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07/25 23:46 CDT Son Heung-min, Denis Bouanga get 1st-half goals in surging
LAFC's 4-0 win over Sporting Kansas City
Son Heung-min, Denis Bouanga get 1st-half goals in surging LAFC's 4-0 win over
Sporting Kansas City
By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Denis Bouanga scored two goals, Son Heung-min scored in
his third consecutive match since the World Cup break, and Los Angeles FC
thrashed Sporting Kansas City 4-0 on Saturday night for its fourth consecutive
victory.
David Martnez also scored in a 3-0 first half for LAFC, which hasn't lost
since May 17. Bouanga added his second goal in the 85th minute, giving him 10
in 17 matches this season.
With an inspired Son and a top-form Bouanga both scoring in every game since
the break, LAFC has outscored its last three opponents by a combined 10-1.
They've pulled even with Vancouver and San Jose atop the Western Conference
standings with 33 points and 10 victories, although the Whitecaps and Quakes
both have games in hand.
Hugo Lloris had to make just one save while keeping his MLS-leading 10th clean
sheet for LAFC.
Sporting Kansas City didn't get a shot on target until the 77th minute of a
loss that kept them at the bottom of the Western Conference standings.
Son struck in the fifth minute when he chased down a lead pass from Mark
Delgado, shook off defender Wyatt Meyer and fired home his third goal of the
season. The former Tottenham star played his first 13 matches without a goal
for LAFC despite leading MLS in assists, but the South Korea captain has looked
rejuvenated with the World Cup pressure off his shoulders.
Bouanga doubled LAFC's lead in the 37th minute with the type of
counterattacking goal that his team scored relentlessly last season. The French
forward controlled Mathieu Choinire's long pass, shrugged off a defender and
finished.
Bouanga's pass then set Martnez loose on a counterattack with Son in injury
time, and Martnez buried his sixth goal.
LAFC added yet another transition goal late when Ryan Porteous' long pass found
Tyler Boyd, who fed Bouanga for the brace.
Up next
Sporting Kansas City: Host Houston Dynamo on Saturday.
LAFC: At Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday.
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