LAFC vs Philadelphia Union, 2023 Concacaf Champions League, Semifinals

· 2nd Leg - LAFC advance 4-1 on aggregate

LAFC

13': Timothy Tillman
82': Kwadwo Opoku
90': Denis Bouanga

FT
3 - 0
2nd Leg - LAFC advance 4-1 on aggregate

Philadelphia Union

59': Olivier Mbaizo

LAFC beats Philadelphia Union to return to CONCACAF Champions League final

LAFC is returning to the CONCACAF Champions League final after beating the Philadelphia Union 3-0 at BMO Stadium to advance 4-1 on aggregate.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
1': Foul by Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club).
2': Attempt saved. Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Kellyn Acosta.
2': Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
2': Foul by Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union).
2': Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
3': Delay in match because of an injury Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club).
4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
5': Delay in match because of an injury Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club).
5': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
6': Foul by Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club).
6': Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick on the right wing.
8': Andre Blake (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Foul by Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club).
9': Offside, Philadelphia Union. Jack Elliott tries a through ball, but Alejandro Bedoya is caught offside.
10': Attempt blocked. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is blocked. Assisted by Kellyn Acosta.
10': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Mateusz Bogusz tries a through ball, but Dénis Bouanga is caught offside.
11': Foul by Leon Flach (Philadelphia Union).
11': Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Jack McGlynn.
12': Attempt saved. Ilie Sánchez (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Carlos Vela with a cross.
13': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 1, Philadelphia Union 0. Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
17': Foul by Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club).
17': Kai Wagner (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick on the left wing.
17': Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
20': Attempt blocked. Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Timothy Tillman.
20': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Jakob Glesnes.
21': Attempt blocked. Ilie Sánchez (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kellyn Acosta with a cross.
23': Attempt saved. Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross.
26': Attempt missed. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Carlos Vela.
28': Attempt blocked. Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mateusz Bogusz with a cross.
31': Foul by Mateusz Bogusz (Los Angeles Football Club).
31': Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32': Foul by Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club).
32': Jakob Glesnes (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick on the right wing.
33': Foul by Leon Flach (Philadelphia Union).
33': Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Foul by Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club).
33': Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Attempt saved. Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Julián Carranza.
36': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by John McCarthy.
37': Attempt blocked. Jack McGlynn (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kai Wagner.
37': Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37': Foul by Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union).
37': Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
40': Foul by Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club).
40': Olivier Mbaizo (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
41': Olivier Mbaizo (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card.
43': Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Dénis Bouanga tries a through ball, but Carlos Vela is caught offside.
45'+1': Attempt saved. Mateusz Bogusz (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diego Palacios.
45'+1': Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Foul by Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club).
45'+3': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Jesús Murillo.
45'+5': First Half ends, Los Angeles Football Club 1, Philadelphia Union 0.
45': Delay in match because of an injury Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club).
45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45': Second Half begins Los Angeles Football Club 1, Philadelphia Union 0.
45': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Denil Maldonado replaces Jesús Murillo.
46': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Denil Maldonado.
47': Foul by Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club).
47': Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
47': Attempt missed. Jakob Glesnes (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
49': Foul by Leon Flach (Philadelphia Union).
49': Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Attempt blocked. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
51': Foul by Leon Flach (Philadelphia Union).
51': Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Foul by Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union).
52': Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
54': Foul by Jack Elliott (Philadelphia Union).
54': Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
55': Foul by Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union).
55': Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
55': Attempt blocked. Mateusz Bogusz (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Carlos Vela with a cross.
55': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Jack Elliott.
56': Attempt saved. Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Carlos Vela with a cross.
57': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Aaron Long.
59': Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
59': Foul by Olivier Mbaizo (Philadelphia Union).
59': Second yellow card to Olivier Mbaizo (Philadelphia Union) for a bad foul.
61': Foul by Leon Flach (Philadelphia Union).
61': Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Nathan Harriel replaces Mikael Uhre.
64': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Jakob Glesnes.
66': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Kwadwo Opoku replaces Mateusz Bogusz.
66': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. José Cifuentes replaces Timothy Tillman.
67': Foul by Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club).
67': Kai Wagner (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick on the left wing.
68': Attempt missed. Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross following a set piece situation.
70': Attempt missed. Nathan Harriel (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
71': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Kai Wagner.
71': Attempt blocked. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
72': Attempt missed. Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by José Cifuentes.
74': Foul by Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club).
74': Leon Flach (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76': Attempt missed. Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from long range on the left is high and wide to the left.
76': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Quinn Sullivan replaces Jack McGlynn.
77': Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
77': Foul by José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club).
78': Attempt missed. Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
78': Foul by Kai Wagner (Philadelphia Union).
78': Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
79': Foul by Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union).
79': Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
79': Attempt blocked. Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
79': Attempt saved. Ilie Sánchez (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kwadwo Opoku.
81': Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Foul by Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club).
81': Foul by Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union).
81': Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
82': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 2, Philadelphia Union 0. Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Carlos Vela with a through ball.
86': Foul by Kai Wagner (Philadelphia Union).
86': Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
87': Foul by Kai Wagner (Philadelphia Union).
87': Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
87': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Stipe Biuk replaces Carlos Vela.
87': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Joaquín Torres replaces Julián Carranza.
90': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 3, Philadelphia Union 0. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by José Cifuentes with a through ball.
90'+1': Second Half ends, Los Angeles Football Club 3, Philadelphia Union 0.
0': Match ends, Los Angeles Football Club 3, Philadelphia Union 0.

Statistics

PHI		LAFC
16	Fouls	14
2	Yellow Cards	2
1	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	2
4	Corner Kicks	5
5	Saves	2
49.4	Possession	50.6
7	SHOTS	19
2	ON GOAL	8
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
315	Accurate Passes	343
406	Passes	418
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	6
16	Crosses	14
0.3	Cross %	0.4
54	Long Balls	43
17	Accurate Long Balls	23
0.3	Long Balls %	0.5
1	Blocked Shots	8
12	Effective Tackles	3
15	Tackles	10
0.8	Tackle %	0.3
9	Interceptions	9
14	Effective Clearances	17
14	Clearances	17

Game Information

Competition: Concacaf Champions Cup

Venue: BMO Stadium
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Attendance: 19,985

Line-Ups

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
11	Timothy Tillman
23	Kellyn Acosta
10	Carlos Vela
99	Denis Bouanga
19	Mateusz Bogusz

LAFC Substitutes:

Daniel Crisostomo, Abraham Romero, Denil Maldonado, Sergi Palencia, Stipe Biuk, José Cifuentes, Kwadwo Opoku, Erik Dueñas.

Philadelphia Union (4-3-1-2)

No.	Name
18	Andre Blake (GK)
3	Jack Elliott
5	Jakob Glesnes
27	Kai Wagner
15	Olivier Mbaizo
7	Mikkel Uhre
31	Leon Flach
10	Dániel Gazdag
16	Jack McGlynn
11	Alejandro Bedoya
9	Julián Carranza

Philadelphia Union Substitutes:

Andrés Perea, Joe Bendik, Nathan Harriel, Matthew Real, Damion Lowe, Quinn Sullivan, Jesús Bueno, Chris Donovan, Joaquín Torres, Holden Trent.

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