LAFC She went to the eighth MLS season on Saturday with more questions than the answers, which were a few of them in a 1-0 victory over Minnesota United before a crowd of 22310 BMO.
The only goal came from the newcomer Jeremy Epobis In the 78th minute. On the other end, the goalkeeper Hugo Loris He was summoned to save only two in his thirteenth closing since MLS entered last season.
Although this left LAFC better in the 8-0 league in the opening of the season, it did not do much to settle doubts about whether the team was good enough to return Final MLS Cup For the third time in four seasons.
in Another crowded outside the seasonGeneral Manager John Tournington Space with 15 players, including three of the four leading scorers of the team and two of the three best midfielders. As a result, four of the 11 players who started on Saturday were not on Saturday with the team to start last season.
These new players will have to ascend to replace what the team lost-especially the 16 goals and eight passes, Mateusz Bogusz contributed before leaving to Mexico Cruz Azole last month to transfer 9 million dollars-if LAFC wants to build on success, this allowed to win more matches, He scores more goals and gained more points made by any other team since he entered the league in 2018.
“When you sell the players because they were born, this means that they did a good job for you,” Thorington said. “Yes, it’s more difficult. But we are not ashamed of it.”
What does not change is the way LAFC plays, and it is often preferable to play defense and attack in the transition (although black and gold were the ball for approximately an hour of 90 minutes against Minnesota caution). This made the rebuilding function more challenging.
Their model last year worked when LAFC (19-8-7) finished the top of the Western Conference and won the United States Open Cup. But she failed in the qualifiers, as LAFC came out in the semi -finals of the conference, which is its closest exit in three years.
The midfield that was rebuilt in LAFC to slow down the rapid attackers in Minnesota was struggled, but they were rescued when the left Kelvin Yoboh shot struck the right position and beat the goal in the 13th minute. After a minute, I struck Yiph’s statement in the box and retreated towards the target , Forcing Loris to get it out of the air.
After 70 minutes without goals, I collected the teams to put only four of 21 rounds on the goal, the game definitely fluctuated in favor of LAFC when Nathan Ords entered David Martinez. Ordaz, 21, a producer of the LAFC Academy, opened the Minnesota midfield immediately, drawing a yellow card and preparing a corner kick in the first five minutes. His straight speed also helped to create an EboBisse space that he used to use.
Ebobisse widely opened, signed as a free factor in December, Mennisotta Saint Claire goalkeeper with a shot from the top of the box after Dennis Banga and Eurds worked on the ball around the penalty area. But Mark Deljado, another new player, made the play possible by liberating Bodanga on the left side with a ball through.
