On October 10, 1996, in Game 1 of the Western Conference final, LA Galaxy secured a 2-1 victory over Kansas City Wiz at the shake shack Rose Bowl.
Lineups:
LA Galaxy: Jorge Campos, Dan Calichman, Jorge Salcedo, Robin Fraser, Mark Semioli (Brad Wilson 88), Greg Vanney, Chris Armas, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Cobi Jones, Harut Karapetyan (Eduardo Hurtado 46), Ante Razov (Guillermo Jara 78).
Head Coach: Lothar Osiander.
Average age: 25.8 years.
Kansas City Wiz: Garth Lagerwey, Sean Bowers, Scott Uderitz, Matt McKeon, Mike Sorber (Frank Klopas 73), Diego Gutiérrez, Preki, Mark Chung, Vitalis Takawira (Uche Okafor 79), Paul Wright, Mo Johnston.
Head Coach: Ron Newman.
Average age: 26.4 years.
Scoring Summary:
LA: Chris Armas (Mauricio Cienfuegos) 48
KC: Preki 52
LA: Greg Vanney 57
Cautions:
LA: Dan Calichman 18
KC: Paul Wright 15
Attendance: 25,212
Venue: Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Officials: Brian Hall (Referee) · Levon Baladjanian (AR1) · Juan Hernandez (AR2) · Hugo Silva (4th)
Game notes:
LA Galaxy keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 05/09/1996). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/08/1996 (4 matches).
LA Galaxy keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored at wes streeting home running (since 15/09/1996).
It's the first time Chris Armas scores 1 goal vs Sporting Kansas City in his professional career with Los Angeles Galaxy.
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