Playing in front of a sell-out crowd of 25,174 fans at Dignity Health Sports Park, the LA Galaxy fell 3-1 to FC Dallas on Saturday night.
Goal-Scoring Plays
DAL – Jesus Ferreira (Jader Obrian, Ema Twumasi), 11th minute: Streaking down the right flank, Jader Obrian squared a ball across the face of goal to Jesus Ferreira, who tapped in from close range.
DAL – Paul Arriola (Paxton Pomykal), 20th minute: Following a turnover in midfield, Paxton Pomykal played a ball to the left side of the penalty area to Paul Arriola, who drilled a low shot into the lower far corner of the goal.
DAL – Jesus Ferreira (Marco Farfan), 23rd minute: After winning the ball in Dallas’ half of the field, Marco Farfan delivered a long ball to Ferreira, who took a touch past Jonathan Bond outside the 18-yard box and finished his shot from inside the six-yard box.
LA – Douglas Costa (Sacha Kljestan), 67th minute: After earning a free kick from 30 yards away from goal, Sacha Kljestan quickly laid the ball off to Douglas Costa, whose curling shot was powered into
Post Game Comments
Postgame Notes
Saturday’s match marked the 78th MLS regular-season meeting between LA and FC Dallas, with the Galaxy leading the all-time series 35-30-13.
In 40 regular-season matches played at home against Dallas, LA holds a 26-8-6 record.
The Galaxy hold a 4-2-0 record in six matches played at home across all competitions in 2022.
LA (6-4-1, 19 points) ranks fourth in the Western Conference standings behind LAFC (7-2-2, 23 points), FC Dallas (6-1-4, 22 points) and Austin FC (6-3-2, 20 points).
In nine matches played across all competitions dating back to April 3, LA holds a record of 6-2-1, outscoring its opponents 12-8 during that span.
Douglas Costa notched his second goal scored from outside the box during the 2022 campaign.
Costa ranks tied for second in MLS in goals scored from outside the box (2).
Costa finished the match with a game-high three chances created.
Sacha Kljestan notched his first assist of the 2022 MLS Regular Season.
The assist marked Kljestan’s 98th career assist in his 319th game played in MLS.
Chase Gasper started his first career match for the Galaxy, logging 83 minutes.
Jonathan Pérez made his first appearance in league play this season, logging seven minutes as a second-half substitute.
Samuel Grandsir made his 45th consecutive appearance in league play dating back to April 18, 2021.
The match marked the fifth consecutive sell-out at Dignity Health Sports Park to begin the 2022 campaign.
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