The Los Angeles Football Club Gazette
Match27 Oct 2035
Job done: Los Angeles Football Club advance past LA Galaxy
The tie is over and the right side of it is theirs. 2‑1 on the night, a dressing room that will not come down for a day and a half, and a next round nobody has thought about yet.
Market29 Oct 2035
Christian Sanjiau puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Los Angeles Football Club, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings29 Oct 2035
Vintage Ben Bender — 7.89
At 34 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.89, and nobody on the pitch better.
The dugout29 Oct 2035
Jack Bradley keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Los Angeles Football Club may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match27 Oct 2035
Los Angeles Football Club cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad29 Oct 2035
Tempers go at Los Angeles Football Club
Mimeirhel Benita was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad29 Oct 2035
A row about effort at Los Angeles Football Club
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tristan Brown was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The terraces29 Oct 2035
One of their own: George Steffen
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
The dugout29 Oct 2035
The manager makes an example of Angel Uñates
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Squad Los Angeles Football Club lose Dylan Wright
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Ben Bender
- The dugout The view from the dugout