In Los Angeles FC Y Philadelphia Union waiting for a rival in the second round, the last day of the regular season of mls this Sunday defined the complete picture of ‘playoffs’where the conflicts between Los Angeles area Y Nashvilleand in between Inter-Miami Y New York City.
The Mexican Xavier ‘Chicharito Hernandez and the Catalan Riqui Puigprotagonists this Sunday with a goal each in the victory over the Houston Dynamo, leading the Galaxy to the postseason after last year’s failure and their excellent performances give Angelenos the right to dream.
Galaxy-Nashville, star crossing in the West
‘Chicharito’ finished his year with 18 goals and Puig scored three goals in two months after arriving in Los Angeles from Barcelona. They decided again in Houston to guarantee coach Greg Vanney’s team a field advantage in the first round of the ‘playoffs’.
The postseason begins on September 15 and ends on November 5.
The last teams to stamp their ticket to the postseason were Minnesota and Real Salt Lake, who won head-to-head games against the Vancouver Whitecaps (2-0) and Portland Timbers (3-1), respectively. Argentine Franco Fragapane and Mexican Jonathan González scored decisive goals to send Minnesota to the postseason, where they will face Spanish coach Nico Estévez’s Dallas FC.
Real Salt Lake asserted home court advantage and defeated the Timbers 3-0, with goals from Venezuelan Jefferson Savarino, Guatemalan Rubio Rubin and American Bode Hidalgo. RSL will face Argentina’s Austin Sebastián Driussi, who is one goal short of the 23 scored by the regular season’s leading scorer, Germany’s Hany Mukhtar.
Los Angeles FC of Mexican Carlos Vela, Spanish Cristian Tello and Welshman Gareth Bale, who won the ‘Supporter Shield’ for the best team of the year in the regular season, will start directly in the second round. On the final day, the Angelenos fell 0-1 at home to Nashville, with Colombian Cristian Arango missing a penalty.
In the East, first playoff for Beckham’s Inter
In the Eastern Conference, the Philadelphia Union expects a second-round opponent, while teams ranked second through seventh will have to play each other in search of advancement.
Montreal FC, who defeated Inter Miami 3-1 in Argentine Gonzalo Higuain’s last regular season match, will face Orlando City, who sealed the last ticket to the postseason by defeating Columbus 2-1 Crew of Colombian ‘Cucho’ Hernández. The Florida team completed their comeback thanks to a penalty converted by Uruguayan Facundo Torres in the 84th minute.
Beckham’s Inter Miami will play in the first ‘playoffs’ in its young history and will have a tough competition with New York City, the current champion. City ended their year with an away win against Atlanta United, ending a far-from-expected season with defeat.
The other matchup of the ‘playoffs’ will see Cincinnati, who beat DC United of English coach Wayne Rooney 5-2, at New York Red Bulls.
The playoffs begin next week with games on Saturday 15, Sunday 16 and Monday 17 October.
Source: La Verdad
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