Playing on July 4, the LA Galaxy earned a 4-0 shutout victory over CF Montréal in front of 23,855 fans at Dignity Health Sports Park on Wednesday night. Rayan Raveloson tallied two goals and Javier “Chicharito” Hernández scored the game-winning goal, while Julián Araujo notched two assists in the win over Montreal.
Goals Around The Galaxy
Chicharito and Dejan Joveljić each tallied goals in the win over Montreal. Chicharito notched his team-leading seventh goal in league play this season. Joveljić has tallied at least one goal in four consecutive league appearances, recording five goals and two assists dating back to May 29. Amongst players that have played a minimum of 350 minutes, Joveljić leads MLS with 1.50 goals scored per 90 minutes played. Raveloson recorded the first multi-goal performance of his career in the victory against Montreal. Raveloson scored his first goal in league play dating back to Aug. 17, 2021, a span of 28 matches.
LA Galaxy Against CF Montréal
The July 4th match between LA and Montréal marked the eighth all-time meeting between the two clubs, with the Galaxy leading the series 5-1-3. In five matches played against Montreal at home dating back to Oct. 16, 2013, LA holds an unbeaten record of 4-0-1, outscoring CF Montréal 9-1 during that span.
Postgame Notes
Monday’s match marked the 26th MLS regular-season match held on July 4 at home for the Galaxy, with LA holding a 14-7-5 record on games played on Independence Day.
This season, the Galaxy are 6-0-0 across all competitions against the top six teams in the Supporters’ Shield race, with a win over NYCFC on Feb. 27, victories over Austin FC on May 8 and May 29, wins against LAFC on April 9 and May 25 and the win over CF Montréal on July 4.
The July 4th match between LA and Montréal marked the ninth all-time meeting between the two clubs, with the Galaxy leading the series 5-1-3.
Following the win over Montreal, LA (8-6-3, 27 points) moved up to eighth place in the Supporters’ Shield race.
In 13 matches played at home across all competitions in 2022, LA holds a 7-5-1 record.
LA improved to 7-1-1 when scoring the opening goal of a match during the 2022 campaign.
LA equaled a season-high with four goals scored in the victory against Montreal.
Rayan Raveloson registered the first two-goal performance in his career for the Galaxy.
Chicharito tallied his team-leading seventh goal scored in league play during the 2022 campaign.
No player in MLS has scored more goals in the opening 15 minutes of matches since the start of last season than Chicharito (7).
Across all competitions this season, Dejan Joveljić leads the Galaxy with nine goals scored and has added two assists in 603 minutes played in 19 appearances (5 starts).
Julián Araujo notched his fourth career two-assist performance in league play for LA.
Jonathan Bond tallied three saves and recorded his sixth shutout of the 2022 campaign.
Sacha Kljestan tallied his 99th career assist in his 321st MLS regular-season appearance.
Kljestan, who made his first appearance since May 18, has tallied one goal and two assists in his last three games played dating back to May 14.
Daniel Aguirre recorded an assist for a consecutive match.
Efraín Álvarez tallied his second assist of the season.
Samuel Grandsir made his 55th consecutive appearance for the Galaxy across all competitions dating back to April 18, 2021.
Grandsir registered his sixth assist in 21 appearances across all competitions for LA this year.
Next Game
Up next, the Galaxy travel to face LAFC in the 15th edition of El Tráfico across all competitions at Banc of California Stadium on Friday, July 8. The July 8 match kicks off at 7:00 p.m. PT and features a national television broadcast on ESPN.
