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    • LAFC – Vancouver Whitecaps score, result: Mateusz Bogusz lifts Los Angeles with second half goal
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    LAFC – Vancouver Whitecaps score, result: Mateusz Bogusz lifts Los Angeles with second half goal

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    LAFC’s 2024 season will resume following Friday night’s chess match against the Vancouver Whitecaps in Los Angeles. It was Polish Mateusz Bogusz who played the hero role with the goal he scored in the second half to beat Los Angeles 1-0 in the 3rd game of the three-game series to open the MLS Cup Play-offs.

    Denis Bouanga, who scored 20 goals in the regular season for LAFC, had a scoring opportunity in the side net in the eighth minute as the home team made an early attack. Despite gaining all the momentum in their favor after a 3-0 win in the second leg, the Whitecaps were unable to find a clear goal in a mostly dominant first half. Brian White had a great shot blocked by Hugo Lloris, then headed wide left a second before half-time.

    LAFC head coach Steve Cherundolo then changed course in the second half with a new formation and introduced Olivier Giroud, who made an immediate impact. However, Bogusz could only put the Black-Gold team ahead in the 62nd minute and advance to the second round of the MLS Cup Playoffs.

    LAFC will now face the Seattle Sounders, who have won two straight against the Houston Dynamo, in the single-elimination Western Conference semifinals on the weekend of November 23-24.

    Most talked about in the first round MLS Cup Playoffs Directly opposes the best-of-three formatHowever, it is hard to say that it does not create much excitement with three qualifying matches to be held on Saturday.

    Here’s how the match unfolded in real time:

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    • FINAL SCORE: LAFC 1-0 Vancouver Whitecaps

    • Added 5 minute pause time

      It looks like the Black-Golds will advance to the second round of the play-offs if the Whitecaps cannot equalize.

    • 74′

      Blackmon headed the set piece but was offside.

    • 62′ Goal by Mateusz Bogusz

      Aaron Long set up Bogusz beautifully and the Poland international slotted him perfectly into the net.

    • 57′

      Giroud and Bouanga almost got another opportunity; This time, Giroud is on the receiving end of the pass into the penalty area. He missed and Vancouver was getting impatient.

    • 54′

      Entering half-time, Giroud almost put his mark on the game by firing a dime to Bouanga, but Bouanga missed the score by just inches.

    • 51′

      O’Brien attempts an epic bicycle kick goal but is denied by White.

    • 47′

      After Berhalter’s push, Bouanga enters the penalty area! The referee doesn’t bite and instead awards Vancouver a goal kick.

    • Halftime: LAFC 0-0 Vancouver Whitecaps

      Vancouver appears to have gained all the momentum after defeating LAFC 3-0 in Game 2. In this highly competitive chess match, LAFC is losing the battle for possession (62% to 38%) and has only had 2 shots, 0 of which were on goal. Vancouver 7th, 1 on goal.

    • 43′

      Gauld scores a goal to an open White, who wastes an excellent opportunity with a shot wide left.

    • 40′

      After an explosive run, Hollingshead delivers a superb cross to Palencia in the box. Palencia took a shot, but it was blocked by a wall of Whitecaps defenders.

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