Los Angeles FC made their name known last week in a surprise win over the Seattle Sounders. Although they faced a rotated Sounders’ side because of the CONCACAF Champions League, it was in Seattle, a place that is renowned for its difficulty, and came with an excellent display of defensive resolution and attacking vibrancy. It is the latter of those two qualities that shone through in Week 2.
After going one goal down against Real Salt Lake, tensions were beginning to rise among the LAFC ranks. Were they riding the wave of the new, a wave that had now subsided for the routine and norm of MLS?