Five minutes after entering the match, Kwadwo “Mahala” Opoku takes advantage of a short-handed United squad and ends a scoreless deadlock with the only goal of the night.
LOS ANGELES — It ranks nowhere near the prettiest performance from the Los Angeles Football Club this year, but a 1-0 victory over lowly D.C. United on Tuesday night extended the Supporters’ Shield leaders’ franchise-record winning streak to seven matches.
LAFC pushed for an early lead, but its disjointed and overeager buildup made for a relatively stress-free 45 minutes for debuting D.C. goalkeeper David Ochoa. On the other end of the pitch, Maxime Crepeau was forced into a pair of impressive saves that kept the match scoreless at the break for the second consecutive contest at Banc of California Stadium.on Saturday. Three days later, LAFC got the goal it needed but that was the extent of its output against the worst team in MLS.
Tempting fate by compiling five yellow cards between the 15th and 60th minutes, D.C. went down a man when defender Steve Birnbaum picked up his second yellow in a 10-minute span. A deflection by defender Jesus Murillo led to a quick counterattack as Carlos Vela picked up the ball at midfield and then fed it into the box to Cristian Arango, who chipped a short pass to Opoku. The 21-year-old forward took one touch before guiding the ball into an empty net in the 67th minute in what he described as yet another confidence-building moment.
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