2024 Leagues Cup round of 32, Ream to Charlotte
The Leagues Cup round of 32 began on Wednesday, with LAFC beating Austin 2-0 at home. Denis Bouanga put LAFC up in the 11th and Cristian Olivera doubled the lead in the 61st minute. “We could see that they were waiting for us,” Bouanga said. “They were afraid of us to score first. So it was great. Then after, we just had to wait to score the second goal and close out the game.”
UNAM Pumas beat Vancouver 2-0 at BC Place, going ahead from a Cesar Huerta goal in the 36th. Jorge Ruvalcaba finished off the Pumas scoring in the 57th minute.
USMNT defender Tim Ream is now a member of Charlotte FC, joining the MLS club from Fulham.
The Leagues Cup round of 32 continued on Thursday, with Inter Miami beating Toronto 4-3 at home. Miami took the lead from a Matias Rojas goal in the 3rd. Diego Gomez doubled the Miami lead in the 11th. Toronto’s Luis Insigne converted a penalty in the 15th. Luis Suarez made it 3-1 Miami in the 20th, with Miami playing a man down from the 27th when Hector Martinez saw red. Insigne converted another Toronto penalty in the 41st. Rojas scored again for Miami in the 59th with Miami giving up an own-goal in the 79th minute.
Tigres beat Pachuca 1-0 in Austin on a 65th minute Marcelo Flores goal.
Seattle beat the LA Galaxy 3-1 at home. Yeimar Gomez put the Sounders up in the 4th, Jackson Ragen doubled the lead in the 7th, and Alex Roldan scored four minutes into first-half stoppage time. LA’s Gabriel Pec scored in the 83rd minute.
The Earthquakes beat Necaxa 5-0 at home, with Jackson Yueill opening the scoring in the 5th. Hernan Lopez doubled the lead in the 17th and Jeremy Ebobisse added goals in the 29th and 35th. Necaxa’s Alan Montes saw red in the 43rd. Paul Marie finished off the San Jose scoring in the 88th minute.
“It’s been coming,” San Jose coach Ian Russell said. “We’ve been unfortunate, but I think the difference tonight was we didn’t score and then sit back and defend. We scored and kept on pressing. Scored again and kept on pressing. We actually kept on ramping it up, and that’s the mentality you have to have.”
Quotes courtesy of MLS team press releases.
