{"id":13091,"date":"2018-03-17T17:48:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T21:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonsoccer.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=13091"},"modified":"2018-03-17T17:52:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T21:52:13","slug":"mls-bye-week-la-galaxy-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2018\/03\/17\/mls-bye-week-la-galaxy-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"MLS Bye Week Gives LA Galaxy Injuries Time to Mend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Editorial (March 17, 2018)<\/strong> &#8211; After a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/2018\/03\/11\/new-york-city-fc-win-shorthanded-la-galaxy\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2-1 loss<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/category\/nycfc\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York City FC<\/a> last weekend, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/category\/galaxy\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Galaxy<\/a> are the walking wounded. Combined with in game injuries, other knocks, and a suspension, a bye week this weekend is just what the doctor ordered for all these LA Galaxy injuries.<\/p>\n<h1>MLS Bye Week Gives LA Galaxy Injuries Time to Mend<\/h1>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start by looking at the latest injury report. It was reported <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/la-galaxy\/story\/3420413\/giovani-dos-santos-to-miss-la-derby-and-mexico-friendlies-with-injury\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">earlier this week<\/a> that Giovani dos Santos did suffer a hamstring injury in the game at NYCFC. Michael Ciani is also out having been subbed out with an injury in that game. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/2018\/03\/09\/alessandrini-injury\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Romain Alessandrini<\/a> and Chris Pontius were unavailable for the last match and are still on the mend.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fortunately the Gs don\u2019t have a game this weekend. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LAGalaxy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LAGalaxy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ms1LeOjIyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ms1LeOjIyn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LastWord on LAGalaxy (@LWOS_LAGalaxy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LWOS_LAGalaxy\/status\/975121377031176192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On the good side, Sebastian Lletget was able to start the match and go 77 minutes. It was his first start since coming back from an ankle injury nearly a year ago. On the bad side, Captain Ashley Cole was given two yellow cards last game for unsporting behavior.<\/p>\n<p>This bye week comes at the perfect time for the Galaxy. It might be enough time for Dos Santos to get back (and actually be a contributor to the offense). It&#8217;s unclear what the time table is for Alessandrini, Ciani, and Pontius. But they aren&#8217;t missing a game this weekend and they&#8217;ll have extra time to work with the medical staff to heal.<\/p>\n<p>A bye week also gives the Galaxy time to prepare should those players be out for the next games at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/category\/whitecaps\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vancouver Whitecaps FC<\/a> and the big home match against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/category\/lafc\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles FC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Head Coach Sigi Schmid can have the replacements run the offense without the star players. It will give Daniel Steres and Tomas Hilliard-Arce time to battle to replace Ciani. It will give Dave Romney time to get fit with Cole suspended for the match at Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>Say what you will about all the bye weeks and teams not playing early in this 2018 MLS season, but it&#8217;s benefiting the LA Galaxy injuries.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"k-BU5G6MQN5v_X1J9xdPPg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/931571010\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'k-BU5G6MQN5v_X1J9xdPPg',sig:'b6-5aaKNdsdL83nBti21HemwoSphtJz1J0wUJB5XZTY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'931571010',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial (March 17, 2018) &#8211; After a 2-1 loss at New York City FC last weekend, the Los Angeles Galaxy are the walking wounded. Combined with in game injuries, other knocks, and a suspension, a bye week this weekend is just what the doctor ordered for all these LA Galaxy injuries. 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