Seven games later… victory for the Galaxy with a goal from Riqui!

After seven games without a win, the LA Galaxy premiered his box of achievements in MLS by bending the Austin 2-0 with goals from Mexican Javier ‘Chicharito Hernandez and the former Barcelona Riqui Puig. Chicharito, who missed the first five games of the year through injury, scored his first goal of the season with Dejan Joveljic’s perfect pass and Puig sealed the win with a counterattack.

The Galaxy just lost the Los Angeles derby against Los Angeles FC (LAFC) in a poor start to the year, but this victory gives them breathing room.

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For his part, he LAFC He maintained his unbeaten record by drawing 1-1 in his visit to Nashville. Hany Mukhtar, last year’s league MVP, put the hosts ahead in the first half taking advantage of a loose ball in the Los Angeles area while Denis Bouanga sealed the equalizer for LAFC in the second half with a sharp shot from out of the box.

LAFC opted for rotations for this rivalry and Mexican Carlos Vela was a substitute. The reigning MLS Cup champions, LAFC will face the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions League semifinals. The Philadelphia team defeated Toronto 4-2 on Saturday with three goals from Mikal Uhre.

For his part, Uruguayan Santiago Rodríguez scored a brace in New York City’s 3-1 win over Dallas FC. Rodríguez took advantage of a mistake by the Dallas defense to get his first goal with a nice cross shot from outside the area and scored another goal that reached the far post from behind. Brazilian Talles Magno completed the resounding victory for the New Yorkers while Spaniard José Martínez headed home the goal of honor for the Texans.

Beckham’s sixth straight defeat for Inter

And as the Galaxy began to see the light, Inter Miami continued its journey in the desert and chained a sixth straight defeat by going down 1-0 against the Houston Dynamo. Things did not go well for Florida’s other team, an Orlando City that lost 3-1 against DC United.

In addition, Cincinnati defeated the Portland Timbers 2-1 (Brazilian Sérgio Santos scored for the locals and Colombian Dairon Asprilla scored for the visitors) and Real Salt Lake defeated the San Jose Earthquakes 3 -1 (the Venezuelan Jefferson Savarino and the Colombian Andrés Gómez scored for the Utah team and the Argentine Cristian Espinoza scored from a free kick against the Californians),

Finally, Charlotte beat Columbus Crew 1-0, New England Revolution beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1, Montreal beat New York Red Bulls 2-0, Seattle Sounders beat Minnesota United and Colorado Rapids saved the 1-1 draw against St. Louis City in the 92nd minute with an ‘in extremis’ goal from Colombian Michael Barrios.