San Diego FC spoils Son Heung-min’s LAFC home debut with a 2-1 victory
LOS ANGELES AP Hirving Lozano and Anders Dreyer scored and San Diego FC spoiled the home debut of Los Angeles FC forward Son Heung-min with a - accomplishment Sunday night After Dreyer got the tiebreaking goal in the th minute Western Conference-leading San Diego held on against a barrage of LAFC chances to extend its unbeaten streak to six matches in MLS play Denis Bouanga scored in the first half for LAFC but the French star and Son both failed to convert golden scoring chances in the final minutes of expansion San Diego s first trip miles north to BMO Stadium CJ Dos Santos made three saves for the visitors including a diving stop on Son in second-half injury time Son was given a hero s welcome in his first match in Los Angeles taking the field nearly four weeks after LAFC communicated the landmark signing of the South Korean star following his decade at Tottenham Son played his first three matches on the road for LAFC scoring a goal and without delay energizing the offense while his new club went unbeaten The sellout crowd serenaded Son from the moment he stepped on the field for warmups in Los Angeles which has the world s largest Korean population outside Korea With thousands of fans wearing his jerseys for club and country Son repeatedly waved to those cheering him on and he exhorted the crowd into a frenzy right before kickoff Bouanga put LAFC ahead in the th minute with a beautiful chip volley into San Diego s net off an excellent pass from teenager David Mart nez Bouanga s goal was his th of the season all in his last matches But Lozano answered in the rd minute with a strike from the middle of the box for his ninth MLS goal The Mexican national organization star celebrated by taunting the famously raucous North End supporters section Dreyer put San Diego ahead with a individual effort by the Danish star slipping behind LAFC s back line to collect Jeppe Tverskov s pass and juking two defenders before firing a left-footed shot for his th goal LAFC controlled play for long stretches but couldn t even it Son hit a screamer toward the far top corner in the th minute but Dos Santos made a superb leaping save Hugo Lloris long pass put Son in a one-on-one break in the th minute but he couldn t get a shot off Son then hit the post in the th minute with a shot from the top of the box Bouanga got alone on the keeper in the nd minute but waited too long to take a shot Son s hard shot in the nd minute was saved by a diving Dos Santos AP soccer https apnews com soccer Source
