Los Angeles (USA), March 21 (EFE).- The Mexican Carlos Vela scored again this Sunday in a new victory for Los Angeles FC (LAFC), which after four rounds of the new MLS season remains undefeated with three wins and one bad.
LAFC added their second consecutive win by beating Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3-1 at home.
Team Canada took the lead in the 12th minute with a goal from Tristan Blackmon, but LAFC responded with two goals from Ryan Hollingshead and one from Vela after a clearance from the rival keeper.
LAFC leads the Western Conference with 10 points with Real Salt Lake, which beat Nashville SC 2-1 on Saturday.
Two other matches were played on Sunday.
Thanks to a goal from Uruguay’s Diego Fagúndez, Austin FC drew 1-1 at home to Seattle Sounders FC while the undefeated Columbus Crew scratched injury time and drew at home. outside against the NY Red Bulls thanks to a “last minute” goal from Darlington Nagbé.
In Saturday’s games, another blow from Inter Miami stood out, who have three straight losses and still don’t know what it’s like to win this season.
Inter Miami lost to FC Cincinnati 3-1 and have just one point so far, but at least they have the consolation that Argentina’s Gonzalo Higuaín scored his first goal of the season on Saturday.
Another who made his debut as a goalscorer this season was Uruguayan Facundo Torres, who with a header guided Orlando City to a valuable 0-1 away win against Mexico’s Javier’s Los Angeles Galaxy. “Chicharito” Hernandez.
After a good start with two consecutive victories, the Galaxy now chain two consecutive defeats.
New York City FC, last season’s champions who this time lost 0-2 to a moving Philadelphia Union, who lead the Eastern Conference with 10 points and are still undefeated .
In the East, outside of Philadelphia and Columbus, Chicago Fire FC remain undefeated, beating Sporting Kansas City 3-1.
Those in Chicago also had the joy of seeing the first MLS goal from Switzerland’s Xherdan Shaqiri, who scored from the penalty spot.
Another team that ended the day with a big smile was Charlotte FC.
After making history with a spectacular home debut (nearly 75,000 spectators, the biggest attendance at a stadium in MLS history), Charlotte picked up her first victory of her newly inaugurated career by defeating New England 3-1 Revolution.
The most exciting match of the weekend pitted Atlanta United FC against CF Montreal.
The Canadians made it 1-3 thanks to a penalty from Honduran Romell Quioto, but Atlanta, who had started to win with a goal from Venezuelan Josef Martínez, leveled the game by playing ten and in the last minutes thanks to a superb goal of the Argentinian Thiago. Almada and a bit in the handing over and the lack of Brooks Lennon.
However, the big figure of the day was Colombian-American Jesús Ferreira, who scored a hat-trick within 10 minutes to shape FC Dallas’ 4-1 victory over the Portland Timbers.
Additionally, Toronto FC beat DC United 2-1 thanks to a goal from Spaniard Alejandro Pozuelo; Minnesota United defeated the San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 thanks to a goal from Paraguayan Luis Amarilla; and Houston Dynamo FC and Colorado Rapids tied 1-1.
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