Son Heung-min has begun devising new celebrations with LAFC, and he may need more.
On Saturday night, the South Korean superstar bagged a brace, while his attacking partner Denis Bouanga added a goal in a 3–0 win over St. Louis CITY SC, bringing Son to eight goals and three assists in just eight games since his MLS debut.
Yet, it’s not his rapidly rising attacking numbers that stand out the most. Instead, it’s the 17 straight goals scored by either he or Bouanga, as LAFC ride a four-game win streak, with a victory over the San Jose Earthquakes, two recent 4–1 thrashings of Real Salt Lake, and Matchday 37’s victory over St. Louis.
The 17-goal streak dates back to a 1–1 draw at FC Dallas on Aug. 23, and since then, the Black and Gold have secured four wins in six games, propelling themselves into a top-four position in the Western Conference.
The combined tally also surpassed the previous record of consecutive goals by a duo, which was set by Nashville SC’s Hany Mukhtar and Sam Surridge earlier in the 2025 campaign.
While Salt Lake and St. Louis are not above the current cutoff for the 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs, the potency and chemistry of the duo formed through their victories have begun to set the tone for an LAFC team with hopes of a lengthy postseason run.
And at the same time, each opponent has shown their inability to defend against attackers, where pushing into a high line in an effort to out-control the duo, or sitting in a low block, as St. Louis did on Saturday.
“I just think those are two really good players, and the other eight players on the field are doing a great job of putting them in positions to succeed,” head coach Steve Cherundolo said after the match. “Those are the guys finishing plays at the moment, but the amount of work that goes into those plays by everybody is wonderful to watch, and it truly is a team accomplishment.”
