LA Galaxy liquidates Vancouver Whitecaps 5-2 showing huge dominance. HIGHLIGHTS

CARSON. LA Galaxy crushes Vancouver Whitecaps 5-2 with goals of

LA Galaxy liquidates Vancouver Whitecaps 5-2 showing huge dominance. HIGHLIGHTS

CARSON. LA Galaxy estinguishes Vancouver Whitecaps 5-2 with goals of S. Grandsir (12′), Chicharito (20′ pen), V. Vazquez (30′), S. Grandsir (40′) and E. Alvarez (89′). On the other side, Vancouver Whitecaps scored with ​ R. Gauld (38′), T. Ricketts (70′). LA Galaxy was definitely better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Dignity Health Sports Park stadium in Carson on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Silviu Petrescu with the support of Frank Anderson and Mike Rottersman. The 4th official was Kevin Broadley. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.1 degrees Celsius or 71.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

  • ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
  • 13 Total 11
  • 7 On Target 4
  • 6 Off Target 7
  • 3 Shots blocked 0
  • 96 Attack 98
  • 41 Dangerous attack 35
  • 100 Ball safe 76
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 5
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 12 Total 13
  • 4 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 1
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

LA Galaxy had a strong ball possession 62% while Vancouver Whitecaps was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

LA Galaxy was more pushing with 41 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why LA Galaxy won the match​.

LA Galaxy shot 13 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Vancouver Whitecaps shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

LA Galaxy received 4 yellow cards (S. Coulibaly, J. Araujo, R. Edwards and N. DePuy). On the other side, Vancouver Whitecaps received 2 yellow cards (R. Veselinovic and C. Dajome).

Also, Vancouver Whitecaps didn’t finish the match with 11 players after C. Dajome (Vancouver Whitecaps) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (79′).

Match Timeline

12'
20'
30'
38'
Ryan Gauld(goal)C. Cropper
40'
46'
46'
46'
Tristan Blackmon- sub ->J. Nerwinski
59'
63'
68'
Ranko Veselinović- Yellow
Douglas Costa- sub ->S. Grandsir
69'
Dejan Joveljić- sub ->Chicharito
69'
69'
69'
Alessandro Schöpf- sub ->J. Gressel
70'
71'
72'
75'
79'
83'
Daniel Aguirre- sub ->K. Cabral
86'
89'
90'

Standings

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 14-13 head to head stats in favor of LA Galaxy (10 draws).

Vancouver Whitecaps will play away agasint Minnesota United on the 9th of October with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Minnesota United (3 draws).

LA Galaxy and Vancouver Whitecaps will play the return match on the at the BC Place Stadium

LA Galaxy – Formation

LA Galaxy
G
Jonathan Bond 1.England
6.7
D
Sega Coulibaly 4.France
6.7
59'
D
Nick DePuy 20.United States
6.6
90'
D
Julián Araujo 2.Mexico
6.6
63'
D
Raheem Edwards 44.Canada
7.2
71'
M
Gastón Brugman 5.Uruguay
7.1
75'
M
Marky Delgado 8.United States
7.5
M
Samuel Grandsir 11.France
8.2
69' Goals12', 40'
M
Kévin Cabral 9.France
7.0
86'
F
8.0
69' Goals30'
F
Javier Hernández 14.Mexico
7.2
69' Goals20'
Substitutes
G
Jonathan Klinsmann 33.United States
D
Chase Gasper 77.United States
D
Eriq Zavaleta 15.El Salvador
D
Kelvin Leerdam 18.Suriname
M
Douglas Costa 10.Brazil
6.4
69'
M
S. Klještan 16.USA
6.7
75'
M
Efrain Alvarez 26.Mexico
7.0
69' Goals89'
M
Daniel Aguirre 37.United States
6.5
86'
F
Dejan Joveljić 99.Serbia
6.9
69'

LA Galaxy started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Greg Vanney decided to play with the following team: Jonathan Bond (6.7), Julian Araujo (6.6), Sega Coulibaly (6.7), Nick DePuy (6.6), Raheem Edwards (7.2), Kevin Cabral (7.0), Marky Delgado (7.5), Gastón Brugman (7.1), Samuel Grandsir (8.2), Javier Hernández (7.2) and Víctor Vázquez (8.0).

The home team had on the bench: Douglas Costa (6.4), Chase Gasper, Jonathan Klinsmann, Eriq Zavaleta, Sacha Kljestan (6.7), Efrain Alvarez (7.0), Dejan Joveljić (6.9), Daniel Aguirre (6.5) and Kelvin Leerdam.

Substitutions

LA Galaxy made 5 changes: S. Grandsir for D. Costa (69′), Chicharito for D. Joveljic (69′), V. Vazquez for E. Alvarez (69′), G. Brugman for S. Kljestan (75′) and K. Cabral for D. Aguirre (86′).

Best player: Samuel Grandsir​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for LA Galaxy was Samuel Grandsir.

His rating is (8.2) with 2 goals, 30 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Vancouver Whitecaps – Formation

Vancouver Whitecaps
G
C. Cropper 55.USA
6.1
D
6.4
68'
D
Javain Brown 23.Jamaica
6.2
D
Jakob Nerwiński 28.United States
6.1
46'
M
Julian Gressel 19.Germany
6.4
69'
M
Russell Teibert 31.Canada
6.1
M
Andrés Cubas 20.Paraguay
7.1
83'
M
Ryan Raposo 27.Canada
6.7
F
Ryan Gauld 25.Scotland
7.4
Goals38'
F
Pedro Vite 45.Ecuador
6.5
46'
F
Easton Ongaro 43.Canada
6.1
46'
Substitutes
G
Thomas Hasal 1.Canada
D
F. Jungwirth 26.Germany
D
Tristan Blackmon 6.United States
6.8
46'
D
Marcus Godinho 2.Canada
6.1
83'
M
Sebastian Berhalter 16.United States
M
Leonard Owusu 17.Ghana
M
Alessandro Schöpf 18.Austria
6.1
69'
F
Cristian Dájome 11.Colombia
6.4
46' 72'
F
T. Ricketts 87.Canada
7.6
46' Goals70'

Vancouver Whitecaps started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Vanni Sartini played with: Cody Cropper (6.1), Javain Brown (6.2), Ranko Veselinović (6.4), Jakob Nerwiński (6.1), Julian Gressel (6.4), Russell Teibert (6.1), Andrés Cubas (7.1), Ryan Raposo (6.7), Ryan Gauld (7.4), Pedro Vite (6.5) and Easton Ongaro (6.1).

They had on the bench: Thomas Hasal, Cristián Dájome (6.4), Sebastian Berhalter, Tosaint Ricketts (7.6), Florian Jungwirth, Leonard Owusu, Alessandro Schöpf (6.1), Tristan Blackmon (6.8) and Marcus Godinho (6.1).

Substitutions

Vancouver Whitecaps made 5 changes: E. Ongaro for T. Ricketts (46′), P. Vite for C. Dajome (46′), J. Nerwinski for T. Blackmon (46′), J. Gressel for A. Schopf (69′) and A. Cubas for M. Godinho (83′).

Best player: Tosaint Ricketts​

The player that probably impressed the most for Vancouver Whitecaps was Tosaint Ricketts.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 7 passes (42% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​