Joseph Paintsil, Dejan Joveljic and Mauricio Cuevas scored targets and the visiting Los Angeles Galaxy stretched their profitable streak to 4 matches with a 3-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday evening at Stanford, Calif.
Gabriel Pec arrange the primary purpose with an help and John McCarthy recorded his fifth shutout of the season because the Galaxy dominated the most recent version of the California Clasico. Los Angeles has received all three conferences this season.
The Galaxy (11-3-7, 40 factors) have received six of their previous seven matches and are tied with Los Angeles FC for first place within the Western Convention.
San Jose performed its first match below interim coach Ian Russell after the firing of Luchi Gonzalez however its woes continued.
The Earthquakes (3-15-2, MLS-low 11 factors) dropped their fifth straight sport and are 0-7-1 over their final eight matches.
San Jose has been outscored 20-6 throughout the five-game slide.
McCarthy made six saves whereas posting his third straight shutout.
William Yarbrough made 4 saves for San Jose.
Galaxy standout Riqui Puig entered the sport within the fifty fifth minute in his return from a three-game absence because of a groin damage.
The primary Los Angeles purpose, within the thirty seventh minute, got here on the counterattack.
The Earthquakes put strain on the Galaxy and Jeremy Ebobisse had his header stopped by McCarthy.
Los Angeles then took off within the different route. Pec was on the correct aspect and despatched a go over to the left to Paintsil. Yarbrough tried to chop down the angle however Paintsil despatched a left-footed shot into the web for his sixth purpose of the season.
The Earthquakes had a significant probability within the 61st minute as Benjamin Kikanovic threaded a go to uncovered Preston Judd. Although he was stationed simply to the correct of the web, Judd badly missed the shot with the ball going additional to the correct.
4 minutes later, Puig took a tough straightaway right-footed shot and Yarbrough made a stable save together with his proper hand to maintain the Quakes down one.
When Puig obtained one other probability, he drilled a right-footed shot that caromed excessive off the correct goalpost within the 72nd minute. Yarbrough was out of place for the rebound as Joveljic headed it in for his twelfth purpose of the season.
Cuevas scored his first MLS purpose with a close-range right-footed shot within the first minute of second-half stoppage time.
San Jose had an 18-14 edge in photographs however Los Angeles put extra on track (7 to six).
–Area Stage Media