Week 5 of the MLS was good for the Los Angeles teams, since the Galaxy came back from 2-0 spectacularly and LAFC crushed Nashville SC 5-0.
The Galaxy, led by the Spanish Riqui Puig, was close to falling at Sporting Park against the Sporting Kansas Cityafter a fatal first half in which they were down 2-0.
Curiously, both goals for the home team came from a corner kick. The first through Nemanja Radojawho inside the small area he finished off a recent center with his left foot and sent the ball to the back of the goal defended by McCarthy in the 34th minute.
The second was the work of William Agada, who also finished in the same area after a corner, although he did so with his right foot. Their goal fell like a bucket of cold water on the Galaxy, since they were about to go to the locker room with a difference of one goal, but they had to go with two against, since it was at minute 45+3.
For the second half, the galaxy He jumped onto the field with a different attitude and In just 8 minutes he turned the score around.
Although the comeback did not happen in the first minutes of the second half, in the 72nd minute the Salvadoran Erik Zavaleta he scored the goal that gave hope to the Los Angeles team, 3 minutes later Dejan Joveljic with a pass from Puig in ’75 he equalized the cards and, finally, Mark Delgado He turned the game around in the 80th minute.
With this result, the Galaxy reached 9 points and was positioned in second place in the Western Conference, only below Minnesota United, which leads the table with one more unit.
LAFC crushed Nashville SC
For its part, LAFC destroyed Nashville SC with a scandalous score of 5-0 at Banc of California Stadium.
The best news for the Black & Gold was that their top scorer Denis Bouangatop scorer in the MLS last year, woke up and made his debut in this campaign, not with one but with two goals in the win.
Before that, Thimothy Tillman opened the scoring just in the 9th minute, when he pushed the ball into the six-yard box after a rebound from the defense.
The victory was rounded off by Uruguayan Cristian Olivera and Colombian Eduard Atuesta.
After this result, LAFC reached 7 points and climbed to step 6 in the MLS Western Conference.
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