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October 27, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
LA Galaxy News Release

LOS ANGELES – Beginning their Audi 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs campaign, the LA Galaxy earned a 5-0 shutout victory over the Colorado Rapids in the Round One Best-of-3 Series opener before 24,537 fans at Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday night. Dejan Joveljić and Riqui Puig each recorded two goals, John Nelson notched his first career MLS goal and Gabriel Pec tallied two assists as the Galaxy took a 1-0 lead in the Best-of-3 Series against the Rapids.

LA Galaxy Against Colorado Rapids

Saturday’s Round One Best-of-3 Series opening match between the LA Galaxy and Colorado Rapids marked the 96th all-time meeting across all competitions between the LA Galaxy and the Colorado Rapids, with LA leading the series 47-34-13. Against the Rapids, the Galaxy hold a 40-32-13 record in league play, a 1-0-0 record in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and a 8-2-0 record in the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs. In three meetings between the Galaxy and Rapids across all competitions during the 2024 campaign, LA holds an unbeaten record of 3-0-0 (11 GF, 3 GA). In five all-time MLS Cup Playoff matches played between LA and Colorado at Dignity Health Sports Park, the Galaxy have posted five shutouts and hold an unbeaten record of 5-0-0 (15 GF, 0 GA) against the Rapids.

Unbeaten At Dignity Health Sports Park

In 18 matches played across all competitions at Dignity Health Sports Park during the 2024 campaign, the LA Galaxy hold an unbeaten record of 14-0-4 (49 GF; 25 GA). In 18 matches played across all competitions at Dignity Health Sports during the 2024 campaign, Pec has totaled 23 goal contributions (11 goals, 12 assists). Puig has 21 goal contributions (10 goals, 11 assists) in 16 matches played across all competitions at the venue in 2024, while Joveljić has totaled 14 goal contributions (11 goals, 3 assists) in 13 matches played across all competitions at DHSP this season. Notably, Puig has recorded a goal or an assist in 13 consecutive games played across all competitions at Dignity Health Sports Park as the home team dating back to March 30, totaling 21 goal contributions during that span.

Goal-Scoring Plays

LA – Dejan Joveljić (Riqui Puig), 32nd minute: Riqui Puig’s in-swinging corner-kick delivery into the middle of the penalty area found Dejan Joveljić, who guided his header into the bottom right corner of the goal.

LA – John Nelson (Miki Yamane), 52nd minute: Miki Yamane drove towards the top of the box and nutmegged a…

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