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IT'S OVER
The match between LA Galaxy and Toronto ends, both teams tie and split points.
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Goal! Toronto FC 2, LA Galaxy 2. Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box.
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Goal! Toronto FC 2, LA Galaxy 1. Federico Bernardeschi (Toronto FC) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
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Attempt blocked. Kévin Cabral (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from long range on the left is blocked. Assisted by Riqui Puig.
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Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Toronto FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left following a corner.
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Attempt blocked. Michael Bradley (Toronto FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi.
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Goal! Toronto FC 1, LA Galaxy 1. Jesús Jiménez (Toronto FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box.
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Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Toronto FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jayden Nelson.
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Lukas MacNaughton (Toronto FC) is shown the yellow card.
SECOND HALF BEGINS
The second half begins between Toronto FC and LA Galaxy, the Angelenos are still on top of the scoreboard
THE FIRST HALF IS OVER
At the end of the first half, LA Galaxy momentarily beat Toronto FC.
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Attempt blocked. Ayo Akinola (Toronto FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Domenico Criscito.
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Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Toronto FC) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jayden Nelson.
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Offside, LA Galaxy. Chicharito tries a through ball, but Samuel Grandsir is caught offside.
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Richie Laryea (Toronto FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Goal! Toronto FC 0, LA Galaxy 1. Douglas Costa (LA Galaxy) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
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Offside, LA Galaxy. Derrick Williams tries a through ball, but Chicharito is caught offside.
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Samuel Grandsir (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad fo
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Attempt saved. Douglas Costa (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
THE GAME STARTS
The match between Toronto and LA Galaxy kicks off, both teams will be looking for a win today in the MLS midweek matchday.
WE WILL BEGIN IN A FEW MOMENTS
In a couple of minutes we will start broadcasting the match between Toronto FC and LA Galaxy, both teams will be looking for the three points.
LA GALAXY LINEUP LIST
This is the LA Galaxy's roster to face Toronto FC at BMO Field and return to Los Angeles with the three points.
Blue, White & 𝔊old in the 6ix ✨#TORvLA x @ModeloUSA
— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) August 31, 2022
TORONTO'S LINE-UP LIST
This is Toronto's roster to face the LA Galaxy at home and take the three points.
LAX meets YYZ 🤩
— Toronto FC (@TorontoFC) August 31, 2022
Tonight's Starting XI vs. @LAGalaxy#TORvLA | #TFCLive pic.twitter.com/lpEF7bLbLr
THEY KEEP FORGETTING ABOUT HIM
Javier "Chicharito" Hernández continues to break the MLS and with the Angelino team, as he has already scored at least one goal in four consecutive matches and now has 12 goals in his personal account. The official account of the Mexican national team published an image of Julian Araujo, Mexican player of LA Galaxy and teammate of 'Chicharito'. The publication congratulated the player and his club for having won 1-2 at home to New England and highlighted that the defender had played all 90 minutes.
MLS ASSISTS
On the assists side, it is Austin FC who also dominates with player Diego Fagundez who has made 11 assists throughout the tournament, followed by Luciano Acosta in second place with 10 assists, in third place is Santiago Molina with 9 assists, in fourth place is Carles Gil with 8 assists, followed by Carlos Vela, Cristian Espinoza and Sebastian Blanco.
THE MLS GOAL-SCORING TABLE IS AS FOLLOWS
At the moment the scoring table is dominated by Austin FC's penalty area killer, Sebastián Driussi with 19 goals scored in his personal account, in second place Brandon Vásquez and Daniel Gazdag dominate with 16 goals, in third place are Hany Mukthar, Jesús Ferreira and Romel Quioto with 15 goals. Mexico's Javier Chicharito Hernández is in fifth place with 11 goals.
LAST MATCH FOR THE GALAXY
The LA Galaxy traveled to Gillette Stadium, home of New Englad to face them in one more date of the MLS regular season. The LA Galaxy started with the revolutions very high as Aguirre and Chicharito Hernandez already had the Angelinos leading 0-2 just 15 minutes into the game, however, the end of the game became cardiac as Charles Gil put the 1-2 at 82 to revive the hopes of a tie but the time was not enough to divide points.
TORONTO FC'S LAST MATCH
Toronto FC had to travel last weekend to Bank of America Stadium to face Charlotte Football Club. Despite the fact that the Ontario side could not have much possession of the ball throughout the 90 minutes, the Toronto team proved to be more convincing inside the box as a goal from Insigne and Bernardeschi, they took the 3 points to go home with the victory.
THE WAIT IS OVER
The wait is over in MLS, the LA Galaxy visits Toronto FC at BMO Field to play the midweek match of the American first division soccer championship. On the one hand, Toronto won their last away match against Charlotte Football Club by a final score of 2-0, while the LA Galaxy traveled to New England to win 1-2 as visitors, where Chicharito was once again the scorer of the Angelino team.
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What time is Toronto vs LA Galaxy match for MLS?
This is the start time of the game Toronto vs LA Galaxy of 31th August in several countries:
Argentina: 20:30 PM
Bolivia: 18:30 PM
Brazil: 20:30 PM
Chile: 19:30 PM
Colombia: 18:30 PM
Ecuador: 18:30 PM
USA (ET): 19:30 PM in TUDN USA
Spain: 00:30 AM
Mexico: 18:30 PM
Paraguay: 18:30 PM
Peru: 19:30 PM
Uruguay: 20:30 PM
Venezuela: 18:30 PM
Watch out for this LA Galaxy player:
The player to watch for this match will be star striker, Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez, the current center forward has been an important piece in this start of the season for the LA Galaxy and has proven it by becoming the ally of the goal for his team, now, he will look to break the nets and be the difference that balances the scales in favor of his team.
Watch out for this Toronto player:
The player to watch for this match will be star striker, Lorenzo Insigne, the current center forward has been an important piece in this start of the season for Toronto and has proven it by becoming the goal ally for his team, now, he will look to break the nets and be the difference that balances the scales in favor of his team.
LA Galaxy final roster:
J. Bond; J. Araujo, S. Coulibaly, N. DePuy, R. Edwards; K. Cabral, M. Delgado, G. Brugman, S. Grandsir; V. Vázquez, Chicharito.
Toronto's last roster:
A. Bono; D. Criscito, C. Mavinga, L. MacNaughton, R. Laryea; J. Nelson, M. Bradley, D. Kerr; L. Insigne, A. Akinola, F. Bernardeschi.
Background:
Toronto and LA Galaxy have only met 20 times in all history (6 wins for Toronto, 7 draws and 7 wins for the Galaxy) where the scales have been tipped in favor of the LA Galaxy. In terms of goals, it is the LA Galaxy who have the advantage with 31 goals to Toronto's 27. Their last meeting dates back to Matchday 5 of the 2019 MLS season where LA Galaxy defeated Toronto 2-0.
About the Stadium:
BMO Field Stadium is a venue located in Canada, specifically in Toronto, Ontario. It has a capacity of 30,000 spectators and is home to the Toronto FC team of Major League Soccer and the Canadian national soccer team. Its most important event was the visit of Real Madrid in 2009 to play a friendly against Toronto FC.
Looking to win on the road
Another team to consider this season has been the LA Galaxy, because, although they have not been dominating in their conference, they have had small flashes that make them to be watched for the moment when the Angelino team will be at their best. At the moment, the LA Galaxy have 25 games played so far where they have 10 wins, 4 draws and 11 defeats, have 40 goals for and a total of 37 goals against, resulting in a 3 goals difference in favor in the statistics and finally have 34 points in the bag.
To make their stay at home count
On the other hand, Toronto will be looking to shake off the bad season they are having with a victory against one of the most important teams in the MSL, the LA Galaxy. Toronto is currently part of the Eastern Conference and is in 11th place in the overall standings with 27 games played that have given them a total of 8 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses, also, they average a total of 40 goals for and 47 goals against, having a total goal differential of -7.
Conference duel
The MLS will have another great regular season match when Toronto receives at home the LA Galaxy, it will be a duel between the East and West conferences of the MLS, however, the roles look different because currently the LA Galaxy is going through a better moment football-wise, being in a mid-table position, contrary to Toronto, which is still at the bottom of its conference and has not been able to get up so far in the MSL.
Kick-off time
The Toronto vs LA Galaxy match will be play in the BMO Field, in Toronto, Canadá. The kick-off is scheduled at 19:30 pm ET.
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