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Match Report

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LAFC beats Houston to book MLS Cup final at Columbus

Ryan Hollingshead scored late in the first half and defending champion LAFC advanced to its second straight MLS Cup final with a 2-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
10
6
Saves
5
70.4
Possession
29.6
10
SHOTS
18
5
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
505
Accurate Passes
167
589
Passes
238
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
6
12
Crosses
13
0.4
Cross %
0.5
52
Long Balls
45
25
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
3
14
Effective Tackles
11
24
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
17
16
Effective Clearances
21
16
Clearances
21

Highlights

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Head to Head

HOU leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

LAFC · 4-3-3

  1. 16Maxime CrépeauG
  2. 14Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 3Jesús MurilloCD-R
  4. 12Diego PalaciosLB
  5. 24Ryan HollingsheadRB
  6. 6Ilie SánchezCM
  7. 23Kellyn AcostaLM
  8. 11Timothy TillmanRM
  9. 10Carlos VelaF
  10. 99Denis BouangaLF
  11. 25Cristian OliveraRF

Substitutes

  1. 19Mateusz BoguszSUB
  2. 7Stipe BiukSUB
  3. 30Sergi PalenciaSUB
  4. 77John McCarthySUB
  5. 33Aaron LongSUB
  6. 27Nathan OrdazSUB
  7. 50Filip Yavorov KrastevSUB
  8. 9Mario GonzálezSUB
  9. 2Denil MaldonadoSUB

HOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Steve ClarkG
  2. 31MicaelCD-L
  3. 28Erik SviatchenkoCD-R
  4. 2Franco EscobarLB
  5. 25Griffin DorseyRB
  6. 8Amine BassiAM
  7. 16Héctor HerreraLM
  8. 6ArturRM
  9. 11Corey BairdF
  10. 21Nelson QuiñonesAM-L
  11. 20Adalberto CarrasquillaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Daniel SteresSUB
  2. 18Ibrahim AliyuSUB
  3. 17Teenage HadebeSUB
  4. 3Brad SmithSUB
  5. 7Ivan FrancoSUB
  6. 34Thorleifur ÚlfarssonSUB
  7. 32Sebastian KowalczykSUB
  8. 13Andrew TarbellSUB
  9. 27Luis CaicedoSUB

Timeline

  1. 44' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 1, Houston Dynamo FC 0. Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  2. 45'+3' Franco Escobar (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  3. 57' Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Aliyu Ibrahim replaces Corey Baird.
  4. 61' Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Teenage Hadebe replaces Micael because of an injury.
  5. 71' Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 77' Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Thorleifur Úlfarsson replaces Amine Bassi.
  7. 77' Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Brad Smith replaces Nelson Quiñónes.
  8. 77' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Mateusz Bogusz replaces Carlos Vela.
  9. 80' Own Goal by Franco Escobar, Houston Dynamo FC. Los Angeles Football Club 2, Houston Dynamo FC 0.
  10. 84' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Nathan Ordaz replaces Kellyn Acosta.
  11. 86' Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Sebastian Kowalczyk replaces Adalberto Carrasquilla.
  12. 90' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Aaron Long replaces Cristian Olivera because of an injury.
  13. 90'+8' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Sergi Palencia replaces Timothy Tillman.

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