Up-and-down LAFC looking to steady itself in Vancouver

"The wheels kind of fell off," Beitashour said of a 10-minute stretch that saw the team give up three goals — two on penalty kicks — and lose a player to two yellow cards. "That's what myself and other guys [told] the younger guys and guys that are new in the league. That can't happen."

Coach Bob Bradley said he delivered the same message. Only he wasn't nearly as polite.

"At the end of the game the pride in what we're all about and the identity of what we have, that has to be established," he said. "We will change that part. That is not the way we're going to go about things."

Bradley's team has played well in stretches this season, winning its first two games and outscoring opponents 9-1…