{"id":219302,"date":"2026-04-05T04:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T04:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/219302\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T04:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T04:59:08","slug":"son-and-bouanga-spark-lafc-thrashing-of-orlando-with-record-tying-glut-of-goals-assists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/219302\/","title":{"rendered":"Son and Bouanga spark LAFC thrashing of Orlando with record-tying glut of goals, assists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Son Heung-min masterminded LAFC\u2019s resounding 6-0 victory over Orlando City on Saturday night, without needing to get on the scoresheet himself. It didn\u2019t matter. Strike partner Denis Bouanga expertly took care of the goals for him.<\/p>\n<p>South Korean star Son turned in a spectacular performance, conjuring four assists before departing the game in the 57th minute, with his team already cruising toward a triumph that would keep it top of the Western Conference with the highest points tally in the league.<\/p>\n<p>As for Bouanga, it took him just 28 minutes to rack up a superb hat-trick, Son being credited with an assist on each occasion.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2\ufe0f\u20e3 goals in 3\ufe0f\u20e3 minutes for Denis Bouanga!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@LAFC<\/a> are going scored earth in Hollywood. \ud83c\udf1e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XoGNjRz12T\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/XoGNjRz12T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Major League Soccer (@MLS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLS\/status\/2040612797776588943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The result tied LAFC\u2019s 2020 win against the Vancouver Whitecaps, also 6-0, as the most comfortable victory in the club\u2019s MLS regular season history. Five goals in the first-half also ties a league record.<\/p>\n<p>Son\u2019s partnership with Bouanga, so fruitful ever since the former Tottenham standout joined last season, was again a big part of the reason why.<\/p>\n<p>It took just seven minutes for LAFC to take the lead, when Son burst down the right and fired in a low cross that was deflected into his own net by Orlando defender David Brekalo.<\/p>\n<p>Before the half-hour mark, the game was completely out of the visitors\u2019 reach. LAFC\u2019s second was a majestic combination of a perfect Son pass, followed by a delightful chip by Bouanga, over the head of goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sonny to Bouanga\u2026stop us if you&#8217;ve heard this one before. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>4-0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@LAFC<\/a> in under 30 miuntes. \ud83d\ude33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/se9b5hazId\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/se9b5hazId<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Major League Soccer (@MLS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLS\/status\/2040613507926814899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two minutes later, LAFC moved quickly in transition, Son\u2019s pass sending Bouanga sprinting clear of the defense before lashing the ball past Crepeau for a 3-0 lead. In the 28th minute, some Son trickery on the edge of the box created space for him to set up Bouanga again, and the Gabon international made no mistake.<\/p>\n<p>For the fifth Son\u2019s pullback fell neatly into the stride of Sergi Palencia, whose powered home a right-footed drive to pile on the misery for Orlando. Tyler Boyd would later add the sixth with 20 minutes remaining.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome was an ideal confidence boost for LAFC ahead of Tuesday\u2019s first leg of a Concacaf Champions Cup quarterfinal against Mexico\u2019s Cruz Azul.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Son Heung-min masterminded LAFC\u2019s resounding 6-0 victory over Orlando City on Saturday night, without needing to get on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[9984,17156,5692,139,4788,141,140,24210,71826],"class_list":{"0":"post-219302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-los-angeles-fc","10":"tag-mls","11":"tag-orlando","12":"tag-orlando-city-sc","13":"tag-orlando-headlines","14":"tag-orlando-news","15":"tag-south-korea","16":"tag-tottenham-hotspur"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}