Just 11 weeks have passed Galaxy Lift the MLS cup to The sixth recordThe occasion celebrated by the team on Sunday, with the succession of the supporters and the first respondents to hold the Philip F. Anschutz Cup to the midfield in the Dignity Health SPORTS.
A victorious video clip was played on the huge video screens in the stadium, and I played the fireworks and was a dark blue championship banner over the southwestern runway of the newly renewed stadium.
Then the new season started and all of this suddenly appeared like a remote memory with San Diego FC, The expansion team plays its first MLS gameThe Galaxy party was shattered by riding two goals in the second half of Anders Dreyer and a clean paper from the CJ DOS Santos goalkeeper to amazing disturbance 2-0 before a crowd of 25244.
The loss was the first in Galaxy in 22 games at home, dating back to the 2023 final.
“The challenges will be different”, ” Coach Greg Vanie He said before the match. “It will be a different way to succeed this year.”
actually. With four of the players who led Vanny to the title last year, this road was closed on Sunday. Among the missing MLS CUP MVP Gastón Brugman and Dejan Jobeljic, who scored the winning goal in the final. Both were sacrificed for the league salary cover.
Jobeljic was one of four players in Galaxy who reached double -goal numbers and helped last season; The MLS team has not done it before. But one of the four, the wing Gabriel Beck, was wearing the uniform since Jobeljic was circulated last month, Joseph Painsil and Riqui Puig with injuries.
“We start again,” Vanie said. “It is all about installing this [new] Cut in our language. “
The pieces were not suitable for San Diego. Christian Ramirez was an alternative to JOVELJIC at the forefront, ineffective in 63 minutes while he was old German warriors Marco Rios He was unable to provide a pace or death in the midfield. Leave it isolated – frustrated – for most of the afternoon.
The Galaxy team from Bruce Arena in 2011-12 was the last to win consecutive MLS titles, which chases the Vanney team. But the league has changed a lot since then, as it grows from 19 to 30 teams while adding allocation funds, signing the U22 initiative and the young players appointed has changed the way in which the teams are built, making MLS more competitive.
However, the history and the list of its rebuilding are not the only things that work against the galaxy. They also have a great goal on their backs.
“Everyone will come after us,” said midfielder Diego Wagundz.
Drair, a Danish international who was playing last month in Belgium with Anderlecht, scored the first goal in the history of the concession, seven minutes from the second half. It was created by a mistake in the huge galaxy with goalkeeper Novak Mikovic, which made the beginning of the fifth MLS only, taking Mickey Yamman again in front of his goal and the heart of a high -waist outlet ball to the center Emiro Garsis in the depths of the galaxy.
Garrez raised the shoe but was unable to control the corridor, which bounced Choki Luzano San Diego. Then he sent it to the center of the box, which was overwhelmed by his left -wing Mikovic.
The galaxy, which is pushing for a draw, was almost in the 79th minute when the Yaman Miguel Perry crossed a slide, but the left Perry deviation was strangled by Dos Santos. After one minute, Dos Santos rescued one of three a day, in an attempt from the center of the box by Robin Ramos Junior.
Then Drair made this reduction with his second goal for three minutes at the time of stopping. Tomás -Senge, former Galaxy son JUAN Pablo ángel, got help.
