Episode 153 - Home Away From Home Sweet Home. Feat. Vince LaRosa of 110 Football.

LAFC travels to the friendly confines of Sandy, Utah to take on Real Salt Lake, and you can hear all about it here on Episode 153 of Defenders of the Banc! It’s not just any episode, however. We’ve brought along a good friend, Vince LaRosa of 110 Football, to talk all about the victory over RSL, the Euros, and anything else we came up with here on 153!

 First, the most important news, LAFC won on the road! Though we’ve been nothing short of a dumpster fire on the road lately, we do love playing in Sandy, and it showed. It was an awfully boring first half, save for a brilliant free kick from Captain Carlos off the crossbar. Was he merely practicing for the Skills Challenge? Mark-Anthony Kaye came off at just about the hour mark, in what will be his swan song before heading off to Team Canada for the Gold Cup, and on came Jose Cifuentes. After a literal dash of brilliance from Kim Moon-Hwan, a strike from Cifu puts the Black and Gold up 1-0. 

 Yes, starting keeper Tomas Romero made some amazing saves on the night, igniting a keeper controversy in the process. However, it was Eddie Segura who would make the save of the match, and maybe our young season. An El-Munir-esque back line save would preserve the margin, the victory, and the very-much-needed three points. LAFC is back above the playoff line, though not comfortably; yet all seems possible once again for our club.

 Also on the episode, did we mention we’ve got Vince? We talk Euros, his Twitter trolls, his thoughts on everything from Mark-Anthony Kaye to possession to how stats can, or cannot, define a game. We really did love sitting down with Vince, both on Episode 153 and with 110 Football on their pre- and post-match shows for this tilt at Rio Tinto. It’s almost time for Austin, but until then, enjoy Episode 153!