LAFC rises to victory at home against LA Galaxy in ‘El Tráfico’ derby

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MLS’s “El Trfico” Los Angeles derby is one of the most anticipated games of the season with LAFC clashing against the LA Galaxy. This season’s edition took place on Saturday and the LAFC proved once again that Los Angeles is their home turf with a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy, in action on Matchday 7 of the 2024 MLS season.

Timothy Tilman took the player of the game title

Timothy Tillman scored first in the 4th minute for LAFC, Julian Aude equalized the score in the 29th minute and Denis Bouanga, from the penalty spot, sealed the victory in the 35th minute.

LAFC managed to record its second win (2-3-1) despite still having the worst start to a season in franchise history, but this is the eighth win in 22 meetings with the Galaxy, including five of the last seven meetings between the rivals separated by 12 miles of the Los Angeles Freeway.

How the history of the El Trfico classic was written

Timothy Tillman scored his first MLS goal in the fourth minute of action to wake up the fans at the Banc of California Stadium.

The Galaxy were slow to get into rhythm after LAFC’s goal and slowly began to show why they are one of the favorites to win the league.

In the 28th minute, Julian Aude scored his first MLS goal in the first half for the rejuvenated Galaxy, who suffered their first loss after a 3-0-3 start.

The match looked evenly matched until the clock passed the half-hour mark, when Bouanga was awarded a penalty moments later when he went down with light contact from Yamane, infuriating the Galaxy.

After the referee confirmed his own decision on video review, Bounaga capitalized on the foul against him and beat John McCarthy.

With this result, LAFC reaches 10 points in fifth place in the Western Conference, while the L.A. Galaxy remain with 12 points behind the leader Vancouver Whitecaps.

For date 8 of the MLS season, LAFC will travel to Portland where they will face the Timbers and in the duel for the top of the Western Conference, LA Galaxy will visit Vancouver.



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