The LA Galaxy spent much of Saturday's game against Columbus Crew SC the second best side, but it didn't matter in the end as a moment of magic from Baggio Husidic turned the game, resulting in a 2-1 Galaxy victory at StubHub Center.
Husidic's 78th minute goal opened the floodgates late in a tense battle, with the Galaxy's win giving head coach Bruce Arena his landmark 200th career victory in MLS.
Columbus largely controlled the proceedings in the first half, but lacked the final product to beat LA goalkeeper Brian Rowe. The Galaxy struggled to string chances together, but a good build-up just past the hour mark resulted in a shot by Sebastian Lletget that was saved by Crew SC 'keeper Steve Clark to keep the game scoreless.
But Husidic, who came off the bench in the second half, made the difference in the game, as he took a feed from the left flank from Sebastian Lletget and unleashed a screamer from the corner of the box to beat Clark and break the deadlock.
And dos Santos iced the win four minutes later, as he received the ball on a jailbreak play and chipped Clark to double the lead for the Galaxy.
Still, Columbus received a late consolation goal, as Ola Kamara's stoppage time penalty attempt was saved by Rowe, but substitute Adam Jahn followed up to score.
LA Galaxy Postgame Notes
​LA Galaxy 2, Columbus Crew SC 1
Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016
2016 MLS Regular Season
StubHub Center – Los Angeles, California
Scoring Summary:
LA – Baggio Husidic (Assisted by Sebastian Lletget) 78’
LA – Giovani dos Santos (Assisted by Robbie Rogers) 82’
CLB – Adam Jahn 90’+2
Misconduct Summary:
None
Lineups:
LA Galaxy: Brian Rowe; Robbie Rogers, Daniel Steres, A.J. DeLaGarza (c), Ashley Cole; Raul Mendiola (Rafael Garcia 80’), Jeff Larentowicz, Sebastian Lletget, Emmanuel Boateng (Alan Gordon 76’); Giovani dos Santos, Mike Magee (Baggio Husidic 65’)
Substitutions not used: Dan Kennedy, Dave Romney, Leonardo, Ariel Lassiter.
Head Coach: Bruce Arena
SHOTS: 12; SHOTS ON GOAL: 6; CORNERS: 8; OFFSIDES: 0; SAVES: 7
Columbus Crew SC: Steve Clark; Gaston Sauro (Federico Higuain 45’), Corey Ashe (Waylon Francis 65’), Hector Jimenez, Michael Parkhurst ©; Dilly Duka, Mohammed Saeid, Ethan Finlay, Nicolai Naess; Cedrick (Adam Jahn 77’), Ola Kamara.
Substitutions not used: Chad Barson, Brad Stuver, Cristian Martinez.
Head Coach: Gregg Berhalter
SHOTS: 20; SHOTS ON GOAL: 8; CORNERS: 6; OFFSIDES: 4; SAVES: 4
Referee: Kevin Stott
Referee’s Assistants: Eduardo Mariscal and Jose da Silva
4th Official: Alex Chilowicz
Attendance: 24,693
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