Galaxy II

Match Preview: LA Galaxy II vs. Sporting Kansas City II

match preview GII v SKC

LA Galaxy II return home on Wednesday to Dignity Health Sports Park for a match against Sporting Kansas City II at 7:30 p.m. PT live on ESPN+. This year, Los Dos are now 2-1-1 with seven points, eight goals scored and two conceded for a +6 goal differential.


LA Galaxy II played their first road contest of the 2021 season Friday night, earning a 2-0 win over Real Monarchs in Utah. LA Galaxy II featured three first-team players in the starting XI on Friday evening: Justin Vom Steeg, Marcus Ferkranus and Kai Koreniuk.


Los Dos are now unbeaten in their previous three matches, going 2-0-1 in that span with eight goals scored and just one conceded.


All time, LA Galaxy II at 0-5-1 vs. SKCII, with their most recent contest last played in 2018. SKCII has started the 2021 season with two losses and a draw, with one goal scored and seven conceded for a -6 goal differential.


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 an 16-12-7 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.


2019 RECORD

LA Galaxy II: 8-2-6, 26 points


Sporting Kansas City II: 5-10-1, 16 points