One recreation. Ninety minutes (plus additional time). Ten million {dollars}.
These have been the stakes Saturday night as Membership America took on Los Angeles FC in a one-off play-in recreation to find out which crew would qualify for this summer season’s Membership World Cup.
It was LAFC who got here out on prime by two targets to 1 after 120 minutes of tense, tightly managed play. Membership America broke by way of first, netting a penalty within the sixty fourth minute, however LAFC tied the sport at 1-1 within the 89th to take the match to additional time and flip momentum in LAFC’s favor.
Denis Bouanga, LAFC’s mercurial Gabonese talisman, discovered the winner within the 114th minute. His strike earned LAFC the win, the $10M and the coveted spot within the event, the place it’ll signify the US alongside Inter Miami and the Seattle Sounders.
