The LA Galaxy Gazette
Squad21 Sep 2026
7 saves: JT Marcinkowski was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A falling-out at LA Galaxy
Marco Reus and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match19 Sep 2026
A bad afternoon for LA Galaxy against Vancouver Whitecaps
0‑1 to Vancouver Whitecaps, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Josh Musah answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Hirving Lozano was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 14. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Justin Haak suspended
One booking too many, and Justin Haak sits out. LA Galaxy lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A first team debut at 16 for Ryan Turner
Off the academy pitches and into a senior shirt, at 16. The parents in the stand will keep the programme, and so will he.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
No place in the plan for Joseph Paintsil
The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Riqui Puig gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Riqui Puig is on it.
In brief
- The dugout A door opens for Novak Mićović
- Market The Joseph Paintsil question follows LA Galaxy around
- Market DeAndre Sargent leaves for nothing