Frustrations. Something the Galaxy have had a lot of this season.
On Sunday, they managed to take it another level, losing 1-0 to Sporting Kansas City, despite not allowing a shot on goal. SKC’s lone tally came on an own goal in the first half.
“Definitely a frustrating one,” Galaxy goalkeeper John McCarthy said. “It has to get to a point where something, push comes to shove, something’s got to give for us at some point.”
“We thought it could have been the Kansas City game, I think it’s kind of getting to the point like repetitive …we deserved a result, but you have to go out and earn everything every day, so at this point, you have to really forget about things that happened in the past. The only thing that matters is the next game. It’s truly day by day. I said it last year, we had to take it day by day, game by game, nothing else matters, just take it one at a time.”
The next game is an MLS Cup rematch against the New York Red Bulls. The Galaxy defeated the Red Bulls 2-1, back on Dec. 7, capping a championship season for their sixth MLS Cup.
It was the perfect turnaround after a dismal 2023. That’s also the last game the Galaxy have won in MLS play.
Fast-forward to 2025 and the Galaxy are back at the bottom, currently mired in a historic winless streak (0-8-3) to start the season, due to a mix of injuries, roster makeover and a lack of production.
“When times are tough, like when it rains it (expletive) pours,” said McCarthy, who led the Galaxy in goal in clinching the Cup. “You’ve got to figure out how to get out of it, and no one’s going to help you besides the 28 guys in the locker room. You can’t start looking around and going, ‘Who’s going to do it for us?’ It’s truly got to be an ‘us’ thing. Yeah, it sucks to lose, it sucks that we could have won a game here and there and could have draw a game here and there. We also should have lost a game here and there too, it’s truly on the group. It’s got to be within ourselves. There’s nowhere else to look, it has to come from us.
“I hate losing. I’m a sore loser. Big time. I don’t care what it is, I don’t like to lose at anything I do and I give everything to win, whether it’s small-sided, whether it’s a crossbar challenge, whatever it is and when it comes to the weekend, I give everything to win. So when it doesn’t work out, yeah, we’ve had some unlucky moments and it’s been extremely frustrating moments, but you just have to find a way to grind some things out, little bit more life to us, push for the 90 minutes and I think some good things will go our way.”
After Saturday’s meeting against the Red Bulls, the Galaxy will stay on the East Coast and head to Philadelphia for a midweek May 14 meeting against the Union.
“We’ve got to find solutions,” Galaxy coach Greg Vanney said. “That’s why I say every year is a journey. Every year is different. It presents new challenges every single year. This year has provided plenty of them from the start of after winning the championship and having to clear out some guys to injuries to performance stuff. There’s been plenty of things. Our job here as a collective group, as a team, is to find the solutions, even when challenges present themselves. So far, yeah, we haven’t found those solutions. We’re going to keep fighting for it.”
Pec and Paintsil out Saturday
Aside from Riqui Puig, who is still sidelined while recovering from his ACL injury, the Galaxy will also be without their other two Designated Players. Gabriel Pec suffered a hip injury last week and Joseph Paintsil sustained a thigh injury. Both were forced out of the game early.
Vanney said there was a chance that Pec could be available for the Philadelphia game, but Paintsil’s injury could linger longer than a week.
GALAXY at NEW YORK RED BULLS
When: 4:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: Sports Illustrated Stadium; Harrison, N.J.
How to watch: Apple TV+, Apple TV (MLS Season Pass)
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