LA Galaxy II (10-17-7, 37 points) fell 5-1 to Swope Park Rangers (19-7-8, 65 points) in Kansas City, Kan. on Sunday afternoon in Los Dos’ 2018 season finale.
Los Dos finished the season in a forgettable way on Sunday, as Swope Park Rangers scored five unanswered goals through the first 84 minutes of the game. The Rangers bagged two before the halftime whistle, and added three more after in a steady performance from the home side.
The Galaxy’s lone highlight on the evening came late in the game, when LA Galaxy Academy’s Jorge Hernandez scored his first career professional goal, with an assist from Efrain Alvarez.
The conclusion of the fixture marked the end of LA Galaxy II’s fifth USL campaign. After making the playoffs in each of the team’s first three seasons, the club has missed the postseason in the last two. The team showed improvement in 2018 though, scoring 28 more goals in the campaign and averaging 1.09 points per game to 0.90 points per game in 2017.
Scoring Summary:
SPR – Wan Kuzain 28’
SPR – Kharlton Belmar (Assisted by Amer Didic)
SPR – Hadji Barry 65’ (penalty)
SPR – Felipe Hernandez 76’
SPR – Wilson Harris 84’ (Assisted by Felipe Hernandez)
LA – Jorge Hernandez 85’ (Assisted by Efrain Alvarez)
Misconduct Summary:
SPR – Colton Storm 9’ (caution)
LA – Tomas Hilliard-Arce 27’ (caution)
Lineups:
LA Galaxy II: Justin Vom Steeg; Andre Zanga, Hugo Arellano, Tomas Hilliard-Arce; Miguel Aguilar (Diedie Traore 45’), Geoffrey Acheampong (Justin Dhillon 42’), Nate Shultz, Emmanuel Appiah (Jorge Hernandez 72’), Efrain, Alvarez; Frank Lopez, Ethan Zubak
Substitutions not used: Justin Fiddes, Eric Lopez, Jonathan Hernandez, Jean Engola.
TOTAL SHOTS: 11; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 14; OFFSIDE: 0; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 5.
Swope Park Rangers: Eric Dick; Colton Storm, Amer Didic, Graham Smith ©, Justin Bilyeu, Rassambek Akhmatov (Sebastian Cruz 70’), Kharlton Belmar, Hadji Barry (Wilson Harris 74’), Felipe Hernandez; Wan Kuzain, Tyler Blackwood (Bryam Rebellon 79’)
Substitutions not used: Matheus Silva, Matthew Lewis, Parker Maher, Darrin MacLeod.
TOTAL SHOTS: 20; SHOTS ON GOAL: 9; FOULS: 11; OFFSIDE: 4; CORNER KICKS: 7; SAVES: 2.
Referee: Kevin Broadley
NOTES:
- LA Galaxy II (10-17-7, 37 points) fell 5-1 to Swope Park Rangers (19-7-8, 65 points) in Kansas City on Sunday night in Los Dos’ 2018 season finale.
- LA Galaxy Academy’s Jorge Hernandez scored his first goal of the season for LA Galaxy II.
- Frank Lopez led LA Galaxy II in scoring this season with 13 goals. Efrain Alvarez finished with 12 and Ethan Zubak finished with 11.
- Diedie Traore led the team in assists with 5.
- LA Galaxy II finished the 2018 USL Regular Season in 14th place out of 17 teams.
- The team went 10-17-7, with a 7-6-4 home record and a 3-11-3 away record.
- The team scored 60 goals while conceding 67.
- In 2017, LA Galaxy finished 13 out of 15 teams with a 8-19-5 record.
- They were 4-8-4 at home and 4-11-1 away.
- In 2017, LA Galaxy II scored 32 goals and conceded 64.
- For more information, visit www.lagalaxy.com/2.
