Again Los Angeles against New York. After the Dodgers played and won the MLB World Series against the Yankees, it will be up to the galaxy measure yourself with the Red Bulls in the final of the MLS Cup set in the city of Los Angeles on December 7. Riqui Puig’s Galaxy booked their ticket to the final after beating the Seattle Sounders 1-0 at home with a goal in the 85th minute by Serbian Dejan Joveljic.
Hours earlier, the New York Red Bulls triumphed, also 1-0, against Orlando City to return to the MLS Cup final for the first time since 2008. The Galaxy, a franchise that had been a real steamroller, ended up imposing logic in these ‘playoffs’, in which they defeated the Colorado Rapids 5-0 and 4-1 and beat Minnesota 6-2 in the conference semifinals.
Riqui Puig disputes a ball with Cristian Rolan
In those three games, Riqui Puig, the Brazilian Gabriel Pec and the Ghanaian Joseph Paintsil added 16 goal contributions, ten goals and six assists. But this Saturday in Los Angeles the protagonist was Dejan Joveljic, who took advantage of a poor release of the ball by Alex Roldán in his half of the field to strike down the goalkeeper with a cross shot from his right leg that unleashed the euphoria of the public. Marco Delgado recovered the ball and connected with Puig, who gave the former Anderlecht and Frankfurt striker the ball for the winning goal.
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The Galaxy will face the Red Bulls at home on December 7 in their return to the MLS Cup final for the first time since 2014. The Angelenos have five titles under their belt, while the Red Bulls will fight for their first victory. The New Yorkers beat Orlando City with a decisive goal from a header by Colombian Andrés Reyes
