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'Trust Man' is Son Heung-min (LAFC) as expected.
LA FC will play the 2025 Major League Soccer (MLS) regular league away game against Real Salt Lake at 10:30 a.m. on the 18th (Korea time) at the America First Field in Salt Lake City, Utah. LA FC ranks fifth in the Western Conference with 12 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses (44 points). He is likely to secure a berth in the playoffs (PO), which will be given up to ninth place. However, MLS gets direct PO rights up to 7th place in the Eastern and Western conferences, respectively. The 8th to 9th places will decide their fate for one PO participation through the PO wild card round. In the first round of PO, 1st-8th (or 9th), 2nd-7th, 3rd-6th, and 4th-5th will compete to determine the semifinal and final teams. The teams ranked 1st to 4th in each conference can play the first round of PO at home. Ranking of the regular league is also important.
LA FC will try to win the title by recruiting Son Heung-min as a 'World Class striker' through the summer transfer market. Son Heung-min is doing a great job of 'name value'. He played five regular league games in the LA FC uniform, scoring two goals and one assist. However, Son's influence is not limited to numbers. He takes the center stage of the team as a veteran. 'Jupo'Denis Buanga's score is also directly or indirectly helping. MLS recently said on its website that the combination of Son Heung-min and Buanga is the most interesting point of the 33rd round of MLS. Son Heung-min scored a lot of points with Harry Kane (Bayern Munich) when he was with Tottenham (England). In the U.S., he works with Vuanga.
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Vine Sports, a sports media outlet, reported on the 17th that `Buanga admitted his desire to get Son Heung-min to help him score.' Vuanga said "I want to score a goal. Tim helps me a lot, too. I really like soccer. It is too easy to play with Son Heung-min. Son Heung-min is an amazing player. You can see that he's a good person off the field. Everyone who knows Son Heung-min knows what he is." Buanga scored a hat trick (three goals in one game) in the previous match against San Jose. He is the third-leading scorer with 18 goals in this season's regular league.
LA FC coach Steve Cherundolo also said, `I enjoy coaching Son Heung-min. I hope Son Heung-min enjoys playing for our team."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
