Winner of the New York Red Bulls 2-1 in the MLS final on Saturday in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Galaxy won the 6th United States championship title in its history. A record.
The Los Angeles Galaxy won a record 6th MLS title by beating the New York Red Bulls 2 goals to 1 in the final of the North American football championship on Saturday in Los Angeles. Two quick goals from Joseph Paintsil (9th) and Dejan Joveljic (13th) against a goal from Sean Nealis (28th) gave the Galaxy their first title since 2014, the result of a spectacular transformation, a year after finishing penultimate of the Western Conference and was deprived of the play-offs.
Faced with a fan boycott and a certain local decline with the rise of Los Angeles FC, champion in 2022, the Galaxy began its rebound by appointing a new manager, Will Kuntz, in May 2023.
A first title in the USA for Marco Reus
While it has often hosted football stars in decline (David Beckham, Steven Gerrad, Zlatan Ibrahimovic), the Galaxy started the game without a renowned player on the pitch, before the return of the German Marco Reus in the 75th minute. Coach Greg Vanney, who played at SC Bastia in Ligue 1 between 2022 and 2005, won his first title after losing three finals with the Galaxy as a player (1996, 1999, 2001).
“Since my first day, we and the players have not stopped working for this title. Even during our difficult last season we stuck to this work,” commented the technician after a match played in the mildness of autumn. Californian (27 degrees, bright sun) in front of 26,812 noisy fans in Carson (south of Los Angeles). His club took 2nd place in the Western Conference after the regular season, with the same number of points as LAFC, before beating Colorado, Minnesota and Seattle throughout the rounds.
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