The San Jose Earthquakes have won two of their last three matches going into Tuesday’s Leagues Cup Round of 16 match against LAFC
San Jose Earthquakes’ Paul Marie scores against Necaxa’s Brayan Garnica in the second half of a Leagues Cup game at PayPal Park in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. After qualifying for the Leagues Cup for the first time in franchise history, the Quakes pummeled Liga MX’s Club Necaxa 5-0 on Thursday to advance to the Round of 16 against SoCal rival LAFC at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
“The group’s confident,” Russell said in a news conference on Monday. “We feel like we’ve played three or four really good games in a row. We just can’t be afraid of anybody. We can’t have any fear. It’s a big club, good team. But we feel like we can play well against them.LAFC has consistently been one of the league’s top teams this season, sitting second in the Western Conference with a 14-5-5 record.
“We kind of thought would be available. It’s always good to play against players of this quality, so we expect him to come on late in the game. I doubt he will start but you never know.”
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