Carson, California - For the second consecutive match, Guadalajara generated many scoring chances but were unable to capitalize on them, which resulted in a 2-2 draw against the LA Galaxy on the third day of the Leagues Cup. After this draw and later losing in the penalty shootout, Chivas concluded its participation in the bi-national competition, so it will return to the Perla Tapatía to fine-tune details ahead of the resumption of Liga MX.
The goals:
- Chivas opened the scoreboard at 7' with a thrilling triangulation, which began with a filtered pass from 'Nene' to set up Marín, who first gave the ball to Mozo and the latter defined with a powerful right-footed shot.
- The Galaxy equalized on the next play, when Puig put in a low cross into the heart of the area, where Paintsil appeared to push it into the net.
- The Angelinos turned the score around at 66' with a cross-shot by Fortes.
- The Rebaño Sagrado didn't stop fighting and equalized at 92' through Cade Cowell, who scored a great goal at the near post and, after a cross from Mateo Chávez, sent it into the back of the net.
The dangerous ones:
- At 14', 'Piojo' put in a powerful header that Marín controlled in the penalty area with his back to the goal, but when he turned to shoot, he was disarmed by the defense.
- At 18', 'Nene' made a little hat trick to his marker to set up Marín inside the area, but his shot was saved by the goalkeeper.
- At 19', Novak saved with his fingernails a shot by Alvarado that was looking for the left corner of the goal.
- At 22', the 'Piojo' made a pass through the center of the field to 'Oso', who filtered between the lines for 'Nene', who gave the ball to Cowell, who connected with a first-time shot, but his right-footed shot was deflected by a defender.
- At 41', Luis Olivas controlled the ball in three-quarters of the field, advanced a few meters and tried his luck with a powerful line that went just wide of the right post.
- At the 61st minute, 'Nene' controlled a rebound on the edge of the box, left three defenders with a couple of dribbles and then pulled the trigger, but smashed the ball into the right post.
- At 71', the Angelino goalkeeper prevented the equalizer, when he saved a close-range shot by Armando González on the goal line.
LA Galaxy 2-2 Guadalajara
(5-4 on penalty kicks)
(Joseph Paintsil at 10', Gabriel Pec at 67')
(Alan Mozo at 7', Cade Cowell at 92')
Referee: Lauziere Pierre-Luc
Dignity Health Sports Park
Lineups:
LA Galaxy: 35 Novak Micovic, 19 Mauricio Cuevas (24 Jalen Neal at 76'), 25 Carlos Garces, 15 Eriq Zavaleta (7 Diego Fagundez at 45'), 22 José Cáceres (AM at 45'+2'), 14 John Nelson (2 Miki Yamane at 60'), 20 Edwin Cerrillo (8 Marco Delgado at 60'), 5 Gastón Brugman, 10 Ricard Puig, 28 Joseph Paintsil and 11 Gabriel Fortes.
Coach Greg Vanney
Guadalajara: 1 Raúl Rangel, 2 Alan Mozo, 3 Gilberto Sepúlveda, 18 Luis Olivas, 21 José Castillo, 28 Rubén González (AM at 45'+2'), 15 Erick Gutiérrez, 20 Fernando Beltrán, 25 Roberto Alvarado, 16 Cade Cowell and 19 Ricardo Marín (AM at 45'+1')(Armando González at 64').
D.T. Fernando Gago / Antonio Briseño (AM at 12')
