The reigning MLS champions have outscored their two tournament opponents 11-1, but they next face one of the better Liga MX teams on Friday night at the Rose Bowl.
Singer, songwriter Marco Antonio Solis, a famous supporter of Club Atlético Morelia, made an inadvertent assist to a far more successful Mexican soccer team this week.
The 63-year-old musician lands at BMO Stadium in south L.A. on Saturday, so for the second time this year LAFC will play in Pasadena, where an MLS record 82,110 spectators watched the Black & Gold lose to the Galaxy on July 4. Monterrey, perennially among the best teams in Liga MX, is unbeaten through four matches, winning in Utah, Seattle and Portland before taking out its rival, Tigres, on a neutral field in Houston.
As was the case when LAFC suffered against Liga MX’s Club León in this year’s CONCACAF Champions League final, taking the game to Monterrey is easier said than done. The five-time CONCACAF champions prefer to build out of the back, using center backs and two defensive midfielders to push the attack. But sending numbers forward can leave them vulnerable to counter-attacks, which LAFC excels at when its press and collective defending are sharp, as the team has been since an 18-day break prior to entering the knockout stage.
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