“I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They’re beautiful. Everybody’s plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.”
Andy Warhol
Tied for 5th in the West FC Dallas (4 points, 1-0-1) travels to Planet LA to take on the Tied for 1st in the West Los Angeles Football Club (6 points, 2-0-0) at 9:30 CT on Apple TV from BMO Stadium.
LAFC has advanced to the Round of 16 in the Concacaf Champions Cup, where they face LDA from Costa Rica. Perhaps they will be focused on that and rotate a player or two?
Broadcast Info
TV: AppleTV
– Apple TV English: Max Bretos, Brian Dunseth
– Apple TV Spanish: Diego Pessolano, Daniel Chapela
– Dallas Audio: Ryan Figert, Steve Davis, and Sam Hale
MLS Injury/Player Availability Report
FC Dallas
Brooks Thompson – Ankle (Out)
Anderson Julio – Lower leg (Questionable)
Jonathan Sirois – Face (Questionable)
Los Angeles Football Club
Lorenzo Dellavalle – Leg (Out)
Jeremy Ebobisse – Leg (Out)
Igor Jesus – Leg (Out)
Aaron Long – Leg (Out)
Jacob Shaffelburg – Pelvis (Out)
FC Dallas Lineup Prediction
Let’s face it, Bernie Kamungo has been poor, and in game 2 – against a high-powered Nashville offense – he was worse than in game 1. So maybe time to sit him? Not a good game to give Ricky Louis his first start, so I have Louicius Deedson in.
Patrickson Delgado wasn’t amazing either, so I have him out for Ramiro as the need for defense is high. That lets Christian Cappis return to his left side 8 spot. The only reason to keep Delgado in would be to keep the 10’ish type player as they work Joaquín Valiente towards being a starter. Expect Valiente off the bench.
Bench Prediction
Jonathan Sirois (Questionale)
Ricky Louis
Nolan Norris
Ran Binyamin
Sam Sarver
Bernie Kamungo
Lalas Abubakar
Patrickson Delgado
Joaquín Valiente
MLS Kit Assignments
Officials
REFEREE: Drew Fischer
ASSISTANT REFEREES: Michael Barwegen, Lyes Arfa
4TH OFFICIAL: Joe Dickerson
VAR: Jose Carlos Rivero
AVAR: TJ Zablocki
More Game Info
- FCD vs. LAFC all-time: 4-7-3 (16 goals scored, 21 goals conceded)
- FCD vs. LAFC away: 0-6-1 (3 goals scored, 13 goals conceded)
LAFC has advanced to the Round of 16 in the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup following a 7-1 aggregate-goal victory against Real España in the clubs’ Round One series.
Dallas ranks second in MLS in aerial challenges won with 40.
Since 2018, LAFC has the best home regular-season record in MLS (83-19-28 for 278 points).
LAFC also leads in MLS points since 1998 (455 points) with 131 wins and 506 goals.
Dallas is 4th in mls in shot efficiency with 0.63
Dallas sits 12th in total goal involvements with seven.
Dallas ranks 22nd in xG with 2.37.
FC Dallas holds a 0-6-1 all-time regular-season road record against LA. Dallas has scored three goals at LAFC. LAFC has scored 13.
Nkosi Tafari spent 2020-24 with FC Dallas, appearing in 107 MLS regular-season matches. He joined LAFC in the 2025 offseason.
Sebastien Ibeagha spent 2021-22 with LAFC. Ibeagha appeared 36 times for LAFC, winning the 2022 MLS Cup with LAFC.
Ryan Hollingshead made his professional debut with FC Dallas in 2014 and spent 2014-21 with Dallas. Hollingshead appeared 222 times for Dallas, scoring 20 times and assisting twelve.
In 2025, Denis Bouanga became the first player in MLS history to register three straight seasons of 20+ goals.