{"id":44151,"date":"2022-07-25T14:57:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T18:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/?p=44151"},"modified":"2022-07-25T14:57:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T18:57:39","slug":"galaxy-dominates-atlanta-home-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2022\/07\/25\/galaxy-dominates-atlanta-home-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Galaxy dominates Atlanta for 2-0 home win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CARSON, CA<\/strong> \u2013 <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Galaxy dominates Atlanta United at home in Dignity Health Sports Park. The Los Angeles Galaxy responded to a three-game losing streak with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagalaxy.com\/news\/match-report-la-galaxy-earn-2-0-victory-over-atlanta-united-fc\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dominant 2-0 home win<\/a> against Atlanta United Sunday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Galaxy dominates Atlanta for 2-0 home win<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was three points they desperately needed, as results around the league had dropped them to ninth place and out of playoff contention before a ball had even been kicked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Galaxy Captain Javier \u201cChicharito\u201d Hern\u00e1ndez said as much before the match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWin man. Win. Three points, that\u2019s what we need. Words cannot describe how much we need that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They responded to their captain&#8217;s plea by imposing themselves on an Atlanta side heavy on talent, but low on the fight.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Angeles had never scored on Atlanta in three previous matches but broke that streak early thanks to Galaxy debutante Gaston Brugman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Uruguayan was at the heart of the goal-scoring play and showed why Galaxy Head Coach Greg Vanney has tried to bring him in for more than two years. Aside from starting the goal, he also led the team in duels won (eight), possessions won (six) and tackles won (three) on the night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The former Parma man stopped an Atlanta counterattack in transition, where his recovery allowed the Galaxy to be high up the pitch and in a dangerous goal position.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He flicked the ball forward to Chicharito outside the top of the box, who played it back to Rayan Raveloson. Raveloson played Douglas Costa down the right flank in the penalty box with a weighted pass. A streaking Costa centered the ball to the middle of the box, where Chicharito\u2019s first-timed shot was saved by the Atlanta Goalkeeper Rocco Rios-Novo. Rios-Novo could not keep out the rebound and the ball was tipped in by K\u00e9vin Cabral at the near post to give the Galaxy the early 1-0 lead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ht\" dir=\"ltr\">Costa \u27a1\ufe0f Chicharito \u27a1\ufe0f Cabral<\/p>\n<p>TAKE A BOW, K\u00c9VIN! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NtMix3mskp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/NtMix3mskp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAGalaxy\/status\/1551388223913353216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Cabral gaining form?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the Frenchman\u2019s first goal in 24 MLS games, since October 2021, and it gave the Galaxy the perfect start. They improved to 8-1-1 in MLS play when scoring first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cabral was dangerous throughout, stretching the Atlanta defense with run-ins behind their defense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He certainly could have added more, however. A close-range miss from a Julian Araujo cross in the first half gave us the full spectrum of the Galaxy DP\u2019s game; from ecstasy one moment to agony the next.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For all the criticism, he might be finally starting to produce. Vanney will hope that Cabral can continue to add to his goal against Atlanta and the assist he had against San Jose.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYeah, but, the one thing you can\u2019t take away is the sheer amount of running and work that he does. I mean, we miss the chances right now, he\u2019s a player who is growing in front of the goal, and he has to continue to improve, but the volume of running and his speed running, there isn\u2019t anyone else who does that,\u201d Vanney said in defense of his much-maligned winger. \u201cI mean, he\u2019s one of the top guys in the league when it comes to that. And, you need that. It opens up space for other people. We probably get six chances to, if he&#8217;s not on the field, maybe two.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But if you only get two chances in a game, if you\u2019re a Galaxy fan, you want one of them falling to Dejan Jovelji\u0107.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Dejan again!<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deep in injury time, V\u00edctor V\u00e1zquez flicked a pass from the left flank to Jovelji\u0107, who dribbled into the box and curled a driven strike into the right corner of the goal for his ninth goal of the season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEVER TELL DEJAN THE ODDS <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F23nXA7Qoo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/F23nXA7Qoo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAGalaxy\/status\/1551414294276743169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 25, 2022<\/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;\">The Serbian striker continues to score, icing the game for the Galaxy 2-0 to secure three points. It was a balm for the Galaxy, who picked up only their third win in the last 11 games. More importantly, they were able to earn the shutout at home, where L.A. has already lost more times this year than all last season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jovelji\u0107, who claimed he was the \u201cfuture of the Galaxy\u201d postgame, could very well be right. He leads the team in goals scored, chipping in with eight and providing two assists in his past eight matches (four starts).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The &#8220;future&#8221; needs more time as the Galaxy dominates Atlanta<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to his contributions as a substitute, the Galaxy has scored 11 goals in the last 15 minutes of matches. Jovelji\u0107 was involved in seven of those, with five goals and two assists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the Galaxy is to be successful, Vanney needs to find a way to get him on the pitch for more minutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI mean of course. If you ask me if I am happy when I&#8217;m on the bench, of course, I&#8217;m not. Every player wants to play 90 minutes,\u201d the striker explained when asked if he should be starting. \u201cI mean, I am a professional. If I get five, 10, or 90 minutes, my job is to do the best that I can at that moment. So, I will continue like that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Jovelji\u0107 does continue, and Cabral can continue to produce, the Galaxy just might have turned the corner with their latest victory. It brought them an emotional lift and lifted them back above the playoff line to seventh place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With only 13 games left of their season, Los Angeles knows every point matters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They\u2019ll get the opportunity to go to Dallas and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2022\/05\/15\/la-galaxy-defense-destroyed-by-dallas\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">get revenge for an ugly home defeat<\/a> next Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo Credit: LA Galaxy on July 24, 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARSON, CA \u2013 The Galaxy dominates Atlanta United at home in Dignity Health Sports Park. The Los Angeles Galaxy responded to a three-game losing streak with a dominant 2-0 home win against Atlanta United Sunday night. 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