LAFC had no margin for error heading into its regular-season finale Saturday.
To finish atop the Western Conference table, it needed to beat the San José Earthquakes, needed the Galaxy to lose in Houston and needed to overcome a two-score deficit to the Galaxy in goal differential.
It got all three, thanks to an improbable finish in Houston, where Daniel Steres scored for the Dynamo 11 minutes into stoppage time to take the title away from the Galaxy and give it to LAFC.
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“Unbelievable, unbelievable,” LAFC defender Ryan Hollingshead said, holding an LAFC championship hat from 2022, his first year with the team.