebastien Ibeagha replaces Cristian Arango.
- 82': Foul by José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 82': Rayan Raveloson (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Attempt blocked. Diego Rossi (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sebastien Ibeagha.
- 83': Attempt blocked. Kévin Cabral (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 83': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Oniel Fisher replaces Jonathan dos Santos.
- 86': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 3, LA Galaxy 3. Kévin Cabral (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Julian Araujo.
- 87': Brian Rodríguez (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 87': Foul by Kévin Cabral (LA Galaxy).
- 87': Kévin Cabral (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 88': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Oniel Fisher.
- 89': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Derrick Williams.
- 90': Foul by Rayan Raveloson (LA Galaxy).
- 90': José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+1': Foul by Brian Rodríguez (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 90'+1': Oniel Fisher (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Foul by Rayan Raveloson (LA Galaxy).
- 90'+2': Latif Blessing (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Los Angeles Football Club 3, LA Galaxy 3.
- 0': Match ends, Los Angeles Football Club 3, LA Galaxy 3.
Statistics
 LA |
LAFC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 9 |
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 9 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 8 | Saves | 2 |
| 53.2 | Possession | 46.8 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 25 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 11 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 292 | Accurate Passes | 237 |
| 367 | Passes | 320 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 23 | Crosses | 25 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 61 | Long Balls | 42 |
| 29 | Accurate Long Balls | 21 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 12 | Effective Tackles | 9 |
| 21 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 15 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 32 | Effective Clearances | 17 |
| 32 | Clearances | 17 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: BMO Stadium
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Attendance: 22,032
Venue: BMO Stadium
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Attendance: 22,032
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 4 | +13 | 12 |
| 2 | LAFC | 4 | +8 | 12 |
| 3 | San Diego FC | 4 | +8 | 10 |
| 4 | San Jose Earthquakes | 4 | +5 | 9 |
Line-Ups
LAFC (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Tomas Romero (GK) |
| 5 | Mamadou Fall |
| 94 | Jesús Murillo |
| 12 | Diego Palacios |
| 27 | Tristan Blackmon |
| 20 | Eduard Atuesta |
| 11 | José Cifuentes  |
| 7 | Latif Blessing |
| 29 | Cristian Arango |
| 9 | Diego Rossi |
| 17 | Brian Rodríguez |
LA Galaxy (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Bond (GK) |
| 3 | Derrick Williams |
| 4 | Séga Coulibaly |
| 15 | Niko Hamalainen |
| 2 | Julián Araujo |
| 7 | Víctor Vázquez |
| 6 | Rayan Raveloson |
| 8 | Jonathan dos Santos |
| 99 | Dejan Joveljic |
| 9 | Kévin Cabral |
| 17 | Sebastian Lletget |
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