Match Recap
Denis Bouanga kept Los Angeles FC's unbeaten run going in the most dramatic fashion, leveling with an 79th-minute strike to cancel out Portland Timbers' early opener and earn LAFC a 1-1 draw in Major League Soccer. The Timbers had threatened to make it three wins in a row against their California rivals, with D. Da Costa striking inside the first four minutes to give Portland the lead they craved, extending what had already been a perfect recent head-to-head record, two meetings and two wins, against this version of LAFC. But the second-ranked scorer in Major League Soccer had other ideas. Bouanga, with 34 goals and trailing only L. Messi's extraordinary 41 in the Golden Boot race, refused to let Portland complete the job. LAFC's 35 points keep them third in the West, while Portland climb on the back of a four-wins-from-five run. Watch Bouanga's 79th-minute rescue act and see why MLS's second-deadliest finisher is not done yet.
