Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) began its 2026 MLS regular season with a 3-0 win over Inter Miami CF in the second-highest attended game in MLS history, and the highest attended opening weekend game in league annals.
With 75,673 watching firsthand inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Black & Gold forwards David Martínez (38′), Denis Bouanga (73′), and Nathan Ordaz (90+4′) scored for the home side, securing LAFC’s ninth win in a regular-season opener in its nine seasons of play in MLS, extending its league record for consecutive wins in season openers (9W-0L-0D).
The highly anticipated matchup of reigning MLS MVP Lionel Messi against LAFC’s own…