LAFC stays hot behind Son’s goals

Son Heung-Min had two goals and Denis Bouanga scored his 23rd goal of the season as LAFC beat host St. Louis City 3-0 on Saturday night for its fourth win in a row.

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DILIP VISHWANAT Getty Images DENIS BOUANGA ran his goal-scoring streak to five games Saturday night in a 3-0 win over St. Louis.

LAFC (15-7-8), which has outscored its opponents 15-4 during its four-game win streak and has one loss in its last eight games, has 53 points, one behind third-place Minnesota in the Western Conference.

St. Louis (7-18-7) was eliminated from playoff contention.

Hugo Lloris had three saves for LAFC.

Bouanga dispossessed St. Louis City, raced to near the penalty are and split a pair of defenders with a rolling shot that slipped inside the left post to open the scoring in the 15th minute. Bouangahas scored a goal in five consecutive games and has nine goals — and two hat tricks — in that span. Miami’s Lionel Messi leads MLS with 24 goals this season.

Son scored on the counterattack in first-half stoppage time and rolled in a shot from just inside the top of the penalty box to make it 3-0 in the 60th minute.