Son Heung-min's pursuit of 1st MLS title starts in playoffs vs. Austin

Son Heung-min's journey toward his first trophy in Major League Soccer (MLS) will start this week in a playoff series against Austin FC. Son and Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) will host Austin FC in Game 1 of their best-of-three first round at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (local time), or 11:30 a.m. Thursday (South Korea time). The second game will be in Austin, Texas, at 10:45 a.m. Monday (South Korea time). If the two clubs split these two matches, LAFC will bring the series back to BMO Stadium next weekend. In this series, matches that are tied after 90 minutes will go directly to the penalties to determine the winner, without playing a 30-minute extra session. LAFC qualified for the playoffs as No. 3 seed in the Western Conference, while Austin FC finished sixth in the regular season. Austin FC beat LAFC twice in the regular-season meetings, both by a 1-0 score, but Son did not play in either match. The first one was played in March, five months before Son joined the MLS club. The next match was held in October while Son was with the South Korean national teamWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times