MLS

FT Thursday, October 20, 2022
LA Galaxy WDWWL 2
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LAFC DWWLW 3
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BMO Stadium · 22,305 att.

Match Report

Arango boots LAFC into Western final in 3-2 win over Galaxy

— Cristian “Chicho” Arango was able to keep Los Angeles Football Club's dream of a first MLS championship alive and end rival LA Galaxy's season in one shot.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
18
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
2
60.8
Possession
39.2
11
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
449
Accurate Passes
257
536
Passes
335
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
4
10
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.2
65
Long Balls
44
34
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
6
21
Tackles
20
0.3
Tackle %
0.3
9
Interceptions
14
12
Effective Clearances
14
12
Clearances
14

Head to Head

LA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

LAFC · 4-3-3

  1. 16Maxime CrépeauG
  2. 4Eddie SeguraCD-L
  3. 3Jesús MurilloCD-R
  4. 12Diego PalaciosLB
  5. 24Ryan HollingsheadRB
  6. 6Ilie SánchezCM
  7. 23Kellyn AcostaLM
  8. 20José CifuentesRM
  9. 9Cristian ArangoF
  10. 99Denis BouangaLF
  11. 10Carlos VelaRF

Substitutes

  1. 22Kwadwo OpokuSUB
  2. 2Franco EscobarSUB
  3. 25Sebastien IbeaghaSUB
  4. 32Jhegson MéndezSUB
  5. 14Giorgio ChielliniSUB
  6. 31Daniel TrejoSUB
  7. 77John McCarthySUB
  8. 37Cristian TelloSUB
  9. 7Latif BlessingSUB

LA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Jonathan BondG
  2. 22Martín CáceresCD-L
  3. 4Séga CoulibalyCD-R
  4. 44Raheem EdwardsLB
  5. 2Julián AraujoRB
  6. 5Gastón BrugmanCM
  7. 6Ricard PuigLM
  8. 8Mark DelgadoRM
  9. 14Javier HernándezF
  10. 11Samuel GrandsirLF
  11. 10Douglas CostaRF

Substitutes

  1. 26Efrain ÁlvarezSUB
  2. 3Derrick WilliamsSUB
  3. 18Kelvin LeerdamSUB
  4. 16Sacha KljestanSUB
  5. 99Dejan JoveljicSUB
  6. 7Víctor VázquezSUB
  7. 9Kévin CabralSUB
  8. 33Jonathan KlinsmannSUB
  9. 77Chase GasperSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 23' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 1, LA Galaxy 0. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Carlos Vela with a through ball.
  3. 44' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 1, LA Galaxy 1. Samuel Grandsir (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  4. 45'+3' Raheem Edwards (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 56' Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 58' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Kévin Cabral replaces Douglas Costa.
  7. 58' Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 63' Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 68' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Víctor Vázquez replaces Samuel Grandsir.
  10. 78' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Kwadwo Opoku replaces Carlos Vela because of an injury.
  11. 80' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 2, LA Galaxy 1. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kwadwo Opoku.
  12. 84' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Dejan Joveljic replaces Marco Delgado.
  13. 84' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Derrick Williams replaces Martín Cáceres.
  14. 85' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 2, LA Galaxy 2. Dejan Joveljic (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Víctor Vázquez.
  15. 90'+3' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 3, LA Galaxy 2. Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  16. 90'+5' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Jhegson Méndez replaces José Cifuentes.
  17. 90'+5' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Giorgio Chiellini replaces Cristian Arango.

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