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
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
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 started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Greg Vanney decided to play with the following team: Jonathan Bond
, Julian Araujo , Sega Coulibaly , Nick DePuy , Raheem Edwards , Kevin Cabral , Marky Delgado , Gastón Brugman , Samuel Grandsir , Javier Hernández and Víctor Vázquez .The home team had on the bench: Douglas Costa
, Chase Gasper, Jonathan Klinsmann, Eriq Zavaleta, Sacha Kljestan , Efrain Alvarez , Dejan Joveljić , Daniel Aguirre 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
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 started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Vanni Sartini played with: Cody Cropper
, Javain Brown , Ranko Veselinović , Jakob Nerwiński , Julian Gressel , Russell Teibert , Andrés Cubas , Ryan Raposo , Ryan Gauld , Pedro Vite and Easton Ongaro .They had on the bench: Thomas Hasal, Cristián Dájome
, Sebastian Berhalter, Tosaint Ricketts , Florian Jungwirth, Leonard Owusu, Alessandro Schöpf , Tristan Blackmon and Marcus Godinho .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
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.
- Los Angeles FC – Charlotte – 5-0
- LA Galaxy – Vancouver Whitecaps – 5-2
- Colorado Rapids – Columbus Crew – 1-1
- Houston Dynamo – Montreal Impact – 2-3
- Dallas – SJ Earthquakes – 4-1
- Austin – Sporting KC – 4-3
- Inter Miami – New York City – 3-2