Post-Match Facts

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LA Galaxy 2 (6-7-4, 22 points) v. D.C. United 2 (2-7-5, 11 points)

2018 MLS Regular Season
July 4, 2018 – StubHub Center, Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 25,462

Player Notes


  • Zoltán Stieber scored his third goal of the season in the 26th minute.
  • Luciano Acosta recorded his seventh assist of the season in the 26th minute.
  • Darren Mattocks scored his team-leading eigth goal of the season in the 85th minute; a new career high for a season. 
  • Steven Birnbaum has played every game this season (14) and completed all 1,260 minutes.


#LAvDC Notes

  • United are 14-20-11 against the Galaxy all-time.
  • The Black-and-Red are 5-11-6 on the road against the LA Galaxy.
  • The Black-and-Red have not won on the road against LA since the 1-0 win on July 23, 2005.


Match Notes

  • United had three United Homegrowns in their starting XI (Chris Durkin, Ian Harkes and Jalen Robinson)
  • The Black-and-Red have scored 17 goals in their last eight road matches.
  • United are 0-4-3 when conceding the first goal in 2018.
  • The Black-and-Red have scored in eight consecutive road matches.


Goals by Half

<strong>1st Half</strong>
<strong>2nd Half</strong>
<strong>Total</strong>
LA Galaxy
2
0
2
D.C. United
1
1
2

Scoring Summary

<strong>Minute</strong>
<strong>Team</strong>
<strong>Goalscorer</strong>
<strong>Assisted by</strong>
5'
LA Galaxy
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Dave Romney
25'
LA Galaxy
Chris Pontius
Jørgen Skjelvik
26'
D.C. United
Zoltán Stieber
Luciano Acosta
85'
D.C. United
Darren Mattocks
Paul Arriola&nbsp;


Misconduct Summary

<strong>Minute</strong>
<strong>Team</strong>
<strong>Offender</strong>
<strong>Reason</strong>
29'
D.C. United
Chris Durkin
Unsporting Behavior
30'
LA Galaxy
Perry Kitchen
Dissent
80'
D.C. United
Joseph Mora
Unsporting Behavior&nbsp;
87'
LA Galaxy
Baggio Husidic
Unsporting Behavior&nbsp;


Box Score

<strong>Team</strong>
<strong>Shots</strong>
<strong>Shots on Goal</strong>
<strong>Corners</strong>
<strong>Offsides</strong>
<strong>Possession (%)</strong>
<strong>Saves</strong>
LA Galaxy
13
4
2
4
40.9%
1
D.C. United
13
3
7
2
59.1%
2

LA Galaxy lineup:

David Bingham, Ashley Cole, Jørgen Skjelvik, Michael Ciani, Tomas Hilliard-Arce (Daniel Steres 82'), Chris Pontius, Dave Romney, Romain Allesandrini (Ola Kamara 69'), Perry Kitchen, Bradford Jamieson (Baggio Husidic 31'), Zlatan Ibrahimovic


Unused Substitutes: Sheanon Williams, Justin vom Steeg, João Pedro, Ariel Lassiter


D.C. United lineup:

David Ousted; Oniel Fisher, Steven Birnbaum, Frédéric Brillant, Jalen Robinson (Joseph Mora 72'); Chris Durkin; Luciano Acosta, Yamil Asad, Ian Harkes (Paul Arriola 57'), Zoltán Stieber (Bruno Miranda 84'); Darren Mattocks


Unused Substitutes: Steve Clark, Russell Canouse, Júnior Moreno, Patrick Mullins


Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Assistant Referees: Apolinar Mariscal, Chris Wattam
Fourth Official: Daniel Radford
VAR: Kevin Stott