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FT Wednesday, August 23, 2023
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Match Report

Carlos Vela returns to help LAFC throttle Rapids

Carlos Vela scored one goal and assisted another in his first match since he incurred a leg injury early this month and Los Angeles FC romped to a 4-0 victory over the visiting Colorado Rapids on Wednesday night.

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Team Stats

22
Fouls
12
5
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
4
48.9
Possession
51.1
13
SHOTS
20
4
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
303
Accurate Passes
327
388
Passes
405
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
14
0.4
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
41
27
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
5
13
Effective Tackles
14
18
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
11
15
Effective Clearances
13
15
Clearances
13

Highlights

00:42 Cristian Olivera goal 83rd minute LAFC 4-0 Colorado Rapids Watch on ESPN 00:47 Carlos Vela goal 29th minute LAFC 2-0 Colorado Rapids Watch on ESPN 00:57 Ryan Hollingshead goal 36th minute LAFC 3-0 Colorado Rapids Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

LAFC · 4-3-3

  1. 77John McCarthyG
  2. 14Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 33Aaron LongCD-R
  4. 24Ryan HollingsheadLB
  5. 30Sergi PalenciaRB
  6. 6Ilie SánchezCM
  7. 19Mateusz BoguszLM
  8. 11Timothy TillmanRM
  9. 9Mario GonzálezF
  10. 99Denis BouangaLF
  11. 10Carlos VelaRF

COL · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Marko IlicG
  2. 5Andreas MaxsøCD
  3. 4Danny WilsonCD-L
  4. 6Lalas AbubakarCD-R
  5. 97Ralph Priso-MbongueCM-L
  6. 20Connor RonanCM-R
  7. 10Sidnei TavaresAM
  8. 13Andrew GutmanLM
  9. 2Keegan RosenberryRM
  10. 11Diego RubioCF-L
  11. 9Rafael NavarroCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Giorgio Chiellini (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 19' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 1, Colorado Rapids 0. Mateusz Bogusz (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Carlos Vela following a fast break.
  3. 29' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 2, Colorado Rapids 0. Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ilie Sánchez with a through ball.
  4. 36' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 3, Colorado Rapids 0. Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top right corner. Assisted by Dénis Bouanga.
  5. 43' Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'+1' Sidnei Tavares (Colorado Rapids) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Kellyn Acosta replaces Timothy Tillman.
  8. 45' Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Braian Galván replaces Lalas Abubakar.
  9. 45' Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Calvin Harris replaces Sidnei Tavares.
  10. 49' Mateusz Bogusz (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 55' Danny Wilson (Colorado Rapids) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 64' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Filip Krastev replaces Mateusz Bogusz.
  13. 64' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Cristian Olivera replaces Carlos Vela.
  14. 65' Rafael Navarro (Colorado Rapids) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 72' Connor Ronan (Colorado Rapids) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 74' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Stipe Biuk replaces Mario González.
  17. 75' Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Darren Yapi replaces Diego Rubio.
  18. 82' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Érik Dueñas replaces Ilie Sánchez.
  19. 83' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 4, Colorado Rapids 0. Cristian Olivera (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dénis Bouanga.
  20. 89' Ralph Priso (Colorado Rapids) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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