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CARSON, CALIFORNIA (August 6, 2015) In a game that looked like the Pittsburgh Steelers taking on a junior college football team, the LA Galaxy scored two goals in the first half and added three more in the second to down Central FC of Trinidad and Tobago by the score of 5-1 in front of 13,625 screaming fans at the StubHub Center in Carson, California on Thursday, August 6, 2015. The game was a Group D match of the 2015-16 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League.
The Galaxy wasted no time in getting on the scoreboard,
when captain Alan Gordon took a pass at the top right of the box and headed it
past Central goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams in the fourth minute. The Sharks
came back two minutes later and scored an equalizer when Galaxy goalkeeper Brain
Rowe was called for a hard takedown of Kelon Goodridge. Central’s Ataulla Guerra took the kick and
sailed it past Rowe.
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The action stayed fast and furious for the next 24 minutes,
until Gyasi Zardes gets the ball on a great offensive run and feeds it to Gordon.
The Captain aptly dribbled the ball past the Central defenders and passes it to
Raul Mendiola, who skillfully puts the ball into the goal to again put Los
Angeles up by one.
Galaxy fans were on their feet with their attention
directed at the field when Williams takes out Mendiola in front of the net. No
foul was given by the referees and after a few minutes of lying on the grass,
Mendiola left the field with medical staff and was quickly replaced on the
field by Sebastian Lletget. At the halfway mark, the Galaxy took a 2-1 lead
into the locker room.
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Ten minutes into the second half, Central gets called for a
penalty, which allows the Galaxy a chance to go up by two. Zardes calmly and
coolly strode to the ball for the penalty kick, and in true galaxy fashion,
put the ball into the goal past Williams to give Los Angeles a 3-1 lead.
In the 76th minute, Galaxy newcomer Giovani DosSantos scored his first goal for Los Galácticos. Lletget took the ball
and with a very nice touch, flicked it to Rafael Garcia, who in turn, squared
it to Dos Santos for the simple tap-in to give the Galaxy a 4-1 lead.
Los Angeles added an insurance goal in the 85th
minute when Ignacio Maganto found himself in the right place at the right time
and knocked the ball into the net for the Galaxy’s fifth score of the game.
The Galaxy will next face Communicciones FC from Guatemala on August 18 at the the StubHub Center.
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