Defender Mathias Laborda scored a first-half goal before delivering the winner in a penalty-kick shootout and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat Los Angeles FC 6-5 in a Western Conference semifinal on Saturday night before a club-record crowd of 53,957 at BC Place.

The second-seeded Whitecaps advance to their first Western Conference final after the two clubs played to a 2-2 draw through regulation and 30 minutes of overtime.

Son Heung-Min, who scored twice in the second half to pull LAFC even, banged his shot off the post to open the penalty-kick shootout while Sebastian Berhalter scored on the Whitecaps' first attempt. LAFC's Denis Bouanga and Vancouver's Jayden Nelson traded goals before Marco Delgado sent his shot over the goal for LAFC. Ryan Gauld scored to give the Whitecaps a 3-1 lead b

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