LAFC are the 2024 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Champions! It's a back-in-time episode, as the boys go nocturnal for the first time in quite a while, and for good reason! LAFC lifts a trophy for just the second time in club history after a 3-1 victory over a very game Sporting Kansas City side. At least a few of the demons have been exercised. 

The first half felt very much like a final: tense, scrappy, and neither side wanting to make the first major move. The best chance of the half came from Olivier Giroud, but both clubs would stay off the scoresheet.

Just 8 minutes into the second half, LAFC would strike first! It wouldn't be a bold strike or a soaring header, but a tap-in from Olivier Giroud counts just the same, and the boys have a 1-0 lead. A lead that would last all of several minutes, as Erik Thommy slots home an easy ball after a turnover from Timmy Tillman in our own half to level it at 1. 

We would play a full 90 deadlocked, which means bonus soccer in the forms of two 15-minute "halves", then PK's if necessary. It would not be necessary. LAFC found a goal in each half of extra time, first off the right foot of Omar Campos and then off the head of the ageless wonder, Kei Kamara. LAFC take home the trophy amid the 3-1 victory!