Carlos Vela comes off the bench and gives LAFC victory over Kansas City Sporting by Alan Pulido who also scored
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Carlos Vela emerged victorious over his countryman Alan Pulido in the Mexican duel between LAFC and Sporting Kansas City in one more day of the MLS and that allows the Los Angeles team to resume the path of victory.
The LAFC beat Kansas City Sporting 2-1 at home, a result that puts them back on the path of the victory and maintains them as conference leaders, while the stellar Carlos Vela came off the bench to give Steve Cherundolo's team the win at the last minute.
It was barely at minute 17 when the Mexican striker Alan Pulido managed to get ahead of those led by Peter Vermes through a maximum penalty sentenced by the referee of the game. This note alerted LAFC that they tried until they managed to reverse the score in an interesting match.
Alan Pulido finds the back of the net from the penalty spot to put #SportingKC in front. pic.twitter.com/s4HbWnYruH
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) June 18, 2023
Honduran Denil Maldonado scored the tying goal at minute 48 for the Los Angeles squad and also scored his first goal wearing the jersey of the current champions of the MLS who had just been beaten and lost in the final of the Concacaf Champions League.
Denil Maldonado scores his first MLS goal and #LAFC equalize to start the second-half.
Watch live now on #MLSSeasonPass on @AppleTV: https://t.co/WquIvtp8ka pic.twitter.com/5IYdD24Rnv— Major League Soccer (@MLS) June 18, 2023
After minute 90, the Mexican Carlos Vela, who had entered the field of play at minute 46 of the game, received a ball that put him face to face with the Kansas goalkeeper and knew how to define with his virtuous left foot to finish giving the important victory to his team.
Carlos Vela wins it for @LAFC at the end of the 90 minutes. 🌟 pic.twitter.com/LEyZK1HRdg— Major League Soccer (@MLS) June 18, 2023
Cabe destacar que al minuto 96,the VAR annulled a goal against Kansas City Sporting so that the victory of LAFC would end up concretizing and Carlos Vela managed to win the Mexican duel against his compatriot Alan Pulido in just one time disputed.