September 25, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – LA Galaxy News Release
STANFORD, Calif. – With two matches remaining in the 2022 MLS Regular Season, the LA Galaxy earned a 3-2 road win over the San Jose Earthquakes in front of 44,200 fans at Stanford Stadium on Saturday night. Javier “Chicharito” Hernández tallied a brace and Gastón Brugman scored for the second straight game as the Galaxy earned their first win over the Earthquakes at Stanford Stadium in over eight years.
LA Galaxy Run Of Form
In their last nine matches played dating back to Aug. 13, the Galaxy hold a record of 4-1-4, outscoring the opposition 22-17 during that span. LA holds a record of 2-1-2 in its last five road matches played dating back to Aug. 28. With the win over San Jose, the Galaxy (13-12-7, 46 points, +5 GD) moved up to fifth place in the Western Conference standings, one point behind fourth-place Nashville SC (12-9-11, 47 points, +11 GD).
Chicharito Movin’ On Up
With his two-goal performance against San Jose, Chicharito moved past Mauricio Cienfuegos into seventh place on the Galaxy’s all-time goal-scoring chart with 36 goals in 63 regular-season appearances. Notably, Chicharito has tallied 10 goals in his last 10 games played dating back to Aug. 6, ranking second in the league behind only Nashville SC’s Hany Mukhtar (11 goals) during that span. In 30 appearances (29 starts) in league play this season, Chicharito has tallied a team-leading 17 goals and two assists.
LA Galaxy Against San Jose Earthquakes
Saturday’s match marked the 112th edition across all competitions of the California Clásico between the Galaxy and the Earthquakes, with LA leading the all-time series 44-33-35. The victory marked LA’s first win over the Earthquakes at Stanford Stadium since a 1-0 win over San Jose on June 28, 2014. In eight all-time matches played against the Earthquakes at Stanford Stadium, the Galaxy hold a 2-5-1 record.
Goal-Scoring Plays
LA – Chicharito (Julián Araujo, Mark Delgado), 12th minute: Attacking down the right flank, Julián Araujo delivered a low cross toward the center of the penalty area to Chicharito, who took a touch around his marker and fired his left-footed shot into the far corner of the goal.
LA – Gastón Brugman (Mark Delgado), 42nd minute: Mark Delgado fed the ball to Gastón Brugman, whose shot from outside the 18-yard box was rifled in off the underside of the crossbar.
LA – Chicharito (Efraín Álvarez), 69th minute: Working just outside the 18-yard box,…
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