The wait is over; from the hand of Candela Carlosand after four years of waiting, the LAFC is champion of the MLS. One of the youngest franchises in the championship of United Statess is at the top of his football. The work of a practically perfect season culminated in the title.
Just eight years ago, the Los Angeles team was founded; four years after the country’s tournament stars and stripes; Already in this 2022, four years after their debut, they have managed to hold the cup.
Since the beginning of this adventure, the Mexican striker, Candela Carlos, had planned to achieve this goal; the closest time they had been had been in 2019, dream season for him LAFC and for the former international.
On that occasion, Sail ended up with 34 goalsrecord in a campaign of the MLS, took the MVP of the year, but they could not culminate with work, because they fell in Conference finale.
LAFC and Carlos Vela are MLS champions
This 2022 will be recorded in the history of the team and of Candela Carlos. Today you can boast of being the champions of MLSafter defeating the Philadelphiaon penalties with John McCarthy as a protagonist, after being 3-3, in 120 minutes.
Although the Mexican couldn’t contribute a score, he was always influential. A foul committed against him ended in Angeenos’ first goal thanks to Kelly’s Acosta; In the second half Daniele Rich draw (59 ‘).
An assist from Vela puts the locals ahead; the auction of Jesus Murilloafter the corner kick that the Los Angeles ’10’, scored 2-1 with seven minutes left; but like a bucket of cold water Philadelphia came back from behind and Jack Elliot he equalized just a couple of minutes later and sent the duel to extra time.
The Canadian goalkeeper is fractured and will miss Qatar 2022
Unfortunately, in the second extra period, leaving in a hurry, Maxime Crépeau, goalkeeper of the Canadian National and of LAFC committed a foul outside the box, for which he was sent off, but the saddest thing is that to his bad side the accident broke his right leg and he will stay out of the area Qatar World Cup 2022.
With the shock of strong images, the LAFC neglected his goal for a moment and went down, for the first time in the match, thanks to a brace from Jack Elliot; but then it appeared Gareth Balethe man who this year arrived as a protagonist reinforcement, and with a header he equalized the duel once again, at the minute 120 + 8.
John McCarthy became the penalty shooter hero between LAFC and Philadelphia
The goalkeeper who was supposed to take the place of the Canadian national team became the hero of the match. On penalties, John McCarthy stopped two charges from the 11 steps and now the LAFC is the new champion of the MLS.