Rookie Julius James opened the scoring, glancing in a header off a well placed Rohan Ricketts free kick. Jeff Cunningham added one later, finally converting one of his many chances to score. Jarrod Smith was sent in alone late in the half, only to send a shot wide of the goal.
LA played the match without star David Beckham and Landon Donovan was held on the bench, while TFC were missing their top two offensive players, Danny Dichio and Amado Geuvara, and both sides had to deal with a dearth of players away for international duty. As a result, Brian Edwards was able to record the clean sheet in place of regular goalkeeper Greg Sutton, off to play for Canada.
Rohan Ricketts played a magnificent match, filling the void left by both Geuvara and Laurent Robert, leading the attack and creating chances.
TOTAL TFC Man of the Match: Rohan Ricketts
Notes:
- Jeff Cunningham now has 98 career MLS goals. It would be nice to see him score #100 in TFC Red.
- Defender Olivier Tebily was substituted for Julius James after suffering an injury
- Kevin Harmes actually played a decent match.
