Los Angeles Football Club

LAFC extended its record streak of consecutive clean sheets to start a season to six, with a 6-0 victory over Orlando City SC at BMO Stadium on Saturday night. LAFC improves its record to 5W-0L-1D in MLS regular-season play in 2026 and stands in first place in both the Western Conference and the Supporters’ Shield standings as the only unbeaten team in the league and the only team yet to concede a goal.

Denis Bouanga registered a first-half hat trick (20’ 23’, 28’) and Son Heung-Min tallied four assists in the first half as LAFC leapt out to a 5-0 halftime advantage. An Orlando own goal (7’) and a strike by right back Sergi Palencia (39’) accounted for LAFC’s other two goals in the first 45 minutes.

In the 70th minute, forward Jacob Shaffelburg, making his LAFC and BMO Stadium debut, lofted a cross into the box from the left wing that Tyler Boyd finished with his head. Boyd’s first goal in an LAFC shirt made the score 6-0.

Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris made six saves en route to his sixth clean sheet of the 2026 regular season—half of his total from last season (12), which ranked second in MLS.

Next up for LAFC is another home match at BMO Stadium on Tuesday night, April 7, against defending Concacaf Champions Cup winners Cruz Azul in the CCC Quarterfinals. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. PT. It is the first leg of their two-game, home-and-away matchup in the CCC Quarterfinals, with the second leg played next Tuesday, April 14, at Estadio Estadio Cuauhtémoc in Puebla, Mexico. The winner on aggregate goals advances to the CCC Semifinals.

LAFC returns to MLS regular-season play on Saturday April 11 when it visits the Portland Timbers. All MLS matches are broadcast live on Apple TV, with local radio coverage on ESPN LA 710 AM, the ESPN LA app, KFWB La Mera Mera 980 AM (Spanish), and K-Radio 1230 AM (Korean).

NOTES

With the win, LAFC is now 5-0-1 for 16 points. LAFC is the only club in MLS without a loss so far this season.

In all competitions in 2026, LAFC is 8-0-2 while outscoring opponents 24-3.

The 10-game unbeaten streak to open a year is an LAFC record.

At home this year, LAFC is 4-0-0 in the league and 5-0-1 in all competitions, keeping a clean sheet in five of those six games.

LAFC has recorded a shutout in each of its first six league games of the season, extending its MLS record shutout streak to open a season to 540 minutes.

The five first-half goals are tied for the most in a single half in LAFC history. LAFC also scored five goals in the first half of a 6-0 home win over Vancouver on September 23, 2020, and in the second half of a 5-0 home win over Charlotte on August 13, 2022. LAFC also scored five second-half goals in a Leagues Cup win over FC Juarez on August 2, 2023, as well as in the first game of the 2026 season against Real España in a 6-1 Concacaf Champions Cup win on February 17.

LAFC has now scored six goals in an MLS game five times, last accomplishing the feat on June 22, 2024, in a 6-2 win over San Jose.

The only other time that LAFC won an MLS game by six goals was the aforementioned 6-0 win over Vancouver.

Denis Bouanga’s hat trick was his fifth in MLS play and his first since September 21, 2025, when he scored three in a 4-1 win over Real Salt Lake.

He scored in the 20th, 23rd and 28th minutes, giving him the fourth fastest hat trick from the start of the game in MLS history. Nashville’s Hany Mukhtar holds the record for the fastest hat trick in league history, completing his by the 16th minute.

Bouanga is now one of four players in MLS history to score three goals in less than a 10 minute span.

Sergi Palencia scored his first goal of the season and his second for LAFC in the 39th minute.

Son assisted on four of LAFC’s five first-half goals, setting a new club record for assists in an MLS half and in a game. He is just the second player in MLS history with four assists in a single half.

Bouanga also assisted on Palencia’s goal, giving him and Son four goal involvements in the opening 45 minutes. They are the first teammates in league history to each be involved in four goals in a single half.

Tyler Boyd started his first league game for LAFC and scored in the 70th minute. That was his first-ever goal for the club and his 10th in MLS.

Jacob Shaffelburg made his LAFC debut in the game, coming on as a second half substitute and was credited with an assist on Boyd’s goal.

LAFC took a 1-0 lead in the 7th minute thanks to an own goal from Orlando’s David Brekalo. It was the first first-half goal that the club had scored since the season-opening win over Inter Miami on February 21.

Including the end of the 2025 MLS season, LAFC has now not allowed a goal in the last 542 minutes of regular-season play. This is the second-longest shutout streak in club history, beaten only by a 549-minute scoreless streak in 2024.

Hugo Lloris made six saves for the 30th shutout of his MLS career. This is the fifth time that Lloris has recorded six or more saves in an MLS regular-season game.

Eddie Segura was an unused substitute tonight. That leaves Lloris and Nkosi Tafari as the only two LAFC players to play all 540 league minutes for the club this season.

Jeremy Ebobisse entered the game in the 73rd minute to make his 2026 debut.

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