Greg Vanney says the LA Galaxy have a golden alternative to earn their first victory of the season once they face the San Jose Earthquakes within the first of back-to-back house video games on Wednesday.
The Galaxy’s 2-1 loss at San Diego FC on Saturday continued the worst begin in MLS historical past.
Having received the MLS Cup final yr, the Galaxy have collected 4 factors from 15 matches in 2025, two fewer than every other staff at this stage of a season.
The Galaxy’s minus-22 objective distinction can be the worst at this stage of a season in league historical past.
They regarded to have turned a nook when Marco Reus’ late equaliser earned a 2-2 draw towards El Trafico rivals Los Angeles FC, however they have been then on the improper finish of a Ninety fifth-minute winner from Hirving Lozano on Saturday.
After going through one other native rival within the Quakes, the Galaxy welcome Actual Salt Lake to Dignity Well being Sports activities Park on the weekend, and Vanney hopes they will make house benefit depend this week.
“I feel the blokes have been resilient, we now know we have now two house video games for the primary time this season,” Vanney mentioned.
“We’ve received to bounce again, we’ve received to again up our companions. On the finish of the final sport, we made a few powerful selections and a few powerful performs.
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“We’ve received to attempt to come out on Wednesday combating and defending our house turf.
“However as you say, coming off the Trafico draw, happening the street to San Diego, a draw, given the best way the entire day performed out, in all probability wouldn’t have been the worst factor.
“We had probabilities, that they had probabilities, it will have been a pleasant builder into two house video games, however now we’ve simply received to point out some resilience and are available again and battle once more.”
San Jose are eighth within the Western Convention, seven locations and 15 factors away from the Galaxy, having given up a late equaliser in a 3-3 draw with the Houston Dynamo on the weekend.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
LA Galaxy – Marco Reus
Reus has three targets in his final two house matches in MLS, netting twice in a 2-2 draw with rivals LAFC on Might 18.
His six objective involvements this time period (three targets, three assists) are essentially the most of any Galaxy participant this marketing campaign, whereas no person has created extra probabilities for them (21).
San Jose Earthquakes – Preston Judd
Former Galaxy ahead Judd got here off the bench to attain twice in San Jose’s draw with Houston final Saturday.
Judd is the second Earthquakes participant within the final decade to attain twice off the bench in a regular-season match, together with Chris Wondolowski, who did so towards Actual Salt Lake in 2021. May Judd hang-out his outdated membership on Wednesday?
MATCH PREDICTION – LA GALAXY WIN
The Galaxy are winless of their first 15 matches of 2025, equalling the second-longest single-season winless run at any level in a marketing campaign in MLS historical past (additionally San Jose – 15 straight in 2014).
The one longer in-season winless run in MLS historical past was a 16-match streak by Houston between Might and September 2021.
San Jose have saved clear sheets in back-to-back regular-season away matches (W1 D1) for under the second time since 2016 (additionally doing so in Might and June 2023).
The Earthquakes have by no means saved clear sheets in three right away league matches earlier than (in 434 complete matches).
May they be the staff to get the Galaxy’s season up and working? Wednesday’s hosts have received seven of their final eight matches towards San Jose in all competitions (D1), together with the final 5 in a row.
The Galaxy’s five-match profitable streak is the longest by both staff within the 102-match historical past of the California Clasico.
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
LA Galaxy – 52.2%
San Jose Earthquakes – 23.4%
Draw – 24.4%
