League Cup 2004 Final Columbus Crew Los Angeles FC

 

Finale

25 aout 2024

Lower.com Field

ESP

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Le premier but d'Olivier Giroud aux États-Unis gardera un goût amer. Buteur de la tête sur corner (57e) pour égaliser à 1-1 face à Columbus en finale de Leagues Cup, le buteur français n'a finalement pas pu éviter sa première défaite dans la compétition. Un choc qui faisait véritablement office de match au sommet, entre les deux équipes finalistes de la MLS l'an passé. Mais la revanche n'a pas eu lieu, offrant un nouveau trophée aux hommes de Wilfried Nancy, entraîneur français (ex coach du Cf Montreal naturalisé Canadien depuis) du Crew.

The Columbus Crew once again topped LAFC in a title match, riding a Cucho Hernández brace to a 3-1 victory in Sunday's Leagues Cup 2024 final at Lower.com Field. In a rematch of MLS Cup 2023 Cucho repeated as the Crew's MVP. This time, the Colombian international scored twice - including a second-half stoppage-time winner - before Jacen Russell-Rowe iced the game in the final moments. Cucho opened the scoring just before the halftime break with a towering header that gave the hosts a 1-0 advantage. LAFC marquee summer signing Olivier Giroud, responded early in the second half, netting his first goal for the Black & Gold with a well-placed header that temporarily leveled the score at 1-1. But the Crew's star man wouldn't be denied his opportunity to lift the Leagues Cup trophy. When the game appeared to be headed to a penalty shootout, Hernández sent a dipping shot past the outstretched arms of goalkeeper Hugo Lloris in the 92nd minute, giving Columbus a 2-1 lead and sending the crowd into a frenzy. 

Russell-Rowe snuffed out any chances of an LAFC comeback just two minutes later, firing a low shot past Lloris on a lethal counterattack, to secure a first Leagues Cup title for Columbus

COACH NANCY

Wilfried Nancy, entraîneur français en MLS: “Je veux changer les mentalités” (lepetitjournal.com)