How LAFC Made Los Angeles A Soccer City
The Lead
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🗓️ 23 October 2019
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The most anticipated match in MLS history is tomorrow. LAFC takes on cross-town rivals LA Galaxy in the second round of the playoffs. LAFC had a record-breaking regular season, led by Mexican superstar Carlos Vela. But they've never beaten the LA Galaxy or Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The Athletic's Josh Gross walks us through the amazing story of LAFC, which has taken Los Angeles by storm, and tells us what to expect in tomorrow night's match.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, Anders, tomorrow night is the game that soccer fans have been looking forward to |
| 0:10.8 | all season. |
| 0:12.0 | True. |
| 0:13.0 | It's arguably the most anticipated game in MLS history. |
| 0:15.9 | We're sort of from Ted Uncool, and Minnesota's Dream dies. |
| 0:23.4 | It will be the LA Galaxy facing those noisy neighbors again. |
| 0:29.6 | LAFC will face the LA Galaxy in this new postseason format. |
| 0:34.6 | One win and you advance, one loss, and you're out. |
| 0:37.8 | This LA rivalry, it's only two years old, but it's really intense, and it's unlike anything |
| 0:43.6 | we've seen in the league so far. |
| 0:46.3 | So today, we're going to talk with the athletics Josh Gross about LAFC. |
| 0:51.3 | This team with celebrity owners, a rabid fan base, and a Mexican superstar that have set |
| 0:57.0 | all sorts of records this year. |
| 0:59.0 | And all of this has made people ask, you know, LA is a Dodgers town, it's a Lakers town, |
| 1:04.4 | but could it be a soccer town too? |
| 1:08.7 | From Wendry and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:11.2 | And I'm Kavita Davidson. |
| 1:13.0 | It's Wednesday, October 23rd, and this is the lead. |
| 1:16.8 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:21.2 | There was just something about the emotion and the moment you know the verse for the first |
| 1:27.0 | of the series, it doesn't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:33.3 | This isn't a story where you interview the athlete in your home. |
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