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The penalties...
Revives the pnalty shootout in which falaxy qualified to semifinals.
Romney tied it... again
Romney head in an Alvarez' corner to tied it up.
Xolos took the lead before halftime
Washington Camacho scored his second goal on his second match with Xolos.
Nahuelpan tied it
Six minutes later, Xolos scored the equalizer thanks to Nahuelpán.
Boateng broke the ice
The Galaxy's forward scored first in the match in a deflected shot.
Semifinal bound!
LA Galaxy will play on August 20th against Cruz Azul in Leagues Cup semifinal. Dignity Health Sports Park will held the game.
Galaxy wins!
Gonzalez takes his penalty brilliantly and gives to his team a 3-1 win in the penalty shootout.
Another save by Lampson!
Three saves by Lampson, now Galaxy has the chance to win if they score on the fifth shot!
Boateng gives Galaxy the lead
Galaxy now lead thanks to Boateng.
It's a goalkeepers duel!
What a save by Lampson on a Braghieri's cannon, still tied!
Lajud again!!
The mexican goalie save another penalty!
Nahuelpan ties it!
Great shot by Ariel Nahuelpan who ties the score at 1, after 2 shots.
Álvarez misses too!
Now Xolos has the chance to tie it.
Save by Lampson!!
Erick Torres fails his shot!
1-0 Galaxy
Carrasco scores on a great shot.
Penalties
LA Galaxy will shoot first.
90+7'
Final time! We will go to penalty shootout to define a winner.
90+3'
Araujo gets yellow card, his second for the match and leaves the game.
90+1'
Three minutes for additional time.
89'
Tchilao sees yellow card.
85'
Erick Torres enters the match, Washington Camacho leaves.
83'
Final stretch of the match, still tied.
73'
Yellow card for Camilo Sanvezzo.
70'
Off the post! Bolanos hit the post with the shot.
62'
Galaxy substitution, Don Tchilao comes on for Kai Koreniuk
Offside!
Sanvezzo scored his first goal as a Xoloitzcuintle, but the referee says it's OFFSIDE.
GOOOOOOAL GALAXY!! And the game is tied again! It appears to be an own goal, 2-2.
49'
As in the first half, Galaxy has possession of the ball at the start
46'
Second half starts NOW.
Galaxy did quite well and created a handful of dangerous opportunities before Xolos began to take control. Tijuana with more of the momentum heading into halftime.
End for the firts half
Tijuana goes to the locker room with 2-1 lead.
45'
GOAAAAAAL XOLOS!! Tijuana takes the lead after Camacho's shot.
41'
Nice shot by Nahuelpan, but is stopped by Lampson.
40'
Five minutes to go on the first time.
33'
TIE GAME!! Nahuelpan scores on a team play to tie the match. Galaxy's advantage lasted six minutes.
27'
GOOOAAAALL GALAXY!! Boateng deflected a shot and scores. After a VAR revision, the call stands! Galaxy 1-0.
23'
Galaxy has possession, but they aren't clear in attack zone.
12'
Camacho shot is blocked by the defense. No danger in Galaxy's net.
10'
Ten minutes in for the game, still scoreless.
5'
Lajud appears for the first time. He dives in his right and stops the shot.
Kickoff!
Here we go! Game has started, LA Galaxy vs Tijuana Xolos on 2019 Leagues Cup.
Ready from the field
Both teams are seconds away from take the field and start the match!
Semifinal bound!
Cruz Azul advances to semifinals after win 2-0 against Chicago Fire. Will take on the winner of this match in semis!
Termina el partido entre @ChicagoFire 🆚 @Cruz_Azul_FC con una clara victoria para 'La Máquina':#LeaguesCup pic.twitter.com/ssLZjHwy0Y
— Leagues Cup (@LeaguesCup) 24 de julio de 2019
Xolos Starting XI
Lajud; Mendoza, Braghieri, Velázquez, Rivero; Balanta, Miranda, Camacho, Bolaños; Sanvezzo and Nahuelpán.
Watch the Dignity Health Sports Park! Just minutes away from kickoff.
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Xolos' fans are in the building!
Galaxy Starting XI
Lampson; Araujo, Romney, Gonzalez, Skjelvik; Cuello, Carrasco, Koreniuk; Alvarez, Zubak and Boateng.
Xolos take the field for warmups.
Los @Xolos ya reconocen el terreno de juego. #LeaguesCup pic.twitter.com/efflEhNwTu
— Leagues Cup (@LeaguesCup) 24 de julio de 2019
And they are the 23 players for Xolos:
Here's LA Galaxy roster for Leagues Cup:
Both teams are already in the building and it is just a matter of time before they go out to the field for warmup.
We reiterate our greetings. We are less than an hour away from the kickoff in the United States' west coast.
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The referee
For this tournament, CONCACAF appoints the arbitrators. This will be the turn of Said Martinez (Honduras) to be the central referee.
The stadium
Located in Carson, California, 17 miles north Los Angeles, now named Dignity Health Sports Park (StubHub Center, before), has a capacity for 27,000 spectators. It's called "Soccer Catedral".
Xolos' key player
Miler Bolaños. He changed his jersey's number, now carries the 10 and fulfills exactly that function, is the creative offensive and one of its advantages is the ability to play anywhere in the attack, whether on the right wing, left wing or behind the forward, additionaly, has a good definition.
Galaxy's key player
Zlatan Ibrahimovic: The Swede is an out of series and showed it last Friday with his hat-trick in El Tráfico. The 6'4" striker has scored 16 times this MLS season, with 17 games played.
It will be the sixth match between both teams, but the third officially. The two previous were the Concacaf CHampions League 2013-14 quarterfinals, when Xolos won the leg 4-3.
For its part, Xolos also won his last league match and by the same score, 3-1 against Puebla.
Galaxy comes to this match with morale high after defeating their city neighbours, LAFC, 3-1 thanks to a Zlatan Ibrahimovic's perfect hat-trick.
The Leagues Cup's first edition will start with this matchup between teams whom cities are 135 miles away.
Los Angeles Galaxy vs Xolos Tijuana match will be played at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, United States. Kickoff is scheduled at 11pm ET.
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