When LAFC entered the league in 2018, its first game was against the Sounders in Seattle. It won that game and MLS has been trying to turn the series into a rivalry ever since.
But for a rivalry to take hold, the results should be evenly matched. That hasn’t been the case with these teams for some time.
LAFC’s latest win came Saturday, with goals from Timothy Tillman and Mateusz Bogusz, lifting it to 2-1 season-opening victory before a sun-splashed sellout crowd at BMO Stadium. And this one came with a bit of history because the win not only ran LAFC’s unbeaten streak against the Sounders to seven games, it was also the team’s seventh straight win on opening day dating to that 2018 game in Seattle.