Los Angeles FC vs D.C. United SC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Los Angeles FC vs D.C. United SC — MLS at Banc of California Stadium.
- Los Angeles FC 15 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
- D.C. United SC 15 games · 18 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Aug D.C. United SC H 1–0 W 14 Aug Charlotte FC H 5–0 W 07 Aug Real Salt Lake A 4–1 W 30 Jul Seattle Sounders FC H 2–1 W 24 Jul Sporting Kansas City A 2–0 W 18 Jul Nashville SC A 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Aug Los Angeles FC A 0–1 L 13 Aug New England Revolution A 0–1 L 06 Aug New York Red Bulls H 0–0 D 03 Aug Charlotte FC A 0–3 L 31 Jul Orlando City SC H 2–1 W 24 Jul Montreal Impact FC H 1–2 L Season Stats
Los Angeles FC D.C. United SC #20 Position #9 24 Points 18 15 Played 15 7 / 3 / 5 W / D / L 4 / 6 / 5 24 Scored 21 17 Conceded 25 +7 GD -4 1.60 PPG 1.20 47% Win % 27% Key Stats
33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history60% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season40% Clean Sheets
D.C. United SC this seasonLos Angeles FC are 20th (24 pts). D.C. United SC are 9th (18 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Los Angeles FC0-151/316-304/231-452/246-601/561-753/276+3/2■ Scored ■ ConcededD.C. United SC0-152/116-303/231-451/246-602/361-751/276+4/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Banc of California Stadium that hosts another battle between Los Angeles FC and D.C. United SC.
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. D.C. United SC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 10' Los Angeles FC is showing some good football. However, Los Angeles FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Los Angeles FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 20' Diego Palacios needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
- 25' D.C. United SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 28' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Jackson Hopkins.
- 33' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 38' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 38 minutes.
- 43' D.C. United SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 44' D.C. United SC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 44.
- 49' It’s a booking for D.C. United SC player. Steven Birnbaum gets a Yellow card.
- 54' It looks surprising Los Angeles FC does not make any changes. Donovan Pines has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 59' D.C. United SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 60' Steven Birnbaum was booked on 60.
- 62' The Los Angeles FC manager makes a substitution. Brian Rodriguez departs to be replaced by Kwadwo Opoku.
- 63' D.C. United SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Christopher Durkin is hanging Jackson Hopkins on the field on 63 minute.
- 67' GOAL! Kwadwo Opoku scores on 67.
- 68' Goal! Kwadwo Opoku scores his 15 goal in 263 matches.
- 71' Miguel Berry is replacing Martin Rodriguez for the D.C. United SC side.
- 73' Time for substitution for Los Angeles FC. Carlos Vela is replaced by Latif Blessing.
- 78' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering D.C. United SC that had 257 games and scored 350 goals.
- 82' Another substitution for D.C. United SC to replace Andy Najar by Chris Odoi-Atsem on 82 minute.
- 84' Another substitution for Los Angeles FC to replace Jose Cifuentes by Ryan Hollingshead on 84 minute.
- 89' A meaty challenge results in booking for Franco Escobar on 89.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Los Angeles FC players.
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Lineups
Los Angeles FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 12
- 9
- 6
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10
Carlos Vela ↓ Latif Blessing 73'
- 23
- 2
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4
Eddie Segura ↓ Mamadou Fall 84'
- 16
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17
Brian Rodriguez ↓ Kwadwo Opoku 62'
- 20
- 3
Bench
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24
Ryan Hollingshead ↑ 84'
- 77
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7
Latif Blessing ↑ 73'
- 25
- 32
- 26
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22
Kwadwo Opoku ↑ 62'
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5
Mamadou Fall ↑ 84'
Coach Steven CherundoloD.C. United SC Lineups
Starting XI
- 44
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14
Andy Najar ↓ Chris Odoi-Atsem 82'
- 32
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49
Ravel Morrison ↓ Ola Kamara 82'
- 11
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97
Sami Guediri ↓ Donovan Pines 82'
- 93
- 15
- 13
- 25
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77
Martin Rodriguez ↓ Miguel Berry 71'
Bench
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9
Ola Kamara ↑ 82'
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3
Chris Odoi-Atsem ↑ 82'
- 1
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23
Donovan Pines ↑ 82'
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22
Miguel Berry ↑ 71'
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8
Christopher Durkin ↑ 63'
- 6
- 35
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Diego Rossi 4 Kwadwo Opoku 2 Darren Mattocks 1 Diego Rossi 1 Darren Mattocks 1 Carlos Vela 1 Head to Head
Los Angeles FC Form
D.C. United SC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.99 Los Angeles FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.57 D.C. United SC xGI would bet for: Los Angeles FC to win 69% + Under — clean sheet likely 62%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Los Angeles FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.56Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 72% 28% ± 2.5 46% 54% ± 3.5 26% 74% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
Los Angeles FC or Draw 90%Draw or D.C. United SC 31%Los Angeles FC or D.C. United SC 79%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 0 15%1 – 0 Actual3 – 0 9.7%0 – 0 9.5%1 – 1 9.3%2 – 1 8.4%3 – 1 5.7%4 – 0 4.9%0 – 1 3.6%4 – 1 2.9%2 – 2 2.4%1 – 2 2.3%Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC
Handicap Los Angeles FC covers Push D.C. United SC covers -2.5 23% — 77% -2 23% 22% 55% -1.5 45% — 55% -1 45% 25% 30% -0.5 70% — 30% +0.5 91% — 9% +1 91% 6% 2% +1.5 98% — 2% +2 98% 2% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet 57% ✓D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet 15% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

