Son Heung-min, the 'football warrior,' exploded with his first '4 assists' after his debut... LAFC wins 6-0 over Orlando

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It was simply a 'football warrior'. Son Heung-min (34, LAFC) led his team to a 6-0 victory with four assists in one game. Including the induction of own goals, as many as five goals were made on Son Heung-min's toes.

Son Heung-min started against Orlando City in the sixth round of the 2026 U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS) home game at BMO Stadium in LA, California on the 5th (Korea time) and played a one-man show with as many as four assists in the first half alone. It is the first time since his debut that Son Heung-min has recorded four assists in a game.

By accumulating four assists at once, Son Heung-min has accumulated double-digit offensive points with one goal and 10 assists this season, including six assists in MLS (based on MLS) this season and one goal and four assists in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Based on MLS, which also recognizes the starting point pass as assist, it is 1 goal and 11 assists in 10 games in the season.

Although the first field goal of the season was postponed to the next game, he succeeded in turning the mood by accumulating multiple attack points in nine games after one goal and three assists in the CONCACAF Champions Cup against Real Spain on February 18, the first game of the season. It was also Son Heung-min's answer to some criticism that his condition has deteriorated, including the recent silence of the A match.

On the day, Son Heung-min played as a front-line one-top striker in a 4-2-3-1 format. Dnie Buanga, Nathan Odas and Tyler Boyd were in the second line. Son Heung-min, who opened with a right footed shot in the first minute of the first half, had a decisive opportunity three minutes later. He dug into the back space of the defense and confronted the goalkeeper one-on-one, and a left-footed shot that beat the goalkeeper hit the side net.

Having swallowed the disappointment, Son Heung-min began to put on a "one-man show" with a sharp pass. In the 7th minute of the first half, a sharp side cross from the right side was deflected off the defender and led to an own goal.

In the 20th minute of the first half, Son Heung-min dribbled near the half-line in the counterattack and passed the pass to Buanga, who penetrated forward. Buanga shook the net with an exquisite shot over the goalkeeper's height.

Then, three minutes later, Son Heung-min handed over an exquisite space pass from the LAFC camp to the front of the Buanga, which penetrates forward. After the sprint, Buanga beat a defender and shot with his right foot to shake the net. Son Heung-min and Buanga scored consecutive joint goals.

The momentum of the rise was not dampened. In the 28th minute of the first half, the ball that Buanga cut off the opponent's ball in front of the arc was connected to Son Heung-min. Son Heung-min immediately passed the pass again to Buanga, who penetrated the back space of the defense, and Buanga finished with his right foot. It was the moment when Son Heung-min achieved the so-called assistant trick and Buanga achieved the hat trick, respectively.

It wasn't just an assist to Buanga. Son Heung-min took a pass from Buanga in the 40th minute of the first half and dug into the right side. After that, Sergi Palencia finished the cutback he gave to the gate, achieving a whopping 4th assist on the day.

Son Heung-min, who also went to the forefront in the second half, seemed to be the troubleshooter himself this time in the 10th minute of the second half. A counterattack unfolded near the half-line as Buanga took away the opponent's ball, and Son Heung-min aimed directly at the goal with a left-footed shot from the left side of the penalty box. However, Son Heung-min's left foot shot went off the side of the net.

After that, Son Heung-min left the stadium after finishing the game early in the second half with Buanga. With the victory already leaning heavily, it was a change of physical fitness in preparation for the game during the week. Son Heung-min accumulated four assists in 57 minutes, five times for opportunity creation and two times for big chances creation. The pass success rate was 85 percent and the shooting was four.

LAFC failed to widen the gap for a while after Son Heung-min and Buanga were replaced, but Boyd scored his team's sixth goal in the 25th minute of the second half, sealing the game. With this victory, LAFC continued its record of unbeaten (5 wins and 1 draw) in the opening six games in a row and no points in the opening. LAFC will play the first leg of the CONCACAF North-China Champions Cup quarterfinals against Cruz Asul (Mexico) at 11 a.m. on the 8th. Son Heung-min will also try to score points in two consecutive games.

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