LOS ANGELES.- with the mexican Hirving “Chucky” Lozano as a substitute, San Diego FC defeated 1-0 on Monday Minnesota United and advanced to the Western Conference final in his first season in the North American league (MLS).
A powerful left foot from the Dane Anders Dreyer In the 72nd minute he gave the Californians the victory in front of their Snapdragon Stadium audience.
San Diego will be home again on Saturday in the West final thanks to its first position in the regular phase, in the best campaign of a debuting franchise.
Your rival will be Vancouver Whitecaps which leads the German Thomas Müllersecond seed in the sector.
In the East the Inter Miami of Lionel Messi and the New York City FCalso on Saturday.
The winners of these duels will play in the MLS single-game final on December 6.
As in the first round of the playoffs, coach Mikey Varas He left the starting “Chucky Lozano” on the bench.
The expanse of Naples He was called to be San Diego’s franchise player, but, in the midst of friction with Varas himself, he ended up ceding the team’s leading role to Dreyer.
Decisive
The former midfielder of the Anderlechtwinner of the MLS Contract of the Year award, was once again decisive this Monday by unblocking a tense and even duel against Minnesota.
After taking shelter in their field in the first half, the visitors scared San Diego with several dangerous attacks, especially a shot from Robin Lod who surpassed the Mexican goalkeeper Pablo Sisniega, but was rejected on the goal line by the defender Ian Pilcher.
San Diego resisted the harassment and found his reward in an internship to the area of Corey Baird who, preventing the ball from going over the goal line, kicked back for the arrival of Dreyer, who fired a shot into the net.
Lozano entered the field in the 78th minute and helped defend a result that places San Diego just two steps away from the title in its debut season.
