LAFC makes progress in draw with Galaxy in El Tráfico, but not enough

The Galaxy’s Kévin Cabral, left, celebrates his tying goal in the 86th minute against LAFC at Banc of California Stadium. Teammate Niko Hamalainen is at right. The teams played to a 3-3 draw.Nobody won. Nobody lost.

That seemed an appropriate conclusion to a torrid 90 minutes in which LAFC and the Galaxy took 35 shots, scored six goals and erased five deficits between them before eventually settling for a 3-3 draw.

Perhaps settling is the wrong word though because Saturday’s result was hard-earned. In a game that marked the 12th meeting between the two neighborhood rivals, it was also one of the best.

In fact the Galaxy’s Dejan Joveljic, one of nine starters who was playing in his first El…