Tigres tied it up early in the second half, capitalizing on an unnecessary foul. Javier Aquino took down Lainez, setting up a free kick from well outside the box, but Juan Brunetta swung in a cross that found Edgar Lopez’s head and then the back of the net. Lopez had replaced Gignac at halftime and scored on his first touch.

South Korea star Son Heung-min said he was “here to win” on Wednesday as Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles FC welcomed the arrival of the “global icon” from Tottenham. The 33-year-old will reportedly cost a widely reported MLS record US$26 million (HK$204 million) transfer fee after a decade in the Premier League, where he became a household name.

The South Korean striker has been his country's most popular athlete for a decade and means as much to his new soccer team off the field as on it.