Ilie Sanchez’s stoppage-time purpose secured Los Angeles FC a 2-1 victory over Vancouver Whitecaps in MLS on Sunday.
Sergi Palencia’s personal purpose had cancelled out Mateusz Bogusz’s early opener at BC Place, however LAFC discovered their winner final on to shut the hole to leaders LA Galaxy to simply three factors within the Western Convention.
David Martinez lower Vancouver’s defence open with a throughball to Bogusz, who dinked a beautiful end over Yohei Takaoka from a good angle on the left simply 34 seconds into the match.
Bogusz then thought he had doubled their benefit after springing on an excellent save from Takaoka to disclaim Palencia, however it was dominated out for a foul within the build-up.
The Spaniard handed the Whitecaps their equaliser – he gave away a free-kick on the left and acquired the ultimate contact on Sebastian Berhalter’s free-kick to assist it previous Hugo Lloris.
Having weathered the storm from Vancouver after the equaliser, together with a clearance off the road by Timothy Tillman, LAFC discovered a late winner, with Sanchez firing in from the sting of the field.
And Brian White, who had glanced a header narrowly vast earlier within the second half, squandered the possibility for a fair later equaliser, flicking one other effort off the far put up within the dying seconds.
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— LAFC (@LAFC) October 14, 2024
Knowledge Debrief: Fast out of the blocks
Regardless of their profitable purpose coming late within the sport, it was truly LAFC’s fast begin that set them up for the win – Bogusz’s purpose was their quickest in MLS this season, and their second quickest in historical past.
They’ve additionally scored 9 objectives within the opening quarter-hour of video games, with solely St. Louis Metropolis (12) and New York Metropolis FC (11) netting extra.
In the meantime, Vancouver have now misplaced every of their final three matches, their longest such streak since October 2022-March 2023.
