CARSON. Orlando City defeats LA Galaxy 1-0 after F. Torres scored just 1 goal (9′). LA Galaxy was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (63%).
The match was played at the Dignity Health Sports Park stadium in Carson on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Alex Chilowicz with the collaboration of Michael Barwegen and Chris Wattam. The 4th official was Ricardo Fierro. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.9 degrees Celsius or 64.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.
Match Statistics
- ! 63 Ball Possession 37
Shots
- 20 Total 6
- 2 On Target 2
- 18 Off Target 4
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 126 Attack 80
- 77 Dangerous attack 34
- 84 Ball safe 84
- 0 Penalties 0
- 12 Corners 2
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 12 Total 13
- 0 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
LA Galaxy had a strong ball possession 63% while Orlando City was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
LA Galaxy was more aggressive with 77 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Orlando City was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
LA Galaxy shot 20 times, 2 on target, 18 off target. On the opposite side, Orlando City shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
LA Galaxy didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Orlando City received 3 yellow cards (Ruan, J. Moutinho and C. Araujo).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this match, LA Galaxy will stay with 6 points like Austin, Colorado Rapids, New York RB, DC United and Cincinnati to go up in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Orlando City will have 7 points like Los Angeles FC, Columbus Crew, Real Salt Lake and Atlanta United to gain in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Major League Soccer, LA Galaxy will play away against Houston Dynamo on the 9th of October with a 14-12 head to head in favor of LA Galaxy (10 draws).
Orlando City will host Columbus Crew on the 8th of October with a 6-6 head to head.
LA Galaxy – Formation
LA Galaxy
79'
LA Galaxy started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
The manager Greg Vanney decided to play with the following team: .
Substitutions
LA Galaxy made 4 changes: D. Costa for E. Alvarez (46′), K. Cabral for S. Grandsir (62′), V. Vazquez for S. Kljestan (68′) and N. DePuy for D. Joveljic (79′).
Orlando City – Formation
Orlando City
44'
9'
Orlando City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Óscar Alexander Pareja Gómez played with: .
Substitutions
Orlando City made 4 changes: Ruan for K. Smith (68′), E. Kara for B. Michel (68′), M. Pereyra for R. Schlegel (79′) and F. Torres for T. Akindele (84′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Chicago Fire – Sporting KC – 3-1
- LA Galaxy – Orlando City – 0-1
- New York City – Philadelphia Union – 0-2
- Charlotte – New England – 3-1
- Atlanta United – Montreal Impact – 3-3
- Toronto – DC United – 2-1
- Cincinnati – Inter Miami – 3-1
