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2019 Leagues Cup - Quarterfinals LA Galaxy vs. Club Tijuana Dignity Health Sports Complex - Carson July 23- 11:00 PM ET TV: ESPN, TUDN, TSN 1/4 STREAMING: MLS LIVE on ESPN+ in US, TSN GO Match Guide: Everything you need to know ahead of the match The inaugural Leagues Cup, which features teams in Major

Zlatan Ibrahimovic continues to make history against LAFC. A year after his audacious first goal on his MLS debut helped the LA Galaxy rally fo a win in the first-ever El Trafico, the Swedish icon, part Lion, part Ferrari, was perfect in a 3-2 win over LAFC at Dignity Heath

LOS ANGELES — In the 8th minute of Friday night’s 3-2 victory over LAFC, the LA Galaxy’s Jonathan Dos Santos narrowly squeezed his pass away before Latif Blessing could close him down. Eddie Segura managed to step in front of Zlatan Ibrahimovic to win the header, but it was a poor one. Jordan Harvey slipped as the

CARSON, Calif. -- LAFC started their rivalry clash against the LA Galaxy in the best possible fashion, opening up a lead in the 4th minute at Dignity Health Sports Park on Friday, but from there it all came tumbling down as they lost by a 3-2 scoreline. LAFC held the

The first El Trafico game of 2019 is in the books, and it's followed the pattern of what happened in the rivalry in 2018. The LA Galaxydefeated LAFC 3-2 on Friday at Dignity Health Sports Park, a hat trick from Zlatan Ibrahimovic besting a brace by Carlos Vela. The win maintains

He promised he would perform in El Trafico on Friday, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic delivered, scoring a hat trick as the LA Galaxy defeated LAFC 3-2 at Dignity Health Sports Park. The game, the fourth all-time between the Los Angeles teams, maintains LA's unbeaten run (2-0-2) against their new neighbors. The teams will play

Zlatan Ibrahimovic likened himself to a Ferrari amid a sea of Fiats in MLS this week, and he's not budging on that stance. ESPN interviewed both the LA Galaxy superstar and LAFC star Carlos Vela prior to kickoff of El Trafico, between the two Los Angeles clubs at Dignity Health

LOS ANGELES – For all his devastating finishing on the field, the Carlos Vela that graces the media during interviews and scrums is never one who seems to take himself or his job more seriously than it needs to be.  On Wednesday, with a crescent of reporters curled around him,

CARSON, Calif. — Zlatan Ibrahimovic loves the feel of derby clashes, and he expects that Southern California's rivalry will one day take its place among the best. That day hasn't come, but he'll do what he can to help propel it forward. “I mean, it's the fourth game now,” the LA

The San Jose Earthquakes are 8-2-4 in the last three months. They have a +12 goal differential over the span. They smashed the LA Galaxy twice, and went blow-for-blow with LAFC in the U.S. Open Cup. For whatever reason, though, opponents don’t approach them like an elite them. The rest

LOS ANGELES — Looking ahead to Friday’s derby match with the LA Galaxy in Carson (10 pm ET | ESPN; TSN2), LAFC are well aware of the threat posed by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but this time the visitors will have a far younger offensive threat to deal with as well. It’s a player

CARSON, Calif. – Before the season began, Zlatan Ibrahimovic mused about breaking the single-season goals record that Atlanta United's Josef Martinez set last year. That's still swirling somewhere among his thoughts, but the likelier candidate to net 32 or more isn't the LA Galaxy's high-scoring striker, but rather the arch-rival's

LAFC have become the coolest team in MLS block by block, street by street, person by person. On the surface, it’s easy to make an argument for the Supporters’ Shield leaders as the “It” team of the league. For one, they’re the Supporters’ Shield leaders. But then there’s the fact

CARSON, Calif. — As the LA Galaxy look across town and see LAFC's rise to the top of the Western Conference and Supporters' Shield tables, they see a model not all that different from what they envision for themselves. Behind an uncompromising and attacking style of play that emphasizes quick movement

MLS MEDIA RESOURCES: WEEK 20 NEWS & NOTES News and notes and statistical trends from around Major League Soccer LAFC TAKE BEST START IN LEAGUE HISTORY INTO EL TRÁFICO ON ESPN FRIDAY As the Los Angeles Football Club head into the first El Tráfico derby of the season this weekend

LAFC still haven't beaten the LA Galaxy, after three tries in 2018. That just might bother them a bit.  Twice, as you may recall, LAFC held multi-goal leads in this fixture, including the now-infamous inaugural edition of this rivalry. Being up 3-0 at halftime, against a deflated team in front of a

LOS ANGELES – 2014, the year the LA Galaxy lifted their historic fifth MLS Cup, feels like a lifetime ago. In the half-decade since, Western Conference rivals Portland and Seattle lifted their first league titles. Toronto FC, the New York Red Bulls and Atlanta United built historic seasons. A new Black-&-Gold-clad

LOS ANGELES – Eleven points. That’s how close in the table LAFC hovers over the next Western Conference team, the Seattle Sounders. In the race for the Supporters’ Shield, they are 10 points ahead of Philadelphia Union even after having played two fewer games.  But most importantly, at least for this