Josh Gross

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Football Club Writer, Inside SoCal Sports at Orange County Register

Author: Ali vs. Inoki. Covering @LAFC for @InsideSoCalSpts.

Articles

LAFC to face a Vancouver team playing at its best with new coach

4 days ago | dailynews.com | Josh Gross

PUBLISHED: May 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM PDTThe Los Angeles Football Club played 103 matches the past two seasons, the most ever for an MLS team. Yet there were moments when it felt like the only opponent on the schedule was the Vancouver Whitecaps. Between the MLS regular season, MLS Cup playoffs, CONCACAF Champions League and Leagues Cup, the Pacific Coast foes went toe-to-toe a dozen times.
LAFC to face a Vancouver team playing at its best with new coach

4 days ago | presstelegram.com | Josh Gross

LAFC to face a Vancouver team playing at its best with new coach Whitecaps have lost just twice in 19 contests this year
Q&A with LAFC’s Steve Cherundolo: ‘Eager about the next stage of my life’

6 days ago | dailynews.com | Josh Gross

Los Angeles FC head coach Steve Cherundolo looks on prior to the start of an MLS match between the Los Angeles FC and Sporting Kansas City at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, on Saturday, March 9, 2024. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
LAFC has shot at FIFA Club World Cup after León’s appeal denied

1 week ago | dailynews.com | Josh Gross

LAFC’s Nathan Ordaz, center, celebrates with teammates Denis Bouanga, left, and Ryan Hollingshead after scoring a goal against the Houston Dynamo FC on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at BMO Stadium. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer) UPDATED: May 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM PDTCall it the $10 million match. The richest in Los Angeles Football Club history.
LAFC has shot at FIFA Club World Cup after León’s appeal denied

1 week ago | sbsun.com | Josh Gross

Call it the $10 million match. The richest in Los Angeles Football Club history. Technically, $9.55 million, but whatever else LAFC gains by qualifying for this summer’s U.S.-based FIFA Club World Cup would more than make up the difference. All of this is contingent on LAFC making the most of a chance to win its way into the tournament, which it learned it can following a ruling Tuesday by a Swiss court.
Nathan Ordaz, Jeremy Ebobisse lead LAFC past Dynamo

1 week ago | pressenterprise.com | Josh Gross

LOS ANGELES — Seeking to break a pattern of slow starts and late rallies, the Los Angeles Football Club stepped up their tempo and intensity off the opening whistle Saturday at BMO Stadium. Young Nathan Ordaz, who partnered in LAFC’s starting attack with an even younger David Martínez and explosive showstopper Denis Bouanga, gave LAFC a lead 10 minutes in, and the Black & Gold never looked back, defeating the Houston Dynamo 2-0.
LAFC knows it needs to be ‘gathering points’ this month

1 week ago | dailynews.com | Josh Gross

LAFC forward Denis Bouanga, right, takes the ball from Inter Miami defender Gonzalo Luján during the second half of the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal last month at BMO Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) PUBLISHED: May 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM PDTTwice in April, LAFC head coach Steve Cherundolo experienced “once-in-a-career” moments. On the 18th, with three-quarters of the way to go, Cherundolo announced his intention to depart at the conclusion of this current season.
Denis Bouanga’s late heroics lift LAFC to tie with St. Louis

2 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Josh Gross

Share LOS ANGELES — Denis Bouanga scored two goals, including a stoppage-time equalizer, as the Los Angeles Football Club rallied twice in the second half to earn a 2-2 draw with St. Louis City on Sunday at BMO Stadium. A statistically one-sided opening half in LAFC’s favor yielded no goals, but it was the anemic St. Louis side that broke the stalemate in the 52nd minute when forward Cedric Teuchert connected on his club’s first-ever goal against the Black & Gold.
Denis Bouanga’s late heroics lift LAFC to tie with St. Louis

2 weeks ago | dailynews.com | Josh Gross

. PUBLISHED: April 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM PDTLOS ANGELES — Denis Bouanga scored a brace, giving him goals in three straight games, as the Los Angeles Football Club came back twice in the second half to draw St. Louis City 2-2 on Sunday at BMO Stadium. A statistically one-sided first half in LAFC’s favor yielded no goals for either side, but St. Louis broke the stalemate in the 52nd minute when forward Cedric Teuchert connected on his team’s first-ever goal against the Black & Gold.
LAFC’s Frankie Amaya ‘happy to be back in MLS and closer to home’

2 weeks ago | pressenterprise.com | Josh Gross

As Frankie Amaya’s story goes, soccer opportunities tend to come quickly for the Santa Ana native. On Wednesday, Amaya was loaned from Toluca FC to the Los Angeles Football Club. On Friday, the 24-year-old midfielder addressed the media. On Sunday, the former No. 1 pick in the MLS SuperDraft could debut at BMO Stadium when LAFC hosts St. Louis City.