CARSON, Calif. -- The in-demand tickets for Saturday's El Trafico may have read "LA Galaxy vs. LAFC" in bold text, but realistically, most of the capacity crowd at Dignity Health Sports Park were there to watch the main draw: Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez vs. Carlos Vela.
One can imagine an old-timey boxing promotion that pitted the two Mexican superstars against each other for the first time in Major League Soccer. In one corner and wearing white, you had the Galaxy's Hernandez: An impassioned striker whose knack for finishing had previously carried him to Manchester United, Real Madrid and to the top of the all-time goalscorer list for Mexico's national team.