CARSON — The winless saga continues.
By now, the Galaxy’s 2025 season is following a similar script. Decent for moments, but unable to fully capitalize on scoring chances. The opposition does and the game ends.
Wednesday night, the opponent was the San Jose Earthquakes. The result was a 1-0 Galaxy loss, extending the defending MLS Cup champions’ winless streak to 16 games (0-12-4, four points) in front of 15,345 at Dignity Health Sports Park.
The Galaxy supporters let the club know they’re not happy, chanting “We want better.”
The Galaxy did have one final chance, late into stoppage time, but Maya Yoshida’s header off of a corner kick hit the crossbar and was eventually cleared.
San Jose (6-6-4, 22 points) broke through on the scoreboard in the 74th minute on a goal by Ousseni Bouda. A second-half sub, Bouda slipped between the Galaxy’s Miki Yamane and Zanka for a sliding finish.
The Galaxy entered with a lot of success recently against their Northern California rival. The Galaxy had a 6-0-1 record in the last seven meetings, including four consecutive wins. The game was the first with Bruce Arena on the other side of the California Clasico. Arena, who coached the Galaxy from 2008-16, took over as coach of the Earthquakes this season.
His first game in Carson as a Galaxy opponent was actually his first game in charge of the New England Revolution in 2019. The Revolution won that game, 2-1.
The Galaxy nearly had a lead in this one, but a goal by Matheus Nascimento was disallowed due to him being offside in the build-up of the play. Nascimento was making his first start with the Galaxy. Since arriving from Brazil, he’s only been used sparingly, coming on as a late second-half sub.
The game started with the Galaxy delivering a lively start, especially with Joseph Paintsil bombing down the left wing, but nothing materialized on the scoreboard.
“The guys come out and they fight and they work and they compete and inside of that, you look at the opposition and you go, they’re not better than us,” Galaxy coach Greg Vanney said. “It comes down to execution. The amount of open three-versus-two, four-versus-three, the breaks that we have with space with our best players, that we squandered over the course of the night. That is tonight. Yes, we gave away a goal, but it’s the sheer number of man-up rushes, if you will, or transitions or attacks that we have, that we squander over the course of the night. That becomes the difference in the game.”
Last Saturday, the team was on the verge of a draw and a road point against San Diego FC, but a late stoppage-time goal turned that into another loss, adding to the team’s frustrations.
The Galaxy’s only win so far this season came in the Round of 16 in the CONCACAF Champions Cup in March against CS Herediano. The last win in MLS competition for the Galaxy came in the MLS Cup in December, when they defeated the New York Red Bulls.
The Galaxy will close out the month of May on Saturday at home against Real Salt Lake (4-9-3, 15 points).
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