The LA Galaxy and Sporting Kansas City played to a 0-0 stalemate at StubHub Center on Thursday, in the teams' final game before a two-week league break during the Copa America Centenario group stage.
Clear-cut chances were hard to come by, and the respective defenses were far superior on the night. Despite the Galaxy holding over 60 percent of possession, they did not register a shot in the game until after the hour mark, and failed to register a shot on target at all.
Sporting, meanwhile, did shoot on goal several times, but never seriously tested LA goalkeeper Brian Rowe.
LA Galaxy Postgame Notes
LA Galaxy 0, Sporting Kansas City 0
Thursday, June 2, 2016
2016 MLS Regular Season
StubHub Center – Carson, California
Scoring Summary:
None
Misconduct Summary:
LA – Jeff Larentowicz (caution) 39’
LA – Daniel Steres (caution) 49’
SKC – Dominic Dwyer (caution) 52’
Lineups:
LA Galaxy: Brian Rowe; Robbie Rogers, A.J. DeLaGarza, Daniel Steres, Ashley Cole; Baggio Husidic, Nigel de Jong ©, Jeff Larentowicz (Emmanuel Boateng 62’), Sebastian Lletget (Jose Villarreal 87’); Mike Magee (Alan Gordon 81’), Giovani dos Santos
Substitutions not used: Dan Kennedy, Jelle Van Damme, Leonardo, Rafael Garcia.
SHOTS: 1; SHOTS ON GOAL: 0; CORNERS: 0; OFFSIDES: 3; SAVES: 4
Sporting Kansas City: Tim Melia; Ike Opara, Jimmy Medranda, Lawrence Olum, Saad Abdul-Salaam, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza ©, Dominic Dwyer (Diego Rubio 90’+2), Jacob Peterson (Chance Myers 58’); Connor Hallisey.
Substitutions not used: Amadou Dia, Alex Kann, Jordi Quintilla, Seth Sinovic, Justin Mapp.
SHOTS: 15; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; CORNERS: 8; OFFSIDES: 1; SAVES: 0
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Referee’s Assistants: Jonathan Johnson and Mike Kampmeinert
4th Official: Juan Guzman
Attendance: 19,651
