The top two teams. The star cameo. The backup goalkeeper with ties to the opponent. A 3–3 draw and a penalty shootout. MLS Cup 2022 had it all—and a deserving champion.
Leave it to Hollywood to stage the most sensational MLS Cup final of them all.
The record books will show that LAFC beat the Philadelphia Union in a penalty shootout on Saturday at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, the sixth MLS Cup winner via PKs. What it took to get that point, however, was simply incredible.
A 3–3 draw after extra time required the two latest goals ever scored in MLS postseason history.