Riqui Puig’s Galaxy shipwreck in Vancouver

LA Galaxy of Riqui Puig and the Mexican Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez seriously retreated this Wednesday in its quest to enter the playoffs of mls losing resoundingly 3-0 to Vancouver Whitecaps.

With three draws and one loss in his last four games, the Galaxy is eighth in Western Conference with 40 points and 30 games played (he has four games left to play before the end of the regular season).

In seventh place, which is the last one that gives access to the eliminatory rounds, is the Royal Salt Lake with 43 points and 31 games played (he only needs to play three more games in the regular season).

The defeat of Vancouver It was doubly frustrating for him. Galaxy because he could not take advantage of this stumble on Wednesday of Royal Salt Lake, who also lost 3-0 to Austin because of the triplets Moussa Djitte.

In the fight for the coveted seventh place will also appear the Seattle Sounders (ninth with 39 points and 30 games played) and the Colorado Rapids (tenth with 39 points 31 games played).

The good news for Galaxy they have two matches with direct opponents before the end of the regular season: this Saturday they will receive the Colorado Rapids and on the penultimate day they will also play at home against Royal Salt Lake.

In tonight’s showdown, the Vancouver Whitecaps They gave the ball away from the start, gave the visitors control and opted for counterattacks and set pieces.

So sheltered is the local team that the Galaxy he entered the break with 71% possession.

However, that domain was not translated into clear occasions and the Angelenos, without depth, had only a few approaches with some risk such as a header from Chicharito or a volley from the Spanish Riqui Puig.

This dynamic continued in the second half, even though the Vancouver team began to hover around the goal of Galaxy as in a great lack of Ryan Raposo that didn’t get in very well.

The local team went a step further and in the 57th minute they went ahead with a goal from Ryan Gould after a few rebounds came out in a corner.

Forced to venture out in search of a tie, the Galaxy left more gaps behind and whitecaps they took advantage of this to end the game with two brilliant counterattacks that the Ecuadorian finished off Peter Vite at 68 and Tosaint Ricketts at 86.

In Wednesday’s remaining matches that complete the MLS weekday, Atlanta United added their second consecutive victory by defeating Orlando City 0-1 with a goal from Argentine Thiago Almada, who has scored in the last two encounters.

In addition, the Colorado Rapidswith a good goal from the Chilean Diego Rubio from outside the area, defeat the Earthquakes in San Josewhich featured a header from the Brazilian Nathan.