MLS has added two franchises and two soccer-specific stadiums since then, making LAFC and its $350-million downtown home seem almost antiquated by comparison.
One thing that hasn’t changed since LAFC opened the Banc, however, is the team’s dominance at home. With Sunday’s 4-1 win over the Seattle Sounders before a sellout crowd of 22,221, LAFC extended its regular-season home unbeaten streak to 11 games, longest in MLS, and improved its season record to a league-best 7-1-1.
Over the last two seasons, LAFC has lost just once at home, also best in MLS, and it has never lost to Seattle (5-1-1), which came into the game as the league’s last unbeaten team.