LAFC beat Seattle Sounders 2-1 on the first day of the North American Football Championship (MLS) Saturday at home. Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, captain of the 2018 world champion Blues, began his American adventure with a victory.

Aged 37, the French goalkeeper joined Los Angeles FC in early 2024, a franchise beaten in the final of the 2023 championship in November. After twelve years at Tottenham in the Premier League, he hopes to find “a breath of fresh air” in MLS.