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<\/p>\nLAFC is one of two teams left in the MLS to have four wins out of four matchweeks in the 2026 MLS season. LAFC will play away from home when they take on Austin FC.<\/p>\n
LAFC is second in the Western Conference with 12 points after four matches played, with a perfect record of four wins. LAFC has scored eight goals and has not conceded a goal.<\/p>\n
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Austin FC is 11th in the Western Conference with 4 points and has a record of one win, one draw, and two losses.<\/p>\n
Last weekend, LAFC defeated St. Louis City 2-0 at home with two goals from Mathieu Choiniere. During the week, LAFC reached the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup after beating LD Alajuelense 2-1 away from home and winning 3-2 on aggregate.<\/p>\n
LAFC will play Cruz Azul from Mexico in the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals in April.<\/p>\n
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Austin FC has two losses in a row in the MLS, and last weekend, Austin FC lost 2-1 to Real Salt Lake.<\/p>\n
The last time Austin FC played LAFC was in the 2025 MLS playoffs. LAFC won the knockout tie in two games, and LAFC defeated Austin FC 4-1 away from home in their last encounter.<\/p>\n
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Denis Bouanga #99 of the Los Angeles FC celebrates scoring his team’s second goal in a playoff match against Austin FC at Q2 Stadium on November 2, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Daniel Jefferson\/Getty Images)Photo by Daniel Jefferson/Getty Images<\/p>\n
(Photo by Daniel Jefferson/Getty Images)Expected Lineups for Austin FC and LAFC<\/p>\n
Austin FC<\/p>\n
Defenders: Jon Bell, Brendan Hines-Ike, Oleksandr Svatok, Jon Gallagher<\/p>\n
Midfielders: Nicolas Dubersarsky, Ilie Sanchez, Facundo Torres<\/p>\n
Forwards: Jayden Nelson, Myrto Uzuni, Joseph Rosales<\/p>\n
LAFC<\/p>\n
Defenders: Eddie Segura, Nkosi Tafari, Ryan Porteous, Sergi Palencia<\/p>\n
Midfielders: Marco Delgado, Mathieu Choiniere, Timothy Tillman<\/p>\n
Forwards: Son Heung-Min, Denis Bouanga, Nathan Ordaz<\/p>\n
Where to Watch Austin FC vs LAFC<\/p>\n
Austin FC vs LAFC will kick off at 8:45 p.m. ET\/ 5:45 p.m. PT in the United States. The match will kick off at 7:45 p.m. local time at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n
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The match will be available to watch across TV channels and streaming services in the United States.<\/p>\n
Prediction: Austin FC 0-3 LAFC<\/p>\n
This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Mar 21, 2026, where it first appeared in the Soccer<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAFC is one of two teams left in the MLS to have four wins out of four matchweeks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,135,134,133,70697,84203,343,350,70698,74019,84200,84199,58542,84205,137,77412,84198,1468,84202,73994,77420,84201,61151,77416,77422,344,84204,27,77424,346],"class_list":["post-215510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-fc","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-brad-stuver","tag-brendan-hines-ike","tag-denis-bouanga","tag-eddie-segura","tag-facundo-torres","tag-hugo-lloris","tag-jayden-nelson","tag-jon-bell","tag-jon-gallagher","tag-joseph-rosales","tag-lafc","tag-marco-delgado","tag-mathieu-choiniere","tag-mexico","tag-myrto-uzuni","tag-nathan-ordaz","tag-nkosi-tafari","tag-oleksandr-svatok","tag-real-salt-lake","tag-ryan-porteous","tag-sergi-palencia","tag-son-heung-min","tag-st-louis-city","tag-texas","tag-timothy-tillman","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}