LA GALAXY vs SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
STUBHUB CENTER, Carson, Calif.
April 12, 2015 (WEEK 6, MLS Game #55)
4 p.m. PT (FS1; FOX Deportes)
One of the hottest rivalries in recent seasons is renewed when the LA Galaxy play host to Seattle Sounders FC on Sunday afternoon at StubHub Center before a FOX Sports 1 audience. The Galaxy return home coming off back-to- back losses, their last match a 2-0 defeat at Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Sounders FC returned to their winning ways in their last contest, a 1-0 victory against the Houston Dynamo at CenturyLink Field.
- The Galaxy suffered their second consecutive defeat on Saturday evening, falling 2-0 to Vancouver Whitecaps FC at BC Place. It’s the first time the Galaxy have been shut out in back-to-back league matches since the 2012 season (0-2 at Seattle on May 2; 0-1 vs. New York Red Bulls on May 5).
- Obafemi Martins made it three goals in three matches and Clint Dempsey made it three goals and two assists from his three games, as Sounders FC rebounded for a 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo at CenturyLink Field on Saturday. Martins and Dempsey have combined for all six Sounders FC goals this season.
- The teams have met three times in the last five seasons in the MLS Cup Playoffs, including the Western Conference Championship a year ago, when the Galaxy won on away goals after a 1-0 win at StubHub Center and a 2-1 Sounders FC victory at CenturyLink Field.
- The teams met three times in the regular season a year ago, each winning once with one draw. The Sounders FC victory in the season finale at Seattle secured the club’s first Supporters’ Shield. Sounders FC have not won at the Galaxy since 2009, now nine trips in league and MLS Cup play without a win.
REFEREE: Mark Geiger. AR1 (bench): Sean Hurd; AR2 (opposite): Joe Fletcher; 4th: Ricardo Salazar
MLS Career: 131 games; FC/gm: 26.7; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 32; pens: 42
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SUSPENDED: SEA: Gonzalo Pineda (through April 12)
DISABLED LIST: LA: Brian Perk (season-ending injury)
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (15 meetings): Galaxy 6 wins, 21 goals … Sounders FC 4 wins, 16 goals … Ties 5
AT LA (7 meetings): Galaxy 3 wins, 11 goals … Sounders FC 1 win, 6 goals … Ties 3
RETURN MATCHES: 8/9: LA Galaxy vs. Seattle Sounders FC, 1 p.m. PT (ESPN); 10/4: Seattle Sounders FC vs. LA Galaxy, 6:30 p.m. PT (FS1)
LAST YEAR (MLS)
7/28: SEA 0, LA 3 (Zardes 8; Donovan 18; Ishizaki 36)
10/19: LA 2, SEA 2 (Husidic 46+; Sarvas 50 – Dempsey 69; Neagle 72)
10/25: SEA 2, LA 0 (Pappa 85, 95+)
- The teams have met three times in the last five seasons in the MLS Cup Playoffs, including in the Western Conference Championship a year ago, when the Galaxy won on away goals after a 1-0 win at StubHub Center and a 2-1 Sounders FC victory at CenturyLink Field.
- The teams met three times in the regular season a year ago, each winning once with one draw, the Sounders FC victory in the season finale at Seattle securing that club’s first Supporters’ Shield.
- Sounders FC have not won at the Galaxy since 2009, now nine trips in league and MLS Cup play without a win.
- Coaches record: Bruce Arena vs. SEA: P15 W6 L4 D5 … Sigi Schmid vs. LA: P21 W7 L7 D7
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