March 3, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – LA Galaxy News Release
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Playing their first road match of the 2024 MLS Regular Season, the LA Galaxy earned a 3-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes at PayPal Park on Saturday night. Dejan Joveljić and Joseph Paintsil both tallied a goal and an assist, while Riqui Puig scored his first goal of the season and Mark Delgado notched two assists in the road win over San Jose.
LA Galaxy Against San Jose Earthquakes
Saturday’s match marked the 99th edition across all competitions of the Cali Clásico between the Galaxy and the San Jose Earthquakes, with LA leading the all-time series 47-33-19. In 44 all-time regular-season matches played on the road against the Earthquakes, the Galaxy hold a 15-18-11 record. Notably, LA is unbeaten in its last five matches played (4-0-1, 16 GF, 8 GA) on the road against San Jose dating back to June 26, 2021.
Goal-Scoring Plays
LA – Joseph Paintsil (Mark Delgado), 18th minute: Joseph Paintsil released Mark Delgado down the right flank. Delgado spotted a darting run into the box by Paintsil, who took a touch before rifling his left-footed shot into the top corner of the goal.
LA – Dejan Joveljić (Joseph Paintsil, Mark Delgado), 43rd minute: Mark Delgado played Joseph Paintsil in behind the San Jose defense. Paintsil squared a pass across the top of the six-yard box that was drilled in by Dejan Joveljić.
LA – Riqui Puig (Dejan Joveljić, Diego Fagundez), 48th minute: Miki Yamane delivered a ball down the right side to Diego Fagundez, who quickly laid the ball off to Dejan Joveljić towards the end line. Joveljić cut a pass back towards the middle of the penalty area to Riqui Puig, who powered his shot into the roof of the net.
SJ – Preston Judd (Bruno Wilson), 69th minute: Preston Judd was first to a deflection inside the penalty area and converted his shot from close range.
Postgame Notes
Saturday’s match marked the 99th edition across all competitions of the Cali Clásico between the Galaxy and the San Jose Earthquakes, with LA leading the all-time series 47-33-19.
Against San Jose, LA holds a 38-28-17 record in league play, a 4-1-1 record in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and a 5-4-1 record in the MLS Cup Playoffs.
Notably, LA is unbeaten in its last five matches played (4-0-1, 16 GF, 8 GA) on the road against San Jose dating back to June 26, 2021.
Joseph Paintsil notched a goal and an assist in his first-ever road match for the Galaxy.
Riqui Puig recorded his first…
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