Myrto Uzuni and Owen Wolff scored goals and Austin FC was held late for a 2-1 victory against the Los Angeles Galaxy in a West Conference match in Carson, California.
The Verde (8-8-8-6, 30 points), which has entered the match that did not score in its last two MLS games and with a Ligus-Bas league for the season, took advantage of the porous defense of Los Angeles to publish the victory and sweep the series of the season between the sides. Austin has a 3-1-1 file in his last five MLS games.
Los Angeles (3-14-6, 15 points), the title champion of the MLS, entered the match with victories in consecutive matches for the first time this season and three consecutive victories at home. The Galaxy began season 0-12-4 – the worst start of the history of the league – and made 45 goals in the league.
Wolff produced the first shot of the match to the goal, forcing a stop by the Los Angeles Novak Micovic goalkeeper in the 16th minute.
Uzuni, the Albanian national who was signed by Austin in January on Granada team transfer fees in Spain Laliga 2, obtained the Verde on the dashboard in the 40th minute. He took a pass from Diego Rubio deeply in the box and stabilized the ball to his left foot before beating Micovic Low in the left corner of the net. Brendan Hines-ike also obtained a decisive pass for the pass that started the score game.
It was Uzuni’s second goal of the season and broke the 219 -minute period from Austin FC without finding the net.
Wolff added a total insurance in the 63rd minute after a rupture of the galaxy inside the penalty area. A limit ball was poorly played by two players of the and skid in Uzuni, who removed Micovic from his goal line with a weak shot. But the ball found itself at the feet of Wolff, who showed patience to go to his left foot before giving the ball calmly in the open net.
The Joseph Painting of the Galaxy attracted a fault on the edge of the Mikkel Desler area two minutes after the start of the stop time and calmly beaten the goalkeeper of Austin Brad Stover at the kick which followed the place to attract the goal. But it is as close as possible.
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