“Daniel Ríos opened the scoring for CF Montréal after a persistent set-piece sequence — three corners in seven minutes — finally paid dividends, with Ríos finishing with a right-footed shot to make it 1-0.”
Pivotal“LA Galaxy hit back almost immediately through Rubén Ramos to level at 1-1, catching Montréal before they could settle into their lead — the equaliser coming just three minutes after falling behind.”
Pivotal“Maya Yoshida put LA Galaxy ahead just two minutes into the second half, capitalising on a corner situation after Joseph Paintsil's shot was saved to make it 1-2 — a sucker punch that gave Galaxy a shock lead.”
Pivotal“Prince Owusu finally restored parity for Montréal in the 79th minute, converting against ten-man Galaxy to make it 2-2 — the equaliser Montréal's dominance deserved, even if it came far later than their stats suggested it should have.”
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CF Montréal
LA Galaxy
Outstanding performance
CF Montréal•AttackerCF Montréal dominated large portions of this MLS fixture, controlling 57% of possession, generating 54 dangerous attacks to LA Galaxy's 15, and peppering the goal with 15 shots — yet they still needed a 79th-minute Prince Owusu goal to salvage a draw. The match burst to life almost immediately: Daniel Ríos gave Montréal the lead at 16 minutes through a well-worked set-piece sequence involving three corners, only for Rubén Ramos to equalise almost instantly at 19. Galaxy then stunned the home side just after the restart, with Maya Yoshida converting from a corner sequence in the 48th minute to make it 1-2. The match was turned on its head in the 68th minute when goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski was shown a straight red card for a professional foul as the last man, reducing Galaxy to ten. Montréal poured forward thereafter and Owusu finally found the equaliser with eleven minutes remaining, but despite their numerical advantage and statistical supremacy, Montréal could not find a winner — a result that will sting given their title race ambitions and the dominant position they should have pressed home.
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Erik Thommy comes on for Ruben Ramos Jr.
Hirving Rodrigo Lozano Bahena comes on for Joseph Paintsil.
Substitution: Alexis Sanchez comes on for Daniel Pereira.
Fabian Herbers comes on for Noah Streit.
Brayan Ceballos comes on for Dawid Bugaj.
Justin Haak takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Justin Haak takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Kyogo Furuhashi takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Offside.
Offside.
Maya Yoshida scores with a right-footed shot.
assist: Joseph Paintsil
Goal! The score is now 1-2.
Joseph Paintsil takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Corner awarded.
Offside.
Brandan Craig comes on for Brayan Vera.
First half ends with the score at 1-1.
Prince Owusu attempts a header but misses the shot.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Offside.
Maya Yoshida takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Offside.
Shot by Prince Owusu with his left foot is saved.
Rubén RamosGoal! Ruben Ramos Jr. scores, making it 1-1.
Ruben Ramos Jr. scores with a left-footed shot.
Kyogo Furuhashi takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Corner awarded.
Daniel RíosGoal! Daniel Armando Rios Calderon scores with a right-footed shot.
Matthew Longstaff takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Goal! The score is now 1-0.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Maya Yoshida attempts a header but misses the shot.
Corner awarded.
Kick-off! The referee is Lorenzo Hernandez.
