Ryan Hollingshead equalised 14 minutes into second-half stoppage time as Los Angeles FC salvaged a 2-2 draw in opposition to Western Convention rivals San Diego FC.
San Diego led 2-0 with eight minutes of the 90 remaining and have been on the right track to halt their eight-match winless run, having misplaced 5 in a row forward of Saturday’s conflict.
Mikey Varas’ group went forward by means of Marcus Ingvartsen’s downward header within the seventh minute, and the Dane doubled up within the second half, drilling into the bottom-left nook following one other Anders Dreyer help.
However LAFC halved the arrears when Denis Bouanga completed from a decent angle, having been assisted by Son Heung-min, who entered the fray as a second-half substitute after Marc Dos Santos shuffled his pack, following a midweek CONCACAF Champions Cup win over Toluca.
And a prolonged interval of stoppage time was performed after residence goalkeeper CJ dos Santos suffered a nasty bloodied nostril whereas making a close-range save to disclaim Bouanga.
Because the clock ticked into the 114th minute, Hollingshead profited from a goalmouth scramble to hook past substitute goalkeeper Duran Ferree and rescue some extent.
LAFC keep third within the Western Convention, nonetheless seven factors behind the leaders, the San Jose Earthquakes, who drew 1-1 with Toronto FC.
The second-placed Vancouver Whitecaps have been additionally held to a 1-1 draw by the LA Galaxy, as have been the fourth-placed Seattle Sounders, away at Sporting Kansas Metropolis.
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Hollingshead’s equaliser was the third-latest stoppage-time purpose in MLS historical past, with solely Tom Barlow (90+17, New York Purple Bulls versus San Jose Earthquakes in 2023), and Mateusz Bogusz (90+15, Houston Dynamo versus Portland Timbers in 2026) netting in a while.
That strike additionally moved Hollingshead previous Graham Zusi and made him the highest-scoring defender in MLS regular-season historical past, with 32 such targets.
Each groups outperformed their underlying anticipated targets figures, with San Diego managing 1.04 xG from eight pictures and LAFC registering 0.78 xG from 9 efforts.
