Major League Soccer 2022 PlayOffs SF Conference Ouest Los Angeles Derby Galaxy LAFC

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20 octobre 2022

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Playing in front of a loud and boisterous crowd at the Banc of California Stadium, the second-ever postseason meeting between inter-city rivals Los Angeles Football Club and LA Galaxy carried an importance that struck far beyond the pitch.

Entering Saturday's contest, the two teams have played 16 times in LAFC's five-year existence. The LA Galaxy have won seven of those matches to LAFC's four (five ended in a draw). Needless to say, the Galaxy had the psychological advantage. The 17th meeting between the two rivals came before an audience of 22,305, an adamant display of the growing interest in Los Angeles for soccer. Most were adorned in black and gold, but the familiar white and blue of the Galaxy faithful were sprinkled throughout the stadium, including their two main supporters groups located in the visitor's section at the far end of the field. "This was an exciting match with a little advertisement for the MLS. This was the MLS at its' best," said LAFC manager Steve Cherundolo. "The LA Galaxy are a tough team anywhere we play them. The Galaxy had a great performance tonight, and it took our very best. The edge was our fans tonight."

After an even first half that saw the score level at 1-1, a furious flurry of goals in the final 10 minutes sent LAFC past the rival LA Galaxy 3-2 and into the Western Conference Finals. 

"The way we came out in the second half, we stepped up a little higher and pressed, changed our

organization in the midfield. We had a very good hold and tempo of the game, and a lot of balls we won in the midfield created some dangerous opportunities," said Cherundolo. "I had a good feeling that if we were able to maintain that pressure throughout the second half we would come out the winner." The last time the two rivals met in the postseason came nearly three years ago on Oct. 24th, 2019. LAFC won 5-3 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals, where they lost to eventual champions, the Seattle Sounders. The match also marked the final MLS game for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who anointed the El Trafico rivalry during his first MLS match in March of 2018.