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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