Chicho Arango does not let down his guard: he scored a double in the LAFC debut for the U.S. Open Cup

With a double by Colombian striker Cristian 'Chicho' Arango, Los Angeles FC (LAFC) made his debut thrashing in the 2022 edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, a tournament that has not been held since August 2019, due to the health emergency that resulted from covid-19.

On the night of Wednesday, April 20, LAFC made its debut in the third round of the US Cup by hosting Orange County SC, a team from Irvine, California, which regularly plays in the USL Championship, which would be the equivalent of a second division championship in the United States, at the Banc of California Stadium. .

Chicho started as a starting center forward in the 4-3-3 scheme proposed by his coach, Steven Cherundolo. He played 63 minutes, until the historic figure of the club, the Mexican ariete Carlos Vela, entered.

LAFC overtook Orange County and was noticeably superior after beating him and eliminating him from the competition with a resounding final score of 5-1 on the board. Arango brought out the best of his past at Millonarios FC and Envigado FC, to boost his team with a double at minute 34 and 45 ', which left the angelina franchise very well stopped before the halftime break.

The goals of the 27-year-old Antioquia gunner came after the 1-0 converted by Daniel Musovski in the 13th minute. This was the Colombian's first goal in the United States Cup:

Arango's double was not long in coming and 11 minutes later the Colombian scored again to start the local rout:

Chicho showed that he is one of the best fit strikers in the Californian franchise. Although not present in the regular 90 minutes of the 5-1, LAFC 9 received the highest score of the match against Orange County by registering an 8.7 out of 10 by the specialized statistics portal SofaScore.

With this double, Arango scored four goals in the last three matches played, which in fact are all his cries so far this year.

It should be recalled that on April 9 he scored one in the El Tráfico derby lost to Los Angeles Galaxy, discounting the final 2-1 for his team at Dignity Health Sports Park as follows:

And his second goal in the regular season of the MLS was scored at home on April 17 hosting Sporting Kansas City, Chicho scored the first of three goals for LAFC in the final 3-1 victory for his team:

Thus, Arango has been scoring for three consecutive games and could increase the personal score this Sunday, April 24 against FC Cincinnati in Ohio.

On the other hand, LAFC, where central defender Jesús Murillo also plays, will play between May 10 and 11 against the Portland Timbers of brothers Yimmi and Diego Chará, and their compatriots Dairon Asprilla and Santiago Moreno for the fourth round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup 2022.

The American Cup is a single elimination tournament, with one-game keys. The tournament is divided into four previous rounds, round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and the final. If any game ends in a tie, 30 minutes of extra time will be played, and if the match ends tied after overtime, the winner will be defined through penalty shoots.

The competition is played by 103 teams from the different divisions of North American football, with the exception of the three Canadian MLS franchises. The champion of this cup tournament will directly qualify for the 2023 Concacaf Champions League.

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