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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 857 

Congratulating the Los Angeles Football Club for winning the 2022 Major 

League Soccer Cup. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 1, 2022 

Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the Los Angeles Football Club for winning 

the 2022 Major League Soccer Cup. 

Whereas, on Saturday, November 5, 2022, the Los Angeles 

Football Club (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘LAFC’’) 

won the 2022 Major League Soccer (referred to in this 

preamble as ‘‘MLS’’) Cup by defeating the Eastern Conference Champions, the Philadelphia Union; 

Whereas the MLS Cup victory is the first in the 5 seasons 

of LAFC; 

Whereas, in what is considered to be one of the best MLS 

Cup matches ever played, LAFC won in front of the 

LAFC Independent Supporter’s Union (commonly known 

and referred to in this preamble as ‘‘The 3252’’) and a 

sold-out crowd at Banc of California Stadium; 


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Whereas the equalizer by Gareth Bale in the 128th minute 

of the MLS Cup match was the latest goal scored in 

MLS history and it tied the game at 3–3 and forced a 

penalty shootout; 

Whereas substitute goalkeeper John McCarthy was named 

the Most Valuable Player of the MLS Cup after making 

2 saves in the penalty shootout, helping LAFC win 3–0 

on penalty kicks; 

Whereas, during the 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs, LAFC defeated the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Austin Football 

Club to win the Western Conference title; 

Whereas the Supporters’ Shield is an award given to the 

MLS team with the best regular season record and, during the 2022 MLS season, LAFC led the league with 21 

wins, 9 losses, and 4 draws, earning LAFC the second 

Supporters’ Shield in the history of the team; 

Whereas LAFC became the eighth team in history, and the 

first team since 2017, to win the MLS Cup and the Supporters’ Shield in the same year; 

Whereas The 3252 is a renowned group of supporters that 

has demonstrated the utmost passion and moral support 

to LAFC during the 2022 MLS season and each season 

since the inaugural season of LAFC in 2018; 

Whereas the entire LAFC organization, including co-president and general manager John Thorrington and head 

coach Steve Cherundolo, deserve immense praise for 

building a championship-caliber team with highly skilled 

soccer players and staff; 

Whereas the entire ownership team for LAFC, including comanaging owners Larry Berg, Brandon Beck, and BenVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:13 Dec 02, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR857.ATS SR857

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nett Rosenthal, deserve congratulations for the excellence 

of the franchise; 

Whereas, since its founding in 2014, LAFC has been dedicated to using soccer as a vehicle for change by supporting community efforts to promote education, health 

and wellness, environmental protection, civic engagement, 

and more; 

Whereas the entire LAFC roster contributed to the 2022 

MLS Cup victory and Supporter’s Shield award, including captain Carlos Vela, Kellyn Acosta, Cristian 

‘‘Chicho’’ Arango, Gareth Bale, Latif Blessing, De ́nis 

Bouanga, Giorgio Chiellini, Jose ́ Cifuentes, Maxime 

Cre ́peau, Erik Duen ̃as, Franco Escobar, Mamadou Fall, 

Julian Gaines, Francisco Ginella, Ryan Hollingshead, 

Sebastien Ibeagha, Cal Jennings, Tony Leone, John 

McCarthy, Jesu ́s Murillo, Jhegson Me ́ndez, Kwadwo 

‘‘Mahala’’ Opoku, Nathan Ordaz, Diego ‘‘Chiqui’’ 

Palacios, Toma ́s Romero, Eddie Segura, Ilie Sa ́nchez, 

Cristian Tello, Christian Torres, Mohamed Traore, and 

Danny Trejo; and 

Whereas, since 2014, Los Angeles professional sports teams 

have won titles in MLS, the National Football League, 

Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, and the Women’s National Basketball Association: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates the Los Angeles Football Club 

3 and fans of the Los Angeles Football Club on win4 ning the 2022 Major League Soccer Cup; 


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1 (2) recognizes the achievements of all the play2 ers, coaches, and staff who contributed to the 2022 

3 Major League Soccer Cup victory; and 

4 (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of 

5 the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolu6 tion to— 

7 (A) the co-managing owners of the Los 

8 Angeles Football Club, Larry Berg, Bennett 

9 Rosenthal, and Brandon Beck and executive 

10 chairman Peter Guber; 

11 (B) the co-president and chief business of12 ficer of the Los Angeles Football Club, Larry 

13 Freedman; and 

14 (C) the co-president and general manager 

15 of the Los Angeles Football Club, John 

16 Thorrington. 

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