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LAFC eager to build on promising 2018 debut after finish left them with ‘sour taste’

LAFC forward Carlos Vela, second from right, is congratulated by teammates after scoring the first of his two first-half goals against the Galaxy on Mar. Last year was a good year but didn’t necessarily finish the way we wanted it to.” Sign up for our daily sports newsletter » Instead, the year finished with LAFC blowing a second-half lead in a 3-2 loss to Real Salt Lake, a team it had outscored 7-1 in two regular-season games. Everyone’s stepped up their game a little bit.” At this time last year many of LAFC’s players were still getting to know one another. Anytime you can get that from a team, it’s a good start.” Continuity doesn’t hurt either and 12 of the 14 players who started more than a dozen games for LAFC last season return, as do the players responsible for all but eight of the team’s goals. “The guys that returned came in knowing that the work from last year, we had to get right back on track,” Bradley said.

LA Times

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