Galaxy extend unbeaten streak to seven games with win over Philadelphia Union
The Galaxy got an early goal from Tyler Boyd, a late one from Riqui Puig and an own-goal from Philadelphia’s Olivier Mbaizo, defeating the Union 3-1 on Saturday night.
The Galaxy (5-9-7) grabbed the lead in the 15th minute when Boyd took passes from Puig and Mark Delgado and scored for a fourth time this season.
Mikael Uhre scored unassisted in the 35th minute to pull the Union (10-7-4) even. It was his seventh goal of the campaign.
Riqui Puig scored a go-ahead goal and also had an assist Tuesday night as the Galaxy beat LAFC 2-1 before an MLS-record crowd of 82,110 at the Rose Bowl.
The Galaxy took a 2-1 lead into halftime on Mbaizo’s own-goal in the first minute of stoppage time.
Puig added an insurance goal — his third score of the season — in the 76th minute with assists from Dejan Joveljic and Douglas Costa.
Jonathan Klinsmann turned away one shot for the Galaxy. Joe Bendik had five saves for Philadelphia.
The Galaxy improve to 9-1-3 all-time against the Union. They are 6-0-2 in the last eight match-ups.
The Galaxy beat defending champion LAFC 2-1 their last time out and is 3-0-4 in its last seven contests after a rough start.
Megan Rapinoe’s soccer career has unfolded largely on her terms, so it made sense that it should end that way as she announced her retirement plans.
Philadelphia has allowed multiple goals in four of its last five matches after doing so just twice in its previous 11.
The Galaxy are 4-0-2 this season when Puig contributes to a goal and 1-8-5 when he does not.
The Galaxy travel to play the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday.
