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LA Galaxy caput manager Greg Vanney hopes his broadside has deed “rock bottom” arsenic they purpose for their archetypal triumph this MLS play erstwhile they sojourn the Philadelphia Union.
The Galaxy were hammered 7-0 by the New York Red Bulls successful their past outing, leaving them bottommost of the Western Conference table.
Vanney’s broadside are winless successful each 12 league games this campaign, and person mislaid their past 4 matches portion failing to find the nett successful 3 of those.
The Galaxy brag was somewhat mislaid for words aft the thumping by the Red Bulls.
“I don’t cognize if it’s an effort issue. At times erstwhile you springiness up goals similar that, it tin beryllium a small spot of confidence, uncertainty,” helium said.
“I thought we were reactive, possibly astatine times, wherever you effort to accommodate and play into a antithetic structure, and your decisions go different.
“I deliberation it’s a small spot indecisive, and astatine times, getting tighter to guys successful duels and things similar that wherever we spell the other gait we don’t halt and concede the abstraction wherever they are playing balls to their line.”
Pressed connected whether the Galaxy’s signifier would get worse earlier improving, Vanney added: “Yeah, I guess. Like this is simply a horrible nighttime we’ve had [against the Red Bulls].
“In each crippled anterior to that, we’ve been successful each crippled and we’ve competed successful each game. If the borderline has been 1 extremity successful astir of these and, I americium not excusing it but tonight, it conscionable wholly got distant from us.
“That’s thing we person to code and code quickly. It’s the archetypal clip successful a season, I would accidental we conscionable wholly got outplayed connected the tract and looked precise uncomfortable and uncertain.
“So, effort to get backmost to the things we bash champion and get steadfast and get guys going and effort to physique upward. Let’s anticipation this is the stone bottommost part.”
— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) May 11, 2025
The Union volition beryllium backmost astatine Subaru Park connected Wednesday to instrumentality connected the defending MLS Cup champions.
They were held to a 2-2 gully by the Columbus Crew aft a precocious extremity from Sean Zawadzki, which near the Union 3rd successful the Eastern Conference up of this clash.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Philadelphia Union – Tai Baribo
Baribo scored his eighth extremity of the play past clip out, becoming the archetypal Union subordinate to people astatine slightest 8 times successful his archetypal 11 matches of a season.
LA Galaxy – Christian Ramirez
Ramirez has been 1 of the Galaxy’s lone agleam sparks successful their historically mediocre commencement to the season. He is their starring scorer successful MLS this term, with 4 goals to his name.
MATCH PREDICTION: PHILADELPHIA UNION WIN
The Galaxy’s decision to the Red Bulls connected Saturday equalled the largest borderline of decision by a reigning MLS Cup champion on with a 7-0 decision for Sporting Kansas City against the Chicago Fire successful 2001, which was besides a rematch of the erstwhile year’s MLS Cup Final.
Galaxy’s 3 points done 12 matches are the fewest by immoderate squad astatine this signifier of a play successful MLS history. No squad successful league past has collected less than 5 points done their archetypal 13 matches.
Philadelphia are unbeaten successful six consecutive location matches successful each competitions (W3 D3) pursuing a 2-2 gully with Columbus connected Saturday. The Union person mislaid lone 3 of their past 20 astatine location successful each competitions.
However, the Galaxy are unbeaten successful 5 visits to Philadelphia (W3 D2), with 4 of the erstwhile 5 games besides being played midweek.
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
Philadelphia Union triumph – 56.9%
LA Galaxy triumph – 20.8%
Draw – 22.3%
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