LAFC - Los Angeles Football Club

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6891254

If Vancouver beats LAFC this weekend, RSL beats Colorado (likely), and Houston beats Portland (likely), then the first round of the playoffs will have LAFC playing Vancouver in a best of 3. That would be minimum of 3 games in a row between the two teams and a possibility for a 4th game.

I kind of hate it.

I didn't check Eastern Conference, but there is also a very very low likelihood of Houston and Portland playing 3-4 games in a row. That requires Seattle, Dallas, and San Jose all losing, LAFC losing, and Houston beating Portland by enough goals.

Vela returns with a goal and an assist. Olivera opens up his MLS tenure with a goal. Bogusz scored a good goal. Bouanga was dangerous and had a circus goal called back for a questionable foul. And McCarthy saved 4 shots in the clean sheet. It was a fun game to watch, though in person a lot of the calls from the ref seemed questionable.

Hurricane Hillary means no match for the team this weekend.

Kinda bummed but also excited for the form the team looks in. We look so much better than we did before the tournament. The rest really helped.

Also, if we could avoid playing at the Rose Bowl again that'd be great.

Talk about a long shot. Don't mind LAFC giving it a try though 😅

Got bumped by a concert and playing at the Rose Bowl. Hopefully not being home doesn't work against us.

Source: https://twitter.com/LAFC/status/1689137463254757376#m

Let's goooooooooo!

Was way more worried about RSL than I should have been, apparently.

Image source: https://twitter.com/LeaguesCup/status/1689132320077291520#m

Happy to see some depth being added up front. Don't know anything about him. Hopefully better than BRod. 🤞

Good for him, hope he does well with the Rangers.

Wonder if it's Olivera.

Not strictly LAFC related but posting since Rossi was such a huge part of the team.

With Juarez finishing second in their group, they will head out to BMO Stadium this Wed night.

Vela is an absolute legend for the club who has brought us 3 titles already. It will be a bitter sweet day when we get to send off our captain, our first ever and best player.

Eddie has always been reliable so I'm definitely happy to see this news.

Never heard of him before but I don't mind midfield depth.

He’s a “fox in the box”-type striker, at his best when teammates create opportunities from wide, but he is also effective in one-v-one situations.

Sounds perfect.

Hopefully fits in well with the team. An Opoku replacement?

Cifuentes has been pretty disappointing this season, though he's been a bit better the last few games. It would have been nice to have traded him when his stock was higher, but moving a young player to Europe is always a good thing. I'm not 100% well versed on the crazy MLS roster rules, but I wonder if this plus the Opoku move helps the club sign a new DP.

With the start of the League's Cup this week and LAFC having a bye through to the knockout round from holding the Supporter's Shield, the next match for LAFC isn't until August (date unknown). Let's hope the players are finally able to recover their early season form and use the time to gel on a more cohesive attack. My personal opinion is this year's Shield is already out of reach, so we should focus on League's Cup and, if we don't win that, then coast the regular season to rest up for the MLS Cup.

I've never started a community or modded a subreddit, so I'll be looking to hand this off to someone in the future. I just wanted to get our space started since I no longer use reddit. Please let me know if you are interested in moderating.