CARSON — Last week, the Galaxy showed resiliency in rallying from a two-goal deficit to earn a point in a draw with Nashville SC.
Saturday, the Galaxy (1-0-3, six points) experienced another round of highs and lows, but again had to dig deep for what can probably be described as a frustrating 3-3 draw against St. Louis City SC in front of a sellout crowd of 25,174 at Dignity Health Sports Park.
“We didn’t win one point, we lost two points,” Galaxy forward Dejan Joveljic said.
The Galaxy took a 2-1 lead in the 51st minute on Joseph Paintsil’s goal.
Nearly 10 minutes later, St. Louis scored the equalizer on an bicycle kick from Joakim Nilsson and in the 88th minute, a St. Louis corner kick found its way into the after Galaxy goalkeeper John McCarthy had a defender run into his path. The goal went down as an own goal, giving St. Louis a 3-2 lead, but they wouldn’t hold it.
Halfway through the eight minutes of stoppage time, the Galaxy scored their own equalizer as Maya Yoshida headed in a free kick from Gaston Brugman to make it 3-3 to secure a point.
However, the wildness didn’t stop there. In the last minute of stoppage time, Sam Adeniran got free from Yoshida and headed toward goal. Galaxy defender Martin Caceres ran toward him and committed probably the clearest foul of the night. Caceres, who already had a yellow card, was issued a straight red.
When play restarted, the St. Louis free kick was secured by McCarthy and the referee Atahan Yaya signaled the end moments later.
The week is another with MLS using replacement referees and both teams had their moments of displeasure with Yaya’s performance.
“I was frustrated,” Galaxy coach Greg Vanney said. “I felt like the standard of what’s a foul, what’s not a foul was off and I felt like that was consistent for the night …sometimes it happens and I felt like it happened tonight. I don’t know if it was major calls, major moments …I didn’t see the third goal. I just felt like…
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