After losing two goals to video review, the Galaxy settled for a 1-1 draw with the Vancouver Whitecaps that leaves them winless on the young season.
The Galaxy matched that in first-half stoppage time when Vancouver keeper Yohei Takaoka failed to corral a bending left-foot chip from Raheem Edwards, instead pushing it to the feet of Galaxy defender Kelvin Leerdam, who nudged the ball into the net for his first goal since September 2020.LAFC struggles to take advantage of scoring chances, but get four saves from John McCarthy in a scoreless draw with the Seattle Sounders.
In between Bond, who has missed just three regular-season games in his two-plus seasons with the Galaxy, went to the sidelines after injuring his left shoulder when he was run into by Edwards and Vancouver forward Cristian Dajome. Bond’s arm was in a sling after the game. The Galaxy, who outshot, outpassed and outpossessed the Whitecaps , lost two apparent goals to video reviews, one in the first half on an offside call and the other late in the second half to a handball that was borderline at best.
Before the game, a group of 300 fans gathered outside the stadium’s main gate to protest the rehiring of, the team’s president. Klein, the Galaxy’s chief executive since 2013, signed a multiyear extension this winter despite the fact the team has had a losing record since 2016 and has gone eight seasons since its last appearance in an MLS Cup final, the longest drought in franchise history.
Members of the team’s four main supporters groups have pledged not to attend a game until changes are made in the front office and Saturday’s announced crowd of 23,112 was the smallest for a Galaxy home opener not impacted by COVID-19 since 2013. However, many season-ticket holders who boycotted the game were included in the attendance anyway since the MLS uses tickets distributed rather than a turnstile count in its crowd figures.
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