Mateusz Bogusz scores in the 62nd minute as LAFC survives a potential playoff scare by defeating Vancouver 1-0 to advance to the conference semifinals.
Winning in the MLS playoffs isn’t always about being the best team. It’s about being the hottest. And LAFC may be able to claim both descriptions after Friday’s 1-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps. With Mateusz Bogusz scoring in the 62nd minute, LAFC won its best-of-three series with the Whitecaps to advance to the Western Conference semifinals for a third straight season.
LAFC, bidding to become the first team since 2007 to reach the MLS Cup final three times in a row, has never finished a season short of the title game since Steve Cherundolo took over as coach before the 2022 season. Needing a win to keep that streak alive, Cherundolo tweaked his lineup Friday, leaving striker Olivier Giroud on the bench and starting Bogusz at that position in an effort to make his offense quicker and less predictable.
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