Los Angeles FC downs Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0 to advance in MLS playoffs
LOS ANGELES — The Vancouver Whitecaps saw their season end with a 1-0 defeat to Los Angeles FC in the first round of the Major League Soccer playoffs Friday.
The result gave LAFC a 2-1 edge over the ‘Caps in the best-of-three series.
Mateusz Bogusz played hero for Los Angeles, picking off a Vancouver ball in the 62nd minute and scoring the game’s lone goal off a breakaway.
Vancouver ‘keeper Yohei Takaoka made one save and LAFC’s Hugo Lloris stopped two on-target shots.