The Mexican Xavier ‘Chicharito Hernandez chained his seventh game this Sunday without seeing a door in the mls and their Los Angeles Galaxy lost 0-3 at home against houston dynamowith three days to go before the US Cup derby against Los Angeles FC, leaders of the West.
LAFC has a two-point advantage over Austin, second, four over Dallas and Real Salt Lake, third, and six over the Galaxy, who dropped to fifth position.
In the East, the Philadelphia Union won away against the Portland Timbers (2-0) and regained sole leadership, with a point advantage over New York City FC, who beat the Chicago Fire 1-0.
After starting the year with five goals in six games, ‘Chicharito’ now has seven without seeing a door and his Galaxy lost by a landslide at home against the Houston Dynamo.
The Paraguayan Sebastián Ferreira propelled the victory of the Texans with his fifth goal of the season and punished a Galaxy in which ‘Chicharito’ started as a substitute and played the last 30 minutes.
It was the fifth loss of the season for the Los Angeles team, the third in the last five games, with the cup derby against LAFC just around the corner.
Orlando can not with nine
LAFC triumphed over Columbus Crew 2-0 on Saturday with Vela’s goal included and leads the table with a two-point margin over Austin, who drew 2-2 in a high-intensity game against Orlando City.
Austria’s Ercan Kara and Brazil’s Ruan gave Peru goalkeeper Pedro Gallese’s Orlando a two-goal lead, but Austin came back to draw in a vibrant second half, in which their rivals were reduced to nine men.
The Argentine Sebastián Driussi signed the 1-2 penalty and the equalizer came in the fifth of the nine minutes of added time, scored by the Senegalese Moussa Djitté.
Orlando gave it their all to defend a victory that would give them the lead, but left Austin with a point.
Austin remains second, with a two-point margin over a struggling Dallas, which suffered its second consecutive loss against Minnesota on Sunday. Spanish coach Nico Estévez’s team suffered its first setback at home.
The New York City flies in the East
In the East, New York City continues to fly, for which a penalty converted by the Brazilian Heber in the 20th minute was enough to defeat a Chicago Fire in deep crisis of results.
The Illinois team is bottom and chained its ninth league game without victories, to which was added the elimination in the United States Cup. The Mexican Jairo Torres, signed last May from Atlas, entered at the beginning of the restart, but I could not avoid another setback.
Inter Miami was reactivated, beating the New York Red Bulls 2-0 at home with goals from Costa Rican Ariel Lassiter and Finnish Robert Taylor. The Ecuadorian Leonardo Campana started and was replaced in the final quarter hour by the Argentine Gonzalo Higuaín.
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