Saturday’s Western Conference final will be the 52nd game of the season for LAFC, more than any team has played in a single year in MLS history. In the locker room, however, it feels like a lot more.
“The 500 games we played this year,” is how assistant coach Ante Razov refers to a schedule that included six separate competitions.
Yet no one in that locker room is ready for vacation just yet. In fact, LAFC is hoping to extend its season another week with a win Saturday that would send it to a second MLS Cup final in as many years against the winner of the Eastern Conference semifinal between Cincinnati and Columbus.