A headed goal from the Colombian Christian Arango saved a point Los Angeles F.C. in the field of Seattle Sounders (1-1) and kept the Los Angeles team ahead of the MLS Western Conferenceon a day when the Mexican Carlos candle He played his hundredth game in the regular season.
Still without the veteran Italian defender Giorgio ChielliniArriving on a free transfer the week after his contract with Juventus Turin expired, LAFC avoided defeat against the Sounders in great form, who had just won four of their last five games.
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The locals were ahead of game time thanks to the Slovakian Albert Rusnackwhich punished a serious technical error of the rival goal, but Arangowith his second consecutive goal, and the fourth of his season, equalized in the final stretch.
It was the award for pushing the LAFCwho started the match without the Mexican Carlos candleyet with physical discomfortand that gave way to the beginning of the second half.
The former English Arsenal and Real Sociedad player, an absolute leader for Steve Cherundolo’s team, reached 100 games in the regular season with the Los Angeles club.
The 1-1 allowed LAFC to shield its leadership, with a five-point advantage over Dallas FC, and one more game.
The Sounders, in which the Colombian Fredy Montero, the Uruguayan Nicolás Lodeiro and the Ecuadorian Xavier Arreaga were starters, occupy the seventh position in the West, with 20 points, in full fight for the ‘playoffs’.
Real Salt Lake squeezes
The 1-1 allowed LAFC to maintain a two-point lead over a Royal Salt Lake that beat the San Jose Earthquakes 2-0 with goals from Marcelo Silva and Venezuelan Jefferson Savarino.
Savarino, who scored his first MLS goal, also offered Silva the assist to break the tie.
The Royal Salt Lake has a point advantage over Austinthird, who won with character by 1-0 in the field of Montreal despite remaining with ten men at the edge of the break due to a direct red to the Venezuelan Daniel Pereira.
Urruti, with his fifth goal of the season, gave the Texans the victory in the 67th minute and extended their excellent season in the Western Conference.
Chicago wins three months later
Without Jairo Torres, out due to a hip problem, Chicago Fire beat DC United 1-0in a duel between the bottom teams in the East, and they met again with an MLS victory that they had been missing since March 19.
A solitary headed goal by the German Fabian Herbers in the 78th minute rewarded the drive of the Fire in which the Argentine Fede Navarro, the Paraguayan Gastón Giménez and the Venezuelan Miguel Navarro were the starters.
Faith Navarroa defensive midfielder, shone and gave balance to the Chicago team, forming an effective double pivot with Paraguayan Gastón Giménez.
Ezra Hendrickson’s team remains bottom, but is only six points away from the ‘playoffs’ zone.
Torres was of short like the swiss Xherdan Shakirithe Fire’s star signing this season, although their physical conditions are not a concern and a long absence from both is not expected, they inform EFE from the Chicago team.
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