LAFC is poised to reach a place it’s never been. But in order for the team to advance to its first MLS Cup final it must do something Sunday that it could not throughout an otherwise dominant…
The Los Angeles Football Club is poised to reach a place it’s never been. But in order for LAFC to advance to their first MLS Cup final they must do something Sunday that they could not throughout an otherwise dominant fifth season.Finishing a point off the bottom of the West in 2021, Austin launched off the floor in their second year in Major League Soccer. Securing a No.
This year, however, LAFC scored twice and conceded six times in two defeats versus the only opponent to do that to them. Driussi’s 24 finishes in 2022 are the most in MLS across the regular season and playoffs. Through July and August, when LAFC visited Austin and was trounced 4-1, Driussi contributed at least one goal in 11 straight matches. He is the first target in transition for head coach Josh Wolff’s team, linking play from back to front and displaying impeccable timing finishing crosses into the box.
“We know they are a really good team but it’s a new tournament,” said LAFC captain Carlos Vela, who assisted on the first goal in an amped up 3-2 victory against the Galaxy during the conference semis last week. “I don’t think about the opponent. Galaxy? We also have a lot of trouble playing against them. But it’s a playoff game. It’s just one game. It doesn’t matter what you did. How they played. It is [about] how you are for this game.