LA Galaxy vs LAFC, 2023 Major League Soccer, Regular Season
· MLSVela leads LAFC to historic 3-2 road win over Galaxy
— The LA Galaxy fans who stayed away from their stadium Sunday in the ongoing boycott protest against the club's front office missed a thriller in which their struggling club put on its most encouraging performance of the season.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Foul by Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 2': Memo Rodríguez (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 3': Attempt missed. Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Gastón Brugman.
- 4': Delay in match because of an injury Mark Delgado (LA Galaxy).
- 5': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 6': Offside, LA Galaxy. Riqui Puig tries a through ball, but Chicharito is caught offside.
- 7': Foul by Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 7': Raheem Edwards (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Foul by José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 9': Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 10': Offside, LA Galaxy. Riqui Puig tries a through ball, but Chicharito is caught offside.
- 11': Attempt blocked. José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dénis Bouanga with a through ball.
- 11': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Chris Mavinga.
- 12': Attempt missed. Memo Rodríguez (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Riqui Puig following a fast break.
- 13': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Calegari.
- 14': Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 14': Foul by Raheem Edwards (LA Galaxy).
- 15': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Aaron Long tries a through ball, but Ryan Hollingshead is caught offside.
- 15': Attempt missed. Chicharito (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
- 17': Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 17': Mark Delgado (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Attempt saved. Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kellyn Acosta.
- 18': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Jonathan Klinsmann.
- 19': Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Tyler Boyd (LA Galaxy) header from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Raheem Edwards with a cross.
- 20': Hand ball by Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy).
- 21': Foul by José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 21': Gastón Brugman (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 22': Goal! LA Galaxy 0, Los Angeles Football Club 1. Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 23': Foul by Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 23': Gastón Brugman (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 25': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Chris Mavinga.
- 26': Attempt missed. Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Carlos Vela with a cross following a corner.
- 26': Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Foul by Chicharito (LA Galaxy).
- 28': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Jonathan Klinsmann.
- 28': Foul by Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 28': Jonathan Klinsmann (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Attempt blocked. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 31': Foul by José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 31': Gastón Brugman (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Attempt saved. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 33': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Jonathan Klinsmann.
- 33': Attempt blocked. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 34': Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Tyler Boyd (LA Galaxy).
- 36': Attempt saved. Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 37': Foul by Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 37': Memo Rodríguez (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Attempt missed. José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 38': Chicharito (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Foul by Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 39': Attempt saved. Tyler Boyd (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Mark Delgado.
- 39': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by John McCarthy.
- 41': Goal! LA Galaxy 1, Los Angeles Football Club 1. Tyler Boyd (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Gastón Brugman.
- 45': Foul by Memo Rodríguez (LA Galaxy).
- 45': José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45'+1': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Jesús Murillo.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, LA Galaxy 1, Los Angeles Football Club 1.
- 45': Second Half begins LA Galaxy 1, Los Angeles Football Club 1.
- 47': Attempt blocked. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kwadwo Opoku.
- 48': Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Foul by Tyler Boyd (LA Galaxy).
- 53': Delay in match because of an injury Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 54': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 55': Delay in match because of an injury Chris Mavinga (LA Galaxy).
- 58': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Séga Coulibaly replaces Chris Mavinga because of an injury.
- 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 60': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Diego Palacios.
- 60': Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card.
- 61': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Mark Delgado.
- 62': Attempt blocked. José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kellyn Acosta with a cross.
- 62': Foul by José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 62': Gastón Brugman (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card.
- 63': Attempt saved. Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 66': Attempt blocked. Memo Rodríguez (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mark Delgado.
- 66': Attempt missed. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Carlos Vela.
- 66': Penalty Los Angeles Football Club. José Cifuentes draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 66': Penalty conceded by Séga Coulibaly (LA Galaxy) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 68': Goal! LA Galaxy 1, Los Angeles Football Club 2. Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
- 69': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Jalen Neal.
- 70': Goal! LA Galaxy 1, Los Angeles Football Club 3. Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Carlos Vela with a cross following a corner.
- 71': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Stipe Biuk replaces Carlos Vela.
- 71': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Dejan Joveljic replaces Memo Rodríguez.
- 72': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Daniel Aguirre replaces Tyler Boyd.
- 72': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Julián Aude replaces Raheem Edwards.
- 73': Foul by Julián Aude (LA Galaxy).
- 73': Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Julián Aude (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 73': Daniel Aguirre (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Foul by Stipe Biuk (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 73': Hand ball by Julián Aude (LA Galaxy).
- 74': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Diego Palacios.
- 75': Attempt missed. Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dénis Bouanga following a fast break.
- 78': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Mateusz Bogusz replaces Kwadwo Opoku.
- 79': Attempt saved. Mateusz Bogusz (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Stipe Biuk.
- 79': Foul by Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy).
- 79': Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Attempt blocked. Chicharito (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Riqui Puig.
- 80': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Aaron Long.
- 81': Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Jalen Neal.
- 82': Attempt saved. Chicharito (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Riqui Puig with a through ball.
- 82': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by John McCarthy.
- 82': Attempt missed. Chicharito (LA Galaxy) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Daniel Aguirre with a cross following a corner.
- 84': Goal! LA Galaxy 2, Los Angeles Football Club 3. Mark Delgado (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Chicharito.
- 85': Foul by Gastón Brugman (LA Galaxy).
- 85': Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 87': Dejan Joveljic (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Foul by Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 89': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Sergi Palencia replaces José Cifuentes.
- 89': Foul by Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 89': Mark Delgado (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy).
- 90': Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card.
- 90': Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+2': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Efraín Álvarez replaces Mark Delgado.
- 90'+2': Attempt saved. Calegari (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 90'+3': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by John McCarthy.
- 90'+3': Foul by Stipe Biuk (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 90'+3': Julián Aude (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Dejan Joveljic (LA Galaxy).
- 90'+3': Mateusz Bogusz (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Dejan Joveljic (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Julián Aude (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Riqui Puig.
- 90'+6': Attempt saved. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diego Palacios.
- 90'+8': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Kellyn Acosta.
- 90'+9': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Ilie Sánchez.
- 90'+9': Second Half ends, LA Galaxy 2, Los Angeles Football Club 3.
- 0': Match ends, LA Galaxy 2, Los Angeles Football Club 3.
Statistics
 LAFC |
LA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 13 |
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 9 |
| 3 | Saves | 7 |
| 34.3 | Possession | 65.7 |
| 18 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 9 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 232 | Accurate Passes | 490 |
| 299 | Passes | 564 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 11 | Crosses | 21 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 42 | Long Balls | 51 |
| 15 | Accurate Long Balls | 33 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
| 19 | Tackles | 22 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 17 | Effective Clearances | 9 |
| 17 | Clearances | 9 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Dignity Health Sports Park
Location: Carson, California, USA
Attendance: 27,154
Venue: Dignity Health Sports Park
Location: Carson, California, USA
Attendance: 27,154
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 14 | +15 | 31 |
| 2 | San Diego FC | 15 | +10 | 27 |
| 3 | Minnesota United FC | 15 | +9 | 26 |
| 4 | LAFC | 15 | +5 | 23 |
Line-Ups
LA Galaxy (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 33 | Jonathan Klinsmann (GK) |
| 17 | Chris Mavinga |
| 24 | Jalen Neal |
| 5 | Gastón Brugman |
| 44 | Raheem Edwards |
| 2 | Calegari |
| 6 | Ricard Puig  |
| 8 | Mark Delgado |
| 20 | Memo Rodríguez |
| 11 | Tyler Boyd |
| 14 | Javier Hernández |
LAFC (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 77 | John McCarthy (GK) |
| 33 | Aaron Long |
| 3 | Jesús Murillo |
| 12 | Diego Palacios |
| 24 | Ryan Hollingshead |
| 6 | Ilie Sánchez |
| 23 | Kellyn Acosta |
| 20 | José Cifuentes |
| 22 | Kwadwo Opoku |
| 99 | Denis Bouanga |
| 10 | Carlos Vela |
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