{"id":38596,"date":"2021-11-07T15:14:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T20:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/?p=38596"},"modified":"2021-11-07T15:14:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T20:14:02","slug":"la-galaxy-preview-galaxy-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2021\/11\/07\/la-galaxy-preview-galaxy-know\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Galaxy Preview: The Galaxy know, &#8220;Win and we&#8217;re in.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Decision Day.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On what normally should be a day of rest, the Los Angeles Galaxy will have to do their hardest work of the season Sunday when they play Minnesota to keep their season alive.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>LA Galaxy Preview against Minnesota United FC<\/h2>\n<h3>The wild, wild west including LA Galaxy Preview<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With only three spots left in the Western Conference and five teams battling for a playoff spot on decision day, all the possible scenarios and math prove a simple truth for Los Angeles, &#8220;win and we&#8217;re in.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The coaching staff and players have been preaching that \u201ceach game is a final\u201d for the better of a month, but this time it couldn\u2019t be more accurate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis is essentially a playoff game,\u201d Los Angeles Galaxy Head Coach Greg Vanney told reporters of Sunday\u2019s match. \u201cWe\u2019ve said that for several games, but this is a play-in, playoff game. If you lose, you\u2019re potentially done.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But if you have to be in this position, L.A. has the best scenario to save itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They&#8217;ll play at home in front of 27,000 passionate Angelinos and they control their own destiny.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just win, baby.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LAGalaxy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LAGalaxy<\/a> x <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/honey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@honey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lO00uxGAD1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/lO00uxGAD1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAGalaxy\/status\/1457397135117152257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vanney should have a full roster to pick from save perhaps left-back Jorge Villafa\u00f1a. He also praised the intensity the team trained with throughout the week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Galaxy had some success against Minnesota this season as well, taking one of two games from the loons away at Allianz Field this season <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagalaxy.com\/schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1-0<\/a>. That they got the away win with what Vanney called a \u201cmodified roster\u201d because of injury and travel, shows the Galaxy can definitely trouble their opponent.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Loons<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minnesota still has Argentinian Emanuel Reynoso, however, who Vanney called \u201ca game-changer.\u201d Reynoso scored two well-taken goals against the Galaxy in September and the defense should be wary of letting him get on his favored left foot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minnesota has never won in Los Angeles though and has struggled to put together consistent form recently, alternating between euphoric wins like their 2-1 win over SKC and humiliating losses like the 3-1 loss to 10-man Colorado.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The loons for their part will be wary of Galaxy forward Javier \u201cChicharito\u201d Hernandez, who scored a delicious back-heel goal <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2021\/11\/02\/jordan-morris-mls-debut-galaxy\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">against Seattle<\/a> in a 1-1 tie away last Monday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;I&#8217;m another person living his dreams.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Chicharito can find success, the Galaxy will be tough to beat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L.A. wingers will have to be at their best to get Chicharito service and put him in good spaces.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And crucially, for Galaxy fans, it seems he\u2019s relaxed about decision day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m another person living his dreams, doing the best he can for the team and organization. Yeah, it\u2019s going to be a very important game&#8230; Everything to gain for us, that\u2019s the way I see it, that\u2019s why that I play,\u201d Chicharito explained about how he is approaching the match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cObviously I\u2019m going to give everything to get those three points on Sunday because that\u2019s what I\u2019ve been doing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">27,000 Angelinos will be behind him giving everything for the three points too because the G\u2019s know, \u201cwin and we\u2019re in.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"rxuVVUiBTMRVywumgCzQDw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1351319071\" 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:'rxuVVUiBTMRVywumgCzQDw',sig:'zH9bL6rl41xtlPdZnAKLWs_6o5Zx6oxiycKgprPgnPk=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1351319071',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decision Day. On what normally should be a day of rest, the Los Angeles Galaxy will have to do their hardest work of the season Sunday when they play Minnesota to keep their season alive. 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