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LAFC’s first fans cheer their brand-new team

Fans celebrate a goal Saturday while watching the Los Angeles Football Club's match at Montreal on video screens inside the new Banc of California Stadium.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
By Gina FerazziStaff Photographer 

Banc of California Stadium is ready to host Los Angeles Football Club's first home match Sunday. Over the last week, fans have gotten a chance to make themselves at home in the gleaming new confines.

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Fans cheer while watching an LAFC soccer game on giant video screens inside the new Banc of California Stadium on Saturday.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
With a view of the downtown Los Angeles skyline in the background, hundreds of soccer fans check out the new Banc of California Stadium.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles fans go wild watching a game on video screens inside the new Banc of California Stadium.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Soccer fans watch a halftime show from the deck outside the Figueroa Club at the new Banc of California Stadium.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
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Gina Ferazzi

Gina Ferazzi grew up in the small New England town of Longmeadow, Mass. She has been a staff photographer with the Los Angeles Times since 1994. Her photos are a part of the staff Pulitzer Prizes for Breaking News in 2016 for the San Bernardino terrorist attack and for the wildfires in 2004. She’s an all-around photographer covering assignments from Winter Olympics, presidential campaigns to local and national news events. Her video documentaries include stories on black tar heroin, health clinics, women priests and Marine suicide. A two-sport scholarship athlete at the University of Maine, Orono, she still holds the record for five goals in one field hockey game.

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