After finishing the Major League Soccer regular season as the league's two best teams, LAFC and the Philadelphia Union have seen off their playoff challengers to set up a clash of the titans for the MLS Cup crown on Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles.
Both teams are vying for the MLS Cup for the first time, having gone no further than the conference finals previously.
The Union have been one of the best teams in the league over the last few seasons but couldn't translate it into playoff success. But after a heartbreaking loss to NYCFC in last year' s Eastern Conference final, they got their revenge in this year's Eastern final, downing the reigning champions 3-1 last Sunday.
LAFC started their MLS tenure brightly, winning the Supporters' Shield and reaching the Western Conference final in their second season in 2019. They couldn't keep up that momentum though, losing early in the playoffs in 2020 and missing out altogether last year.