May 24, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Los Angeles FC News Release
The Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) will travel to Carson to face crosstown rivals, Galaxy, in the Round of 16 of the 2022 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open. Kickoff is set for 7:30 pm PT at Dignity Health Sports Park. (TV: ESPN+) (Radio: 710 AM ESPN / ESPN app and 980 AM La Mera Mera)
LAFC enters the match against Galaxy with a 8-3-2 MLS regular season record and leads the league with 26 points. Galaxy enters the match up with a 6-5-2 MLS regular record thus far.
Tomorrow’s contest will feature LAFC’s 10th match in the tournament and it will also be the first meeting between LAFC and Galaxy in the Open Cup Tournament.
NEWS & NOTES:
U.S. OPEN CUP
LAFC face Galaxy for the first time in the U.S. Open Cup Tournament.
Christian Arango has scored three goals in his first two Open Cup appearances.
LAFC enters the Round of 16 outscoring its opponents 7-2 in just two games played.
Wednesday’s contest will feature the third time LAFC plays away in the Open Cup tournament. Seven of LAFC’s nine open cup games played have been played at Banc of California Stadium.
MLS
LAFC remains as the league leader with a 8-3-2 record (26 points).
LAFC has claimed 12 points on the road and holds 4-2-0 on the road (8-3-2 overall).
The Black & Gold remain undefeated against Columbus winning all three contests, and have yet to conceded a goal to the Crew since LAFC entered the league in 2018.
Carlos Vela’s 86th minute goal was his team-best sixth of the season and 63rd regular season goal of his career. Vela now has 101 total goals and assists in 99 games played.
Carlos Vela now scored a goal in two consecutive matches, the last time Vela scored a goal in at least two consecutive matches was July 17-28, 2021 (4 consecutive matches with one goal)
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