On Saturday May 19th, LAFC traveled north to Portland to face the Timbers, the 2015 MLS Cup winners who also have the reigning MLS MVP in Diego Valeri. Both teams fought valiantly, as the game went back and forth most of the game but the LAFC defense were unable to quell Portland’s vibrant attack.
The Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) was tasked with playing two games this week, a situation in which both players and coaches must exercise extreme caution and discretion regarding recovery time and rest.
Though LAFC dominated the match, finishing in the final third ultimately gave FC Dallas new life
The game itself was hard fought, yet nothing in the action was particularly noteworthy, as even the players themselves acknowledged the choppy pace of play, largely due in part to Seattle’s strategy in quelling the play of LAFC star Carlos Vela, the talisman and creative outlet of the team.
In the United States, there is a common misconception that Black people don’t play or even pay attention to soccer, and if you were to look through a generic lens of the American perspective on the sport, it would be easy to fall prey to this notion.
The hiring spree comes ahead of the LAFC’s first MLS game against the Seattle Sounders on April 29 at Banc of California Stadium in Expo Park.
The Los Angeles Football Club has selected Cal State LA as the home of its new training facility, soccer operations headquarters, and youth academy.
LAFC Celebrates A Major Milestone At New 22,000 Seat Soccer Stadium
Banc of California Stadium will host a variety of community and cultural events, but has been designed with the soccer fan in mind
January 7, 2016 5:39 PM Shortly after LAFC revealed its black-and-dark-gold colors and eye-catching new crest in a gala ceremony, Will Ferrell carried a director’s chair onstage and sat down between co-owner Peter Guber and Mayor Eric Garcetti. “I want in,” LAFC’s 25th and newest co-owner declared. This is a common sentiment in downtown Los Angeles, where the Major League Soccer expansion club is already attracting plenty of attention more than two years before anybody officially kicks a ball. LAFC unveiled its colors and crest January 7 at Union Station amid cheering and singing from several dozen fans of a