CARSON, Calif. – Landon Donovan is in his 10th and final season with the LA Galaxy and can’t remember a streak as good as the team’s current one.
The Galaxy are winners of five consecutive matches heading into Wednesday’s game at Montreal against the Impact at Stade Saputo (4:30 p.m., Time Warner Cable SportsNet, Time Warner Cable Deportes) and are one of the hottest teams in Major League Soccer.
Since rallying with three second-half goals for a stunning 4-3 victory at Colorado on Aug. 20, the Galaxy have outscored opponents 15-1 in their last four games. They not only have scored a league-high 54 goals (six more than Seattle) but have allowed a league-low 27 goals (three fewer than D.C. United) for an impressive goal differential of plus 27. That also leads the league and is plus 14 ahead of Seattle.
“I said this last week,” the Galaxy’s Landon Donovan told reporters. “If Barcelona or Arsenal scored some of the goals we scored this week people would be talking about it for months on end.
“I think it’s impressive to see what we’ve done. I’m enjoying it and I think all the guys are enjoying it.
“I think everybody watching is enjoying it.”
Donovan, who said after Sunday’s 6-0 romp over Colorado the team “can’t wait until Wednesday night” in Montreal, said the team’s current run of success has been as enjoyable as any he’s been part of since he joined the club in 2005.
“It’s just been fun,” he said. “The second half of the Colorado game through now has been very enjoyable. I can’t remember a stretch when we’ve been this good. We’ve certainly won games in a row like this, but not in this fashion.
“We want to keep going and keep enjoying it. When it’s like this it’s fun. People don’t want to come out, they just want to keep playing.”
The Galaxy (14-5-7, 49 points) will face an Impact (5-16-5, 20 points) team that is in last place in the Eastern Conference. Montreal, coached by Frank Klopas, is coming off a 3-2 loss at Houston, but the Impact have won their last two matches at home (1-0 over Chicago on Aug. 16 and 2-0 over Columbus on Aug. 30).
Montreal was winless in its first seven matches (0-4-3) this season before earning a 1-0 victory over Philadelphia on April 26.
Jack McInerney and Andres Romero have scored seven and six goals, respectively, and Justin Mapp has eight assists.
The Galaxy say they are not taking anything for granted, despite Montreal’s season-long struggles.
“We expect a real difficult match Wednesday,” head coach Bruce Arena said.
