Austin FC vs. LAFC | Full Match Highlights | 2025 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs

They need goals, they've needed goals all season. Could look to the bench for the likes of Haider Obrian and CJ Fodry to provide them. His communication and physicality, it's gonna be leaned upon tonight with Porteus to his right. LAMC, as much as they would love to go back home and play game three, take care of business and prepare for the Whitecaps. But Austin still have a pulse as we are underway. Teammates on that 2022 MLS Cup winning side, lost by Son Heung-Min. With a stack, the shot by Ozuni, over. First number one pick in Austin FC history. Taylor, careful here, the ball by Buanga, and they got Son Heung-Min in open field. Buanga continues his run, one on one with Ilya Sanchez. Son Heung-Min! Yemes with the ball, and Son Heung-Min gores the Austin defense. LAFC with the breakthrough. Is phenomenal. Now the question, is Joe Dickerson in the run of plays saying no foul? Is there enough for VAR for Kevin Stott to go back and take a serious review? But then isolated 1v1, Denny Buanga finds Son Heung-Min. Isolated 1v1 with Ilya Sanchez. Going back a week ago, the physicality between these two players. Inside, outside, step over. Shows right, wants left. Quick little scissor moment, and then left foot laces. His far post side net just out of the reach of Brad Stuever. And LAFC with the 1-0 lead. His phenomenal goal contribution record continues. This is- With the level of competitiveness of Son Heung-Min, he enjoyed that moment and that goal. Here it happens again, Stuever off his line. Son Heung-Min plays around him. Open, go mouth, couldn't get it across for Buanga. Second goal, Buanga. Yes, the dynamic duo have struck again. When the left one gets you, then the right one. 2-0. They make sure in moments they're trying to get more numbers forward, that they're still competent enough defensively to try to have an ideal shape. That's just not the case with this duo, Max. LAFC wanted on the ground. Allston FC wanted in the air. Wolf gets airborne. Three for a head ball, Joe Dickerson. Ball has come off the extended right arm of Denny Buanga. Here too, Azuni looks. Is that right? Yes, on the spot. Azuni, no, Lloris, he went right down. Is he safe? Terrible penalty from Azuni. As comfortable as Hugo Lloris. It's been an attractive game. It's been intense, Denny, but it hasn't been the- As this one comes through for Buanga. Oh, big time, get it. He didn't want one. Oleg Zedek, companies, but some magic. A three-settle. It's a simple switch. And watch Ryan Hollingshead. There's no pressure. There's no jump. Destler doesn't even make an effort to try to challenge in the air with Hollingshead. But watch the angle taken from Denny Buanga. Inside shoulder, right side of Svantech. He's goal side. And watch the way he swivels the hips. Definitely will touch with the outside of the right foot. Goalkeeper at his mercy. And absolutely nothing Brad Stuber can do about it. Margins. And LAFC is crushing Austin FC in that conversation. Destler. Another good look here. Beat off. Contact from Borges at the doorstep. Still there for Austin FC. Ozuni could not pivot it. Buanga gets there first. Son Heung-min. And when we take a look, watch. It's the left arm. He swings back. Does he need to? I'm not sure he does. But again, now you're putting yourself. Number five. LAFC commits a reckless foul challenge with an arm to the face. The final decision is penalty kick. Well, Austin FC who just got scraps when it came to penalties in the regular season. And Borges will get a yellow card to boot. So the hug didn't work, Denny. Well, the question is who takes the penalty? Yes. Sent over from Kevin Stott. Joe Dickerson decides that it's a reckless foul. And Hugo Lloris, he gets a touch. He reads it well. Fingertips. And just. Lane through. Bordas. Big cut. Looking for goals. And back to back games. Triples away. Rescued Buanga. Hollingshead. Tillman. Delgado from outside the area. So many players out there. Big November dates coming up. Great ball. World Cup qualifier. What a ball. Kovalevich bearing down. Big wave of green. All the way through. Oprian. A gift. Tremendous player for Austin FC since their birth. All the way through. Lloris. The first time. He wants a second opinion. It wasn't me. And he's leaning, Max. And the only question, and I can't tell who's exactly in front of Bito, it's Eddie Segura. I think up the line, the only question is gonna be Eddie Segura. It was a bad loss for them at home as Obobese looks to get on the end of that. Big deflection. Grant Stuber neither here nor there. Mark Delgado with Obobese on the inside track. Also has Schwanier. Obobese. Yes! That is a finish. And an exclamation point for LAFC who punched their ticket to the conference semis. Obobese causing the first challenge. Stuber stays off his line. He would have been caught in no man's land. And Mark Delgado slows it up. Really drags Danny Pereira into a moment in which he's- I don't think he's gonna get any calls. But man, the way he plays certainly warrants it. As that is that. The end of the road for Austin FC. And for the fourth year running, LAFC emerge. Yeah!