LA Galaxy Postgame Notes: LA Galaxy 3, New England Revolution 2 - Saturday, July 14, 2018
Published on July 14, 2018 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
LA Galaxy News Release
Saturday - 4:30 p.m. PT
2018 MLS Regular Season
Gillette Stadium - Foxborough, Mass.
Scoring Summary:
NE - Diego Fagundez (Assisted by Luis Caicedo) 28'
LA - Chris Pontius (Assisted by Ashley Cole) 38'
NE - Luis Caicedo (Assisted by Andrew Farrell) 45'
LA - Dave Romney 90'+2
LA - Chris Pontius (Assisted by Romain Alessandrini) 90'+3
Misconduct Summary:
LA - Romain Alessandrini (caution) 23'
NE - Cristian Penilla (ejection) 24'
LA - Perry Kitchen - 42'
NE - Antonio Mlinar (caution) 57'
LA - Ashley Cole (caution) 59'
NE - Wilfried Zahibo (caution) 71'
NE - Luis Caicedo (caution) 84'
LA - Ashley Cole (second caution; ejection) 85'
Lineups:
LA Galaxy: David Bingham; Dave Romney, Michael Ciani (Emmanuel Boateng 77'), Jorgen Skjelvik; Chris Pontius, Jonathan dos Santos, Perry Kitchen (Sheanon Williams 88'), Ashley Cole ©; Giovani dos Santos (Daniel Steres 90'); Ola Kamara, Romain Alessandrini.
Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Tomas Hilliard-Arce, Baggio Husidic, Ariel Lassiter.
TOTAL SHOTS: 10; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 11; OFFSIDE: 1; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 5.
New England Revolution: Matt Turner; Andrew Farrell, Antonio Mlinar, Jalil Anibaba, Claude Dielna; Luis Caicedo, Wilfried Zahibo; Juan Agudelo (Brandon Bye 86'), Diego Fagundez (Kelyn Rowe 90'), Cristian Penilla; Teal Bunbury (Krisztian Nemeth 90').
Substitutions not used: Brad Knighton, Scott Caldwell, Zachary Herivaux, Gabriel Somi.
TOTAL SHOTS: 16; SHOTS ON GOAL: 7; FOULS: 10; OFFSIDE: 3; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 1.
Referee: Robert Sibiga
Referee's Assistants: Eric Weisbrod; AR2 (opposite): Kevin Klinger
4th Official: Rubiel Vazquez
VAR: Tim Ford
Attendance: 36,573
NOTES:
In their 19th match of the 2018 MLS Regular Season, the LA Galaxy earned a 3-2 win over the New England Revolution on the road at Gillette Stadium.
With the result, the Galaxy are now 8-7-4 on the season with 28 points.
The Galaxy are now unbeaten in their previous six MLS contests, going 3-0-3 in those games.
The Galaxy have also earned a result in six of their last eight MLS road contests, going 3-2-3 during that span, combining for more results than they had in their previous 13 away games.
The result snapped a seven-game unbeaten streak for the New England Revolution.
This year on the road, the Galaxy are now 3-3-3 in MLS competition.
All time, the Galaxy are now 19-16-7 against the New England Revolution.
Head Coach Sigi Schmid made one change to the starting lineup from last weekend's game, as Romain Alessandrini entered the XI in place of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Midfielder Chris Pontius scored his fourth and fifth goals of the season for the Galaxy.
Pontius now has either a goal or assist in his previous seven games for the Galaxy, more than he had in his previous 32 games in MLS.
During his MLS career, Pontius now has 50 goals and 33 assists in 233 appearances.
Ashley Cole recorded his sixth assist of the season, the most of any Galaxy player this year.
LA Galaxy Head Coach Sigi Schmid has now gone 238-180-121 during his 19-year coaching career in Major League Soccer.
The match marked the beginning of a three-game road stretch for the club, with LA set to face the Philadelphia Union at Talen Energy Stadium next Saturday July 21.
For more information, visit www.lagalaxy.com.
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