Seoul: Son Heung-min has extended his Major League Soccer (MLS) scoring streak to three matches for Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC). Son netted his team's first goal as LAFC defeated Sporting Kansas City 4-0 at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday (local time).
According to Yonhap News Agency, Son had been held without a goal in his first 13 MLS matches this season. He broke his goal drought against LA Galaxy on July 17, his first match after the FIFA World Cup, and followed it up with another goal against Real Salt Lake five days later. Now, he has scored in three consecutive MLS matches for the first time since doing so in four games in a row last September.
Son continues to lead MLS with 10 assists, although he did not add to that total against Sporting Kansas City. Instead, he broke the deadlock just five minutes into the action on his home pitch. After the ball was poked loose off the feet of Timothy Tillman, Son beat defender Wyatt Meyer to it and rolled it into the bottom left corner from inside the penalty area.
Denis Bouanga increased the lead to 2-0 for LAFC in the 37th minute, and David Martinez put the home team up by three during stoppage time in the first half. Bouanga then grabbed his second goal of the game in the 85th minute, shortly after Son was substituted for Jeremy Ebobisse.
LAFC has now won four consecutive matches, including all three following the World Cup break, placing them in second place in the Western Conference on 33 points. They are tied in points with the conference-leading Vancouver Whitecaps FC, who hold the edge in the goal difference tiebreaker, 21-16.