With a four-goal performance on the way to a blowout win, LAFC striker Diego Rossi stamped his mark on the latest — and, perhaps, strangest — chapter of El Tráfico rivalry.
LAFC secured a 6-2 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy to block their cross-city rival out of contention for the knockout round of the MLS is Back tournament.
Everything about the Los Angeles rivalry is chaotic — the debates over its name, the back-and-forth between fans, the comeback debacles and late-game equalizers.
This iteration of El Tráfico saw both teams stripped of their stars. Carlos Vela stayed home from the tournament to be with his pregnant wife, while Chicharito suffered an injury earlier in the week that sidelined him for the match.