LA Galaxy’s defeat to Portland Timbers was not a actuality test stated head coach Greg Vanney, however he lamented his aspect being their very own worst enemy of their seventh lack of the season.
The Galaxy have been crushed 4-2 at Windfall Park final outing, seeing their lead on the summit of the Western Convention desk minimize to 5 factors by Actual Salt Lake following their victory.
Whereas Vanney’s aspect have already secured their place within the playoffs, the Galaxy head coach was eager to eradicate these latest errors throughout the ultimate 5 video games of the marketing campaign.
“I don’t know if it’s a actuality test. I believe everyone understands the challenges of this league and competing on the street, they usually’re a great workforce,” Vanney stated.
“We create our issues with how we lose the ball, in dashing and forcing assaults and issues that must be allowed. We have to enable ourselves to develop. We did such a great job of that the opposite evening (vs. LAFC) particularly within the second half.
“Tonight, for positive by means of the primary half of the sport and a few stretches within the second half after we have been chasing the sport, impatience is usually our greatest enemy. That’s ourselves undoing ourselves.
“We’ve got to recognise this once more as we come to the tip of the season and go to the playoffs, as a result of it’s this stuff that harm ourselves.”
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— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) September 19, 2024
Vancouver, in the meantime, continued their spectacular MLS type with a 1-1 draw towards Houston Dynamo and have now misplaced simply one in every of their final 10 league matches.
The Whitecaps additionally set a brand new membership report of 25 factors from their video games away from residence, leaving them in sixth place within the Western Convention standings.
Forward of their journey to Dignity Well being Sports activities Park, head coach Vanni Sartini is anticipating a tricky encounter, however is assured his gamers can maintain their run of type going this weekend.
“I believe that towards the Galaxy, we must be urgent in a approach that’s clever as a result of if we put being relentless forward of being organised, they’ll break our press and kill us,” Sartini stated.
“We must be keen to play a sport the place they might have extra possession than us, however not defending in our ultimate third as a result of we have now seen the standard that they’ve.
“The important thing for me is to try to have the ball as a lot as we will as a result of we can be doing one thing that they hate. Possibly then we will sneak a victory – that will be implausible.”
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— Vancouver Whitecaps FC (@WhitecapsFC) September 19, 2024
PLAYERS TO WATCH
LA Galaxy – Joseph Paintsil
Paintsil scored his ninth objective of the season for the Galaxy on Wednesday after Dejan Joveljic (14), Gabriel Pec (12) and Riqui Puig (10) have already reached the 10-goal mark for LA in 2024.
No workforce in MLS historical past has had 4 10-goal scorers in a single common season marketing campaign.
Vancouver Whitecaps – Brian White
White got here off the bench to attain the equalising objective in Vancouver’s draw at Houston on Wednesday.
The objective was White’s fifth as an alternative to the Whitecaps, equalling Pedro Morales for essentially the most in common season play in membership historical past.
MATCH PREDICTION: LA GALAXY WIN
The Galaxy received every of their first seven residence matches towards Vancouver from 2011 by means of the tip of the 2014 season. Since 2015, nevertheless, the Galaxy have simply 4 wins in 12 residence matches towards Vancouver in all competitions (D3 L5).
Nonetheless, the hosts have received 11 of their final 12 matches at Dignity Well being Sports activities Park (D1), together with the final 9 in a row. The Galaxy have misplaced solely one in every of their final 23 league matches in Carson, relationship again to June 2023.
However Vancouver are unbeaten in seven right away matches in all competitions (W4 D3) relationship again to the beginning of July, the longest street unbeaten run because the membership joined MLS in 2011. The Whitecaps have allowed a number of targets in solely a kind of seven matches.
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
LA Galaxy – 46.9%
Draw – 26.4%
Vancouver Whitecaps – 26.7%
