Galaxy to host Red Bulls in MLS Cup final

The Los Angeles Galaxy will host the New York Red Bulls in the MLS Cup final after the two founding members of the league won their conference championship games on Saturday.

The Red Bulls will have a chance to win their first MLS Cup title after a 1-0 win at Orlando City.

The Red Bulls have only once, in 29 years, reached the final.

Galaxy will have home field advantage, as the higher seed, after an 85th-minute goal from Serbian forward Dejan Joveljic earned them a 1-0 win over the Seattle Sounders.

A 47th-minute header from Andres Reyes gave the Red Bulls the victory and sent the New Jersey club into the December 7 final.

The Red Bulls qualified for the playoffs with a seventh place in the regular season, earning them the final automatic spot in the playoffs.

Sandro Schwarz’s team then pulled off a major upset by beating defending champions Columbus Crew in the best-of-three first round before eliminating local rivals New York City last week.

Orlando had the early pressure and Red Bulls keeper Carlos Coronel had to be at his best to keep out an effort from Facundo Torres after a counter-attack.

But Red Bulls threatened themselves when their Swedish playmaker Emil Forsberg floated a free-kick into the box and Belgian Dante Vanzeir flicked the ball just wide.

Two minutes after the interval, New York grabbed the decisive goal when John Tolkin’s free-kick was delivered perfectly to the back post, where Reyes arrived to head in.

Orlando grew increasingly desperate in their attacks — Duncan McGuire got round the back of the Red Bulls defence but fired his shot well wide and then Luis Muriel’s rushed effort from a promising position flew harmlessly off-target.

The last chance of the game fell to Ivan Angulo but he too failed to find the