Tráfico

When a massive storm blew through Southern California last February, MLS determined it wasn’t safe to play the season-opening game between the Galaxy and LAFC at the Rose Bowl. But Tom…

Carlos Vela scored twice and assisted on a third goal Sunday, carrying LAFC to a surprisingly hard-fought 3-2 win over the Galaxy at Dignity Health Sports Park.The winless Galaxy (0-4-3),…

What happens when the world’s game collides with America’s game in a car-crazed city like Los Angeles?We’re about to find out.On Saturday, the MLS Cup final matching LAFC with the…

No two MLS teams met more often this season than LAFC and the Galaxy, who will face off for the fourth time Thursday in the Western Conference playoff semifinals at Banc of California…

Carlos Vela is one of five players remaining from the 2019 LAFC team that won the Supporters’ Shield and broke the MLS record for points in a season. So with the team once again leading the…

Just 10 of the more than 800 players in MLS were born in Spain, so those who have made the journey here tend to be close. Until the whistle blows.“We are like brothers,” Galaxy midfielder…

Since LAFC entered the league in 2018, only one MLS team has won more regular-season games. Yet none of those wins have come at Dignity Health Sports Park, the road stadium where the team…

For better or worse, Southern California’s MLS rivalry has been christened El Tráfico, a nod to the area’s infamous traffic and the soccer cliché of calling every big game a clásico.But in…

The first intercity clash between LAFC and the Galaxy was just more than an hour old when Zlatan Ibrahimovic left the Galaxy bench and took Sebastian Lletget’s place on the field. Over the…

The Galaxy and LAFC spent much of the last two months struggling to beat anyone in MLS. So it was no surprise they couldn’t beat each other Sunday, playing to a choppy, unattractive and…