{"id":43824,"date":"2022-07-09T13:25:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T17:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/?p=43824"},"modified":"2022-07-09T13:25:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T17:25:59","slug":"la-galaxy-el-trafico-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2022\/07\/09\/la-galaxy-el-trafico-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Galaxy “impatient” in 3-2 El Tr\u00e1fico loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two goals conceded in the span of three minutes sealed the Los Angeles Galaxy’s defeat to LAFC 3-2 in El Tr\u00e1fico at Banc of California Stadium on Friday night.<\/span><\/p>\n

On an emotional night when the home team unveiled its new signings<\/a>, it was the Galaxy that let the moment get to them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Galaxy “impatient” in 3-2 El Tr\u00e1fico loss<\/h2>\n

Both teams came out with intensity, but only one managed it well.<\/span><\/p>\n

From kickoff, the Galaxy gave the ball away time and time again, the main culprits being S\u00e9ga Coulibaly and the normally dependable Raheem Edwards.<\/span><\/p>\n

The defenders tried to get forward with the ball on multiple occasions, lost it, and got caught out of position.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I felt like we got impatient,” Galaxy Head Coach Greg Vanney confessed. “You know, I said to the guys, a few too many, for sure, lost balls when we were trying to play out of the back, instead of quickly slipping the ball into somebody in our midfield and letting the game get going.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“When you dribble in as a defender and lose it, then you\u2019re really exposing the transition. I thought we had too many of those.”<\/span><\/p>\n

They would be punished early for one of those “impatient” moments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fool me once…<\/h2>\n

After a scramble in their box and giving away a corner, one of the many unforced errors by the Galaxy on the night, they would make matters worse by gifting Jos\u00e9 Cifuentes an unmarked header for the game\u2019s first goal in the 16th minute.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jose Cifuentes gets the party started in LA. \ud83c\udf89#LAFCvLA<\/a> \/\/ Heineken #RivalryWeek<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5TtzXZXpbh<\/a><\/p>\n

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) July 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n