LAFC extended their unbeaten streak to four games with a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Portland Timbers on Saturday night at BMO Stadium. Denis Bouanga, whose 95u-Last week’s minute goal helped LAFC earn a 2-2 draw with the New York Red Bulls in the 92nd minute tonight, breaking a 2-2 deadlock and giving his team the three points.
The Black & Gold are now 2-0-2 in their last four meetings, scoring at least two goals in each and completing an undefeated April. On the season, the club is now 4-3-3 for 15 points, leaving them tied for fifth in the Western Conference, just three points out of first.
LAFC controlled the first 45 minutes of the game, hitting the post once and having a goal disallowed on video. In the 44th minute, Portland defender Kamal Miller deflected Dennis Buanga’s low cross into his own net to make it 1-0 LAFC.
Five minutes later, in first-half stoppage time, LAFC made it 2-0 when Timothy Tillman took a pass from Cristian Olivera and fired a right-footed shot off the post with the final kick of the first half, sending LAFC into the break with 2-0 lead.
The score remained that way until midway through the second half, when the Timbers scored twice in an eight-minute span to tie the game, 2-2. Jonathan RodrΓguez cut the lead to 2-1 in the 65th minute before Santiago Moreno equalized in the 73rd minute.
In the 76th minute, the Timbers were down to 10 men when Diego Jara, who was playing in his 377th regular season game for Portland (setting a new MLS record for games with a single club), received his second yellow card and was sent off. away from.
LAFC would throw numbers forward in the final 15 minutes in search of the winner and it finally came in the second minute of second half stoppage time. The attack began when Kei Kamara saw his header saved from Edouard Atuesta’s corner. Portland could only partially clear the danger and the ball ended up on the right side of the box at the feet of Buanga, who hit a right-footed shot that went wide of the post to give LAFC a 3-2 win.
LAFC will return to action next weekend on Saturday, May 4 when the club travels to Northern California to take on the San Jose Earthquakes. This game, which starts at 4:30 p.m. PT, you can watch it live on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV and on 710 AM ESPN LA, 980 AM La Mera Mera (Esp) and SiriusXM FC.