CARSON, Calif. -- The road to a top three finish got considerably more diffciult for the LA Galaxy, but the club remain confident that they can finish among the Western Conference's top three.
With their 2-1 defeat to Real Salt Lake and Seattle Sounders FC's 3-0 victory over the Portland Timbers, LA fell into fourth place in the Western Conference. The Galaxy still have two league games remaining against the San Jose Earthquakes on Oct. 21 and against Seattle on Oct. 28, but must win out to remain in contention.
Following the loss to Salt Lake, centerback Omar Gonzalez admitted that the Galaxy are still in the hunt for a top three spot, they must first learn from the mistakes that prevented them from getting three points against RSL.
GONZALEZ: “This game didn’t go the way we wanted it, but we’re still in the playoffs. I think we certainly want the wins, but now is the time to start get the little things right. Just like tonight we got punished on those plays, next game we can’t make those mistake and we’ve got to be on the entire game. So even though we didn’t get the win tonight, I think we can still take a lot from it and grow from it because there’s two more games left in the season and then the true test comes. We’re not going to win Supporters’ Shield so that doesn’t matter, now it’s all about getting it right for the playoffs.”
(On how much the Galaxy are thinking about playoff positioning...)
GONZALEZ: “We certainly don’t want the play-in game. I think right now we’re just trying to get in second or third and it’s looking right now like it’s kind of tough to be second so we’re fighting for that third spot. I think Seattle plays Salt Lake next so hopefully they can help us out there, but we’ve just got to win out.”
