Denis Bouanga scored three times in a first-half barrage to take the Major League Soccer goals lead, and Los Angeles FC clinched a playoff spot with a 5-1 victory over Minnesota United. Bouanga ended LAFC’s four-match, 372-minute scoreless streak in the fourth minute of its regular-season home finale. He added two more goals before the halftime whistle, and the defending MLS Cup champions cruised through the second half to move into third place in the Western Conference. Hassani Dotson scored in the fourth minute of the worst defensive game of the season by Minnesota, which has a seven-game winless skid.
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Filip Krastev added his first MLS goal for LAFC in the second half. LAFC is unbeaten in its last seven matches against Minnesota. Bouanga’s hat trick gave him 17 goals this season, pushing him ahead of Cincinnati’s Luciano Acosta for the Golden Boot as MLS’ top goal-scorer. LAFC answered only two minutes later, with Bouanga converting Mateusz Bogusz’s pass for his 15th goal of the season. Their club hadn’t scored since Timothy Tillman’s late goal in its 4-2 El Trafico victory over the LA Galaxy on Sept. 16.
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