LA GALAXY vs. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS
STUBHUB CENTER, Carson, Calif.
June 6, 2015 (WEEK 14, MLS Game #143)
10:30 pm ET (TSN2, MLS LIve)
The LA Galaxy and Vancouver Whitecaps FC meet for the second time this season in a critical match in the Western Conference when the clubs face off at StubHub Center on Saturday evening. The teams are separated by just two points in the ever-tighter division standings, with Whitecaps FC sitting just two points out of first. The Galaxy return home after their undefeated run went to three games in a 2-2 draw at the New England Revolution in an MLS Cup rematch. Whitecaps FC return home following a 2-1 defeat at the Montreal Impact in a Canadian Championship preview.
- The Galaxy extended their undefeated streak to three games with a 2-2 draw at the New England Revolution on Sunday evening. The draw extended the Galaxy’s league road winless streak to 12 games, the fourth-longest in club history; they have not lost at home in 23 regular season games, the third-longest streak in MLS history.
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Kekuta Manneh and Octavio Rivero scored 10 minutes apart in the second half to give Whitecaps FC a 2-0 win, April 4 at BC Place.
- The first meeting victory for Whitecaps FC ended a five-game winless run vs. the Galaxy, just their second win in the series in 12 matches all-time in all competitions. The Galaxy have won all six regular season meetings with Whitecaps FC in Carson, outscoring them 13-1; they also took a victory there in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs, a 2-1 win in the Knockout Round.
REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar. AR1 (bench): Frank Anderson; AR2 (opposite): Craig Lowry; 4th: Baboucarr Jallow
MLS Career: 202 games; FC/gm: 26.7; Y/gm: 3.4; R: 58; pens: 69
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SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: LA: Alan Gordon, Juninho … VAN: Sam Adekugbe, Gershon Koffie, Pa-Modou Kah, Kendall Waston
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: LA: Baggio Husidic, Mika Vayrynen
DISABLED LIST: LA: Brian Perk (season-ending injury)
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: LA: Gyasi Zardes (USA; 6/5 vs Netherlands; 6/10 vs Germany); Bradford Jamieson IV (US U-20); Jaime Penedo (Panama; vs Ecuador 6/6) … VAN: Deybi Flores (Honduras U-20)
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (12 meetings): Galaxy 8 wins, 23 goals … Whitecaps FC 2 wins, 10 goals … Ties 2
AT LA (5 meetings): Galaxy 6 wins, 13 goals … Whitecaps FC 0 wins, 1 goal … Ties 0
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Kekuta Manneh and Octavio Rivero scored 10 minutes apart in the second half to give Whitecaps FC a 2-0 win, April 4 at BC Place.
- The first meeting victory for Whitecaps FC ended a five-game winless run vs. the Galaxy, just their second win in the series in 12 matches all-time in all competitions.
- The Galaxy have won all six regular season meetings with Whitecaps FC in Carson, outscoring them 13-1; they also took a victory there in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs, a 2-1 win in the Knockout Round.
- Coaches record: Carl Robinson vs. LA: P4 W1 L2 D1 … Bruce Arena vs. VAN: P12 W9 L1 D2
LAST MEETING (MLS)
4/4: VAN 2, LA 0 (Manneh 56; Rivero 66)
- Whitecaps FC took the lead in the 56th minute on the counterattack. Pedro Morales played a sublime pass through to Kekuta Manneh, who hared forward into the penalty area and drilled the ball past LA goalkeeper Jaime Penedo.
- The 'Caps doubled their lead in the 66th minute. Nicolas Mezquida played a nice takeover in the left side of the area with Octavio Rivero, and charged to the byeline before firing a shot towards goal. Penedo could only parry the ball into the path of Rivero, who poked home the rebound from close range.
- Whitecaps FC goalkeeper David Ousted was called upon to make just one save in extending his club's winning run to record proportions.
- VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC (4-2-3-1): David Ousted - Steven Beitashour, Kendall Waston, Pa-Modou Kah, Sam Adekugbe - Matias Laba, Russell Teibert - Nicolas Mezquida (Deybi Flores 82), Pedro Morales, Kekuta Manneh (Darren Mattocks 78) - Octavio Rivero (Erik Hurtado 86).
- LA GALAXY (4-4-2): Jaime Penedo - A.J. DeLaGarza, Omar Gonzalez, Tommy Meyer (Alan Gordon 78), Todd Dunivant (Edson Buddle 64) - Stefan Ishizaki, Juninho, Mika Vayrynen (Robbie Rogers 40), Baggio Husidic - Gyasi Zardes, Robbie Keane.
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