Less than four months after winning their sixth MLS Cup, The galaxy is at the worst start of the history of the franchise. And each time they seem to water in a corner, they end up turning into circulation coming into the opposite direction.
Consider the playoffs of the CONCACAF CONCACAF CONCACAF Cup on Tuesday with the Mexican club Tigres Uanl, which ended with a goalless draw: the goalkeeper John McCarthy recorded the first white sheet of the team season, the offensive was sometimes dangerous and that the team did not decide when a frustrated tigers became late in the match.
Overall, it should have been a good night.
But the team, already riddled with injuries, may have suffered another defeat at the end of the first half when Maya Yoshida, Maya Yoshida, sat on the ground due to an injury to her left hamstrings.
Yoshida was thinking significantly when he left the stadium a few hours later. He must have an MRI to determine the severity of the injury, and coach Greg Vanney hopes that his captain's decision to withdraw from the game limited the damage early.
“He started to feel like he was tightened. And so he sat as a pro instead of trying to push him,” said Vanney. “Nothing significant. We will somehow assess and see what it looks like. I think he escaped something bad. ”
Yoshida led MLS in a few minutes last season. If there is more than the last 60 minutes of the Tuesday match, he will become the 10th starter of the championship team last season not to be available for several games due to an injury or a business.
And that spoiled what was probably the best performance of the Galaxy in a season in which they only won once in nine games in MLS and in the Champions Cup.
“Being able to get laundering is important. Not to abandon the objective outside is enormous in these things,” said Vanney. “It's a good result. We also play clean for 90 minutes. “
The second stage of the two -game playoffs will be played on Tuesday in Monterrey, Mexico. With outside goals serving as equality breaks, the galaxy could go to the semi-finals with a draw. The galaxy has not been beyond the quarter-final of a Concacaf tournament since 2012.
