LOS ANGELES (AP) â Ryan Hollingshead scored late in the first half and defending champion Los Angeles FC advanced to its second straight MLS Cup Final with a 2-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Saturday night. Houston's Franco Escobar scored an own goal in the 80th minute to seal the Western Conference Final for LAFC, which will travel to Columbus next weekend to play for the title. The Crew beat FC Cincinnati 3-2 in a thriller earlier Saturday. LAFC, an expansion club in its sixth year of co
Goalkeeper Nick Pope dislocated his shoulder late in the game at St Jamesâ Park.
FC Cincinnati defender Alvas Powell was subjected to racial abuse on a social media platform following FC Cincinnati's loss to Columbus on Saturday.
CINCINNATI (AP) â Christian RamĂrez scored in the 115th minute and the Columbus Crew rallied from two goals down to beat top-seeded FC Cincinnati 3-2 on Saturday night to advance to the MLS Cup Final. Columbus (17-9-9), which has won two Cups in three previous trips to the final, will host next Saturday's championship match against the winner of the Western Conference Final between defending-champion Los Angeles FC and the Houston Dynamo. It was the second-seeded Crew's ninth conference final, s