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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Honors even in thrilling Los Angeles derby; Orlando sink Miami further
Honors even in thrilling Los Angeles derby; Orlando sink Miami further We've got two massive MLS games this Sunday evening, as Orlando City travel to take on a slumping Inter Miami, while the two Los Angeles rivals square off for the first time this season. Here is what has gone down so far. Reus stunner seals El Trafico draw Scorers: Reus 6', 87'; Bouanga 13', Ordaz 50' Advertisement It was hotly contested from the first whistle, as it always is when the two Los Angeles rivals meet. While Marco Reus opened the scoring inside seven minutes, the hosts were hit back by a derby goal to remember when Denis Bouanga fired home a peach from outside of the box. After the break it did not take LAFC long to find the go-ahead goal through burgeoning star Nathan Ordaz. The 21-year-old continues to keep Olivier Giroud out of the team. The Galaxy looked to be reinvigorated in the dying minutes when Gabriel Pec scored a vintage goal from the right-wing, but the Brazilian was ruled offside in the buildup. Advertisement Yet the winless hosts did not back down, and they found the leveler late on through a stunning Marco Reus free-kick. It's a rivalry that rarely disappoints, and in Carson Sunday night proved that form truly does go out the window when these two teams meet. Orlando City compound Inter Miami woes Scorers: Muriel 43', Pašalić 53', Thorhallsson 90+4 Inter Miami suffered a third defeat in their last five minutes after falling at home to Florida rivals Orlando City. It was two teams trending in opposite directions, and that was on full display from the first whistle. The scoring was opened thanks to a superb long-ball from Orlando goalkeeper Pedro Gallese, who picked out Luis Muriel before the striker dispatched with aplomb. Winter signing Marco Pašalić added a second shortly after the break, and Inter Miami seemingly had little in the tank to mount a comeback. Advertisement A Dagur Thorhallsson dagger in stoppage-time was the final nail in the Miami coffin, as Orlando not only confirmed a victory, but a thrashing. The result sees Orlando leapfrog Inter Miami in the Eastern Conference standings, knocking Javier Mascherano's side down into 6th place. 📸 Luiza Moraes - 2025 Getty Images
Mint
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Mint
LAFC, L.A. Galaxy renew El Trafico rivalry moving in different directions
As this season's first edition of the El Trafico rivalry arrives Sunday, the Los Angeles Galaxy have yet to even enter the highway much less use the passing lane as they prepare to host Los Angeles FC. After winning a championship last season, the Galaxy have yet to win a game in 2025, with their 0-10-3 record representing the longest a team has gone at the outset of a schedule without a victory in MLS history. And yet, even with all their struggles, the club elected Friday to extend the contract of head coach Greg Vanney through the 2028 season. "After you win a championship and things transpire after the championship, you're going to lose some key players," Vanney said, according to the Los Angeles Times. "The key thing in any challenging moments is that you have a plan and a method and a way to get out of it." The Galaxy looked poised for a breakthrough Wednesday on the road against the Philadelphia Union, taking a 2-0 lead at halftime. But they gave up two goals in the opening five minutes of the second half before allowing the game-winner in the sixth minute of stoppage time. Meanwhile, Los Angeles FC (6-4-3, 21 points) will send midfielder Mark Delgado up against his former team Saturday as they try to extend a six-game unbeaten streak (3-0-3). Delgado took over in the midfield during the Galaxy's MLS Cup final for an injured Riqui Puig and delivered the assist on the game-winning goal. That team-oriented play has continued, with Delgado's three assists this season tied for the LAFC lead. Delgado, Sergi Palencia and Nathan Ordaz are the only LAFC players who have seen time in all 13 league games this season. LAFC enters Saturday's rivalry clash coming off its highest-scoring game in a 4-0 victory at home against the Seattle Sounders on Wednesday. Denis Bouanga scored to increase his team lead to six goals. "I would say for the last five weeks now, we've been on a very good path, very consistent," LAFC head coach Steve Cherundolo said. "Guys are doing the little things right again, and I think you are seeing that in the performances, first and foremost, and then the results." With three goals over his next eight games, Bouanga will become the 15th player with 50 goals in 90 MLS games or fewer. The Galaxy hold a slim 10-9-5 advantage on LAFC across all competitions. LAFC won two of the three matches last season.
Winnipeg Free Press
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Defender Jalen Neal flourishing in starting role with CF Montreal
MONTREAL – CF Montreal's sporting project aimed at developing and showcasing young talent has had mixed results over its five years. Fortunately, the Major League Soccer club has been able to balance that by finding success in the trade market. Montreal has repeatedly converted undervalued or misused pieces in other squads to useful players in Montreal. The most recent example is newly acquired central defender Jalen Neal. With a lingering thigh injury keeping George Campbell out of the lineup, Neal has emerged as an able replacement over the last two games and the club pick up its first win of the season and draw the Columbus Crew in back-to-back contests. Before last week, Neal had only amassed five minutes of game time this season due to a knee injury sustained in a pre-season camp with the United States national team. 'I had a lot of weeks of training before actually starting to get some playing time, so I think I had time to get used to the play and all the tactics,' said Neal, who was acquired from the Los Angeles Galaxy on Jan. 6 for allocation money and an international roster spot. 'Since Day 1, everybody made me feel like I belonged here, and the chemistry is great between the guys.' Having come through the Galaxy's academy system, Neal arrived at training camp an already highly touted prospect and one of the most effective ball-playing defenders in MLS at just 21 years of age. Initially brought in to be a part of then-head coach Laurent Courtois's back five defence, he has pivoted quickly into looking at ease in a back four. He was even briefly slotted in at right back and used as an extra midfielder while in possession due to his ability on the ball. In the last two games he has started for Montreal he has completed 89 per cent of his passes. 'He's really impressed me. Jalen had to step in and has done an incredible job,' said captain Samuel Piette. 'I heard about him before when he was at Galaxy. He's a great kid and a good guy to have in the locker room.' Neal is not the only former member of the Galaxy's MLS Next Pro side e in Montreal. as assistant coach David Sauvry previously worked for L.A. Galaxy II. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Neal is living away from home for the first time — in a different country and a city with a different predominant language, no less. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. 'I think I've gotten really used to the city and the club. I really like the city, the culture, how it looks,' said Neal, who trained in the snow for the first time in his career last month. 'The weather wasn't great when I first got here, but it's gotten a little better now so that's picked up my mood a little bit.' As a homegrown Galaxy player, Neal is no stranger to important rivalry games, with El Trafico — the match between the Galaxy and crosstown rival Los Angeles FC — becoming one of the most heated derbies in MLS. This Saturday, he will partake in the oldest active North American soccer rivalry between Montreal and Toronto: The Canadian Classique. The footballing history between the cities go back to 1971, when the Toronto Metros and Montreal Olympique both played in the North American Soccer League. TFC and CF Montreal, then the Impact, first played in the inaugural Canadian Championship in 2008. 'I've always liked rivalry games, whatever reason to bring more intensity to the game. I've heard of the magnitude of this rivalry by many people at the club […] but I'm happy to be on the Montreal side,' said Neal. 'You can't get too caught up in the emotions and intensity of the match, you still have 90 minutes to play.' This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 16, 2025.
