Overview
- Nkosi Tafari headed in Son Heung-min’s free kick in stoppage time to give LAFC a 2-1 first-leg win over Toluca on Wednesday in Los Angeles in the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal.
- Timothy Tillman put LAFC ahead in the 51st minute before Jesús Angulo equalized for Toluca in the 73rd.
- A Jacob Shaffelburg finish that would have made it 2-0 was ruled offside after a long VAR review, drawing sharp criticism from coach Marc Dos Santos.
- LAFC played without scorer Denis Bouanga and defender Eddie Segura as both served one-game bans for yellow-card accumulation.
- The second leg is May 6 at Toluca’s Estadio Nemesio Diez, where away goals apply and the 8,750-foot altitude often tests visiting teams.