The Vancouver Whitecaps They beat this Sunday 3-0 Los Angeles FC (LAFC) and forced the third game in this series of the first round of the ‘playoffs’ MLS. In this best-of-three tie, LAFC (2-1) struck first but Vancouver responded this Sunday (3-0), so at 1-1 the series will be decided next Friday in a match that held in Los Angeles (USA). Ryan Gauld and two own goals from Ryan Hollingshead and Colombian Eddie Segura gave the Canadians the win.
The MLS Cup champion in 2022 and runner-up in 2023, LAFC finished this year’s regular season in first place in the West while the Vancouver Whitecaps finished eighth after making it through to the wild card, where they destroyed the Portland Timbers by 5-0. The winner of this tie will face the Seattle Sounders (fourth) in the Western semifinals, who defeated the Houston Dynamo (fifth) 2-0 in their series.
On the other side of the table from the same conference, LA Galaxy (second) also quickly got rid of Colorado Rapids (seventh) 2-0 and will face Minnesota United (sixth), who have also won two games in a row to be eliminated Real Salt Lake (third) 2-0.
In the East there is only one team with a ticket to the semifinals of the conference: the surprising New York Red Bulls (seventh), who sent the Columbus Crew of Juan Camilo ‘Cucho’ Hernández (second) to vacation 2-0, the current champion of The MLS Cup and the Leagues Cup In addition, Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami (first) had to play a third game against Atlanta United (eighth) as their series was tied at 1-1. The same situation with 1-1 faces Orlando City (fourth) and Charlotte (fifth) and, on the other hand, Cincinnati (third) and New York City (sixth).
Source: La Verdad
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