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Alexander: Denis Bouanga’s Winner Puts LAFC on the Global Stage
- Los Angeles FC secured a 2-1 victory over Mexico's Club America after extra time on Saturday at BMO Stadium in a playoff contest for a spot in the Club World Cup.
- The match occurred after Club Leon was banned due to ownership rule violations, allowing LAFC to compete as 2023 CONCACAF runners-up.
- Brian Rodriguez opened the scoring with a penalty in the 64th minute, Igor Jesus equalized with a header in the 89th minute, and Denis Bouanga scored a deflected winner in the 115th minute.
- LAFC will compete in Group D of the newly enlarged FIFA Club World Cup, joining Chelsea, Flamengo, and Esperance Tunis, with the competition set to begin on June 14 in the United States.
- The victory secures LAFC nearly $10 million in prize money and ensures MLS will have three teams in the tournament, highlighting LAFC's rise since its 2018 inception.
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Alexander: Denis Bouanga’s winner puts LAFC on the global stage
LOS ANGELES — Call it the $9.55 million goal. Or call it Denis Bouanga picking up the mantle that had been left behind by Carlos Vela, a torch unofficially being passed a few days after LAFC’s first icon officially retired, picked up by the team’s current star. And perhaps Bouanga’s extra-time goal Saturday night, a blast that deflected off the leg of Club América’s Miguel Vazquez and past goalkeeper Luis Malagon in the 115th minute of play, sho…
It was the square that corresponded to León de México, which was ruled out by FIFA for failing to comply with the rules of participation.What group will the U.S. be in?
With a date that culminated in the extension, Los Angeles FC (LAFC) beat Mexico's America on Saturday May 31, 2-1 in a dramatic duel for the last place in FIFA's Club World Cup, which starts in 15 days in the United States.The America caressed the coveted ticket after advancing with a penal goal of Uruguayan Brian Rodriguez, former LAFC player, in the 64th minute.But the Angelino team, who played this respite in their stadium, matched the score …
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Soccer-Bouanga’s extra time strike takes LAFC into Club World Cup
(Reuters) -Denis Bouanga scored an extra-time winner to lift Los Angeles FC to a 2-1 victory over Club America in a Club World Cup qualifying playoff match at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday. The winger, who had orchestrated much of LAFC’s attacking output in the match, scored the winner in the 115th minute after unleashing a shot that took a wicked deflection on its way into the net. After a goalless first half, Mexico’s Club America…
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