LA Galaxy II remain at home for a match against Oakland Roots on Sunday, May 23 at 5 p.m. PT live on ESPN+ in what will mark the first ever contest between the two clubs and Oakland’s second-ever contest in club history.
LA Galaxy II earned a 1-1 draw against Sporting Kansas City II on Wednesday night as midfielder Jorge Hernandez scored his team-leading third goal of the season. This year, Los Dos are now 2-1-2 with eight points, with nine goals scored and three conceded for a +6 goal differential. LA Galaxy II featured five first-team players in the starting XI on Wednesday evening: Justin Vom Steeg, Marcus Ferkranus, Cameron Dunbar, Augustine Williams and Kai Koreniuk.
Los Dos are now unbeaten in their previous four matches, going 2-0-2 in that span with nine goals scored and just two conceded. LA Galaxy II are now 1-1-2 at home this season.
Sunday marks the first-ever contest between Los Dos and Oakland. In their first-ever contest as a club, Oakland fell to Phoenix Rising FC 3-0 on the road on Saturday, May 8.
In 2020, Los Dos finished the regular season 8-6-2 with 26 points (4-3-1 at home and 4-3-1 on the road), earning them second place in Group B standings and clinching a berth in the USL Championship Playoffs for the second-straight season.
Head Coach Junior Gonzalez holds a 17-13-7 record throughout his head coaching tenure with LA Galaxy II and has led the team to two-consecutive playoff appearances. In the seven years of USL Championship competition, Los Dos have qualified for playoffs five times, in addition to a USL Western Conference Championship in 2015.
United Soccer League will feature 31 teams set to play 496 regular season contests over 28 weeks ahead of the 2021 USL Championship Playoffs that begin in November. The opening weekend begins a 32-game regular season for every club in the league that will see each team in both the Eastern and Western Conferences play its division opponents four times – twice home, twice away.
LA Galaxy II compete in the USL Championship Western Conference Pacific Division for the 2021 campaign alongside the following clubs: Las Vegas Lights FC, Oakland Roots SC, Orange County SC, Phoenix Rising FC, Sacramento Republic FC, San Diego Loyal SC and Tacoma Defiance.
2020 RECORD
LA Galaxy II: 8-2-6, 26 points
Oakland Roots: N/A
