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′
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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.
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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.
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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.
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