Playing their 13th match at home during the 2022 MLS Regular Season, the LA Galaxy earned a 5-2 win at home over Vancouver Whitecaps FC before 21,465 fans at Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday night. Samuel Grandsir tallied two goals, while Julián Araujo registered two assists on his 21st birthday in the victory against the Whitecaps.
LA Galaxy Players In Form
With an assist in the win over Vancouver, Dejan Joveljić has tallied at least one goal or one assist in seven consecutive matches played at home (8 goals, 3 assists) dating back to May 29. With a goal in victory against the Whitecaps, Efraín Álvarez has tallied one goal and four assists in his last seven appearances dating back to July 4. Javier “Chicharito” Hernández tallied a goal and an assist, including converting a penalty for a second consecutive match. Chicharito has tallied three goals and one assist in his last two matches played dating back to Aug. 6.
Goal-Scoring Plays
LA – Samuel Grandsir (Kévin Cabral, Julián Araujo), 12th minute: Kévin Cabral received a long pass down the right side of the of the penalty area. Cabral quickly passed the ball into the center of the penalty area to Samuel Grandsir, who blasted his shot into
LA – Chicharito (Penalty Kick), 20th minute: After Vancouver was whistled for a handball inside the box, Chicharito stepped up to the spot and chipped Whitecaps goalkeeper Cody Cropper to convert a penalty kick-goal for a second consecutive match.
LA – Víctor Vázquez (Chicharito), 30th minute: Julián Araujo won the ball off a Vancouver player on the right touchline and picked out Víctor Vázquez at the top of the box. Vázquez played a one-two pass with Chicharito, before curling his right-footed shot into the bottom far corner of the goal.
VAN – Ryan Gauld (Cody Cropper), 38th minute: Ryan Gauld received a long pass from Cody Cropper and fired his shot from just inside the 18-yard box into the back of the net.
LA – Samuel Grandsir (Julián Araujo, Mark Delgado), 40th minute: Mark Delgado’s long pass released Julián Araujo down the right wing. Araujo delivered a pass to the top of the box to Grandsir, who took a touch and drilled his right-footed shot in off the far post to score his second goal of the night.
VAN – Toisant Ricketts (Cristian Dajome), 70th minute: Cristian Dajome dribbled towards the endline and cut a pass back to Toisant Ricketts, whose shot from close range was converted at the near post.
LA – Efraín Álvarez (Dejan Joveljić, Daniel Aguirre), 89th minute: After picking up the ball down the left flank, Dejan Joveljić dribbled past a defender down the left side of the penalty area. The Serbian international cut a pass back to Efraín Álvarez, whose first-time shot from the top of the six-yard box was lifted over Cody Cropper.
Postgame Notes
Following the win over Vancouver, the LA Galaxy (10-11-3, 33 points) moved into sixth place in the Western Conference standings, two points behind fourth-place Minnesota United FC (10-9-5, 35 points).
Saturday’s match marked the 30th all-time meeting across all competitions between the Galaxy and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, with LA leading the series 15-9-6.
The Galaxy improved to 10-4-2 in 16 matches played at home against Vancouver in league play, outscoring the Whitecaps 28-11 in matches played at home.
LA improved to 9-1-1 this season when scoring the first goal of the match. The Galaxy are 6-0-0 when scoring the first goal of a match at home in league play this season.
The Galaxy scored five goals in an MLS regular-season match for the first time since a 5-2 win over Real Salt Lake at home on April 23, 2016.
Samuel Grandsir recorded his first career brace in the win over the Whitecaps.
In his 96th career appearance across all competitions for the Galaxy, Julián Araujo registered the fifth two-assist performance in his career in the win over Vancouver.
Araujo’s six assists ranks tied for first on the team with Raheem Edwards.
With his penalty-kick goal, Javier “Chicharito” Hernández moved into a tie with Alan Gordon for 10th place all-time in Galaxy history in goals scored.
Chicharito registered a goal and an assist in a single match for the second time in his career for the Galaxy, and the first time since May 8, 2021.
Dejan Joveljić has tallied at least one goal or one assist in seven consecutive matches played at home (8 goals, 3 assists) dating back to May 29.
Chicharito tallied a goal and an assist for the second time as a member of the Galaxy.
Chicharito tallied his team-leading 10th goal during the 2022 MLS Regular Season.
Efraín Álvarez registered his third goal of the season. Álvarez has tallied one goal and four assists in his last seven appearances dating back to July 4.
Kévin Cabral tallied his second assist of the season in the win over Vancouver. In his last six appearances dating back to July 13, Cabral has tallied one goal and two assists.
In his first match played since July 16, Daniel Aguirre tallied an assist in four minutes played off the bench.
Mark Delgado recorded his first assist as a member of the Galaxy, and his first in league play since assisting for Toronto FC against Minnesota United FC on Sept. 29, 2021.
LA Galaxy (10-11-3, 33pts) vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC (8-11-6, 30pts)
Aug. 13, 2022 – Dignity Health Sports Park (Los Angeles)
Goals by Half 1 2 F
LA Galaxy 4 1 5
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 1 2
Scoring Summary:
LA: Grandsir (Cabral, Araujo), 12
LA: Chicharito (penalty kick), 20
LA: Vázquez (Chicharito), 30
VAN: Gauld (Cropper), 38
LA: Grandsir (Araujo, Delgado), 40
VAN: Ricketts (Dajome), 70
LA: Álvarez (Joveljić, Aguirre), 89
Misconduct Summary:
LA: Coulibaly (caution), 59
LA: Araujo (caution), 63
LA: Veselinovic (caution), 68
LA: Edwards (caution), 71
VAN: Dajome (caution), 72
VAN: Dajome (second caution, ejection), 79
LA: DePuy (caution), 90+3
Lineups:
LA: GK Jonathan Bond; D Julián Araujo, D Séga Coulibaly, D Nick DePuy, D Raheem Edwards; M Gastón Brugman (Sacha Kljestan, 74), M Mark Delgado, M Kévin Cabral (Daniel Aguirre, 86), M Víctor Vázquez (Efraín Álvarez, 69), M Samuel Grandsir (Douglas Costa, 69), F Javier “Chicharito” Hernández © (Dejan Joveljić, 69)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Jonathan Klinsmann; D Chase Gasper, D Kelvin Leerdam, D Eriq Zavaleta
TOTAL SHOTS: 13 (Four players tied, 2); SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Samuel Grandsir, 2); FOULS: 12 (Three players tied, 2); OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 2
VAN: GK Cody Cropper; D Rank Veselinovic, D Javain Brown, D Jake Nerwinski (Tristan Blackmon, 46), M Julian Gressel (Alessandro Schopf, 69), M Andres Cubas (Marcus Godinho, 83), M Ryan Gauld, M Ryan Raposo, M Russell Teibert, M Easton Ongaro (Tosaint Ricketts, 46), M Pedro Vite (Cristian Dajome, 46)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Thomas Hasal, D Florian Jungwirth; M Sebastian Berhalter, M Leonard Owusu
TOTAL SHOTS: 11 (Ryan Gauld, Tosaint Ricketts, 3); SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Ryan Gauld, Toisant Ricketts, 2); FOULS: 13 (Three players tied, 2); OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 2
Referee: Michael Radchuk
Assistant Referees: Kyle Atkins, CJ Morgante
Fourth Official: Joe Dickerson
VAR: Geoff Gamble
Weather: Clear, 75 degrees
Attendance: 21,465
All statistics contained in this box score are unofficial
Next Game
Up next, the LA Galaxy play host to Seattle Sounders FC at Dignity Health Sports Park on Friday, Aug. 19. The Aug. 19 match kicks off at 7:00 p.m. PT and features a national television broadcast on ESPN and ESPN Deportes.
