With six league matches over the next 18 days because of assorted postponements, LAFC has no time to dwell on Sunday’s shutout loss to Club León.
With most Major League Soccer teams banking 16 or 17 games at this point of the season, the Los Angeles Football Club has played only 12.
On Wednesday, a rescheduled contest at BMO Stadium against Atlanta United FC opens what looks to be a grueling stretch leading up to the Leagues Cup. LAFC has six league matches during the next 18 days and another five between the first and 15th of July. , their packed calendar is “just the reality,” Cherundolo added. “We would love to take more time to properly digest and dissect what happened but we don’t have it and we will move on.”Defenders Aaron Long and Sergi Palencia suffered injuries in the CONCACAF final and have been officially ruled out. Midfielders Kellyn Acosta and Timothy Tillman are questionable with lower extremity concerns.
“Now it will not be so easy but we have to focus on MLS, especially in the next weeks,” Chiellini said. “We have a lot of games. We spent a lot of energy in the Champions League.”
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