Riqui Puig had a goal and an assist as the Galaxy defeated LAFC 2-1 before an MLS single-game record crowd 82,110 at the Rose Bowl.
When the MLS schedule-makers gave the Galaxy a second home date with crosstown rivalthis season, the team decided to hold that game at the Rose Bowl, where the Galaxy played during the league’s first six seasons. That paid off handsomely at the gate, with Tuesday’s match and the postgame fireworks show drawing a league-record crowd announced at 82,110.
The result dropped LAFC to third place in the 14-team Western Conference table, while the Galaxy stayed one spot out of the cellar.Tuesday’s game originally was scheduled to be played in Pasadena in February, with the bitter neighborhood derby giving AppleTV, the league’s new broadcast partner, both a marquee matchup and a massive crowd to kick off its first season. But torrential rains washed out the match, pushing it back to July4.
Tuesday’s sellout, for what counted as a Galaxy home game, will skew those numbers. But with half the crowd dressed in the black-and-gold shirts of the visitors, the game was even in the stands even as the Galaxy held an edge on the field. Puig, one of the few players on either side who had played in the Rose Bowl, got the assist on the goal, his team-leading fifth of the season. Puig played in Pasadena in summer2018 while on tour with FC Barcelona.
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