The Mexican Omar Campos and Kei Kamara scored in overtime to make it 1-1 Los Angeles FC conquered the US Open Cup for the first time, by beating Sporting Kansas City 3-1 on Wednesday.
The French Olivier Giroud He also scored for LAFC, which won its fourth trophy since 2018, when it began playing in MLS. The team captured the Supporters’ Shield, awarded to the best team in the MLS regular season, in 2019 and 22.
In that last year, they also defeated the Philadelphia Union on penalties to win the MLS crown.
Was LAFC’s first appearance in the Open Cup finalthe MLS cup tournament. The club ended a streak of four consecutive games without a win in the various competitions.
It was the 109th edition of the Open Cup, the oldest national football competition.
By advancing to the finals of the Leagues Cup and the US Open Cup, LAFC is on track to play 46 games in the regular season. He played 53 last year, when they advanced to the finals of the CONCACAF Champions League and MLS.
Erik Thommy scored for Sporting KC, who had won four previous Open Cup finals, the last in 2017.
Giroud put the Los Angeles club ahead in the 53rd minutewhen he slotted a shot past three defenders to beat Tim Melia. It was his second goal in 10 games with LAFC, which he joined in early August.
Thommy equalised in the 60th minute with a shot close to the near post after a cross from Dániel Sallói.
Fieldswho came on as a substitute in the second half, scored at 102from the edge of the box, for his first goal with LAFC.
Kamarathe second-highest scorer in MLS history, He added the goal of tranquility with a header at 109.
RGS
