The Mexican Hector Herrera and the Houston Dynamo they ran over this Saturday to some los angeles galaxy in crisis, without victories in six games, in an MLS day in which the Gabonese Denis Bouanga signed a hat-trick in the victory of Los Angeles FC and in which the Seattle Sounders overwhelmed Saint Louis City 3-0 to assault the leadership in the West.
After leading LAFC to a 3-0 victory at Vancouver in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals with a brace, Bouanga scored a hat trick in the Los Angeles rout at the cost of an Austin who has three winless matches.
Bouanga, a former Saint Etienne player, has six goals in six MLS games and five in three in the CONCACAF ‘Champions’, numbers that already make him a firm candidate for MVP of the season.
LAFC is third, two points behind the Sounders, who did not give Saint Louis a chance, a rookie franchise this season that had started with five consecutive victories.
The Peruvian Raúl Ruidíaz participated in the rout of the Sounders, leaders, against a Saint Louis who dropped to second place.
Completely different is the state of mind of the Galaxy, who lost 3-0 in their visit to the Houston Dynamo before a direct free-kick from the Mexican Héctor Herrera and a brace from the Moroccan Amine Bassi.
After six days, the Galaxy are still unable to win and add three points. They barely scored three goals and were outplayed by the Houston Dynamo in a game in which they ended up playing with nine men.
Herrera broke equality in minute 35 with a goal from a direct free kick and in minute 55 Greg Vanney gave way to ‘Chicharito’ in an attempt to equalize the score.
However, just nine minutes later, the Uruguayan Martín Cáceres caused a penalty and received the second yellow card for protesting to the referee while he was reviewing the play in VAR.
The last few minutes were particularly intense, with Herrera who ended up sent off for a double yellow card for a hard foul and the Brazilian Douglas Costa who left the Galaxy with nine for throwing an opponent to the ground fighting for a ball.
In the East, Cincinnati continues to command, which maintained its undefeated status, with five wins and two draws, after defeating the Philadelphia Union, finalist last year, 1-0, thanks to a penalty converted by the Argentine Luciano Acosta with twenty minutes to go. for the end.
He is being followed, just one point behind, by the New England Revolution, who overwhelmed Montreal 4-0 with goals included from Colombian Dylan Borrero and Spanish Carles Gil.
Borrero signed an authentic goal with a curved shot from outside the area that entered through a corner.
Sunk in twelfth place is Inter Miami, who lost their fifth consecutive game, this time at home against Dallas FC, before a goal by the American striker, of Colombian origin, Jesús Ferreira.
Venezuelan Josef Martinez, signed last winter from Atlanta United, has yet to score his first goal for the Florida club.
Atlanta itself, with Argentine Thiago Almada starting, drew 1-1 at New York City, despite playing the last half hour with ten men for a direct red card against Argentine Franco Ibarra.
Thiago Almada provided the assist for Atlanta’s goal, with a perfect cross for Giorgos Giakoumakis’s header.
