LOS ANGELES – The LA Galaxy’s 2018 MLS season played out over the course of 90 minutes at StubHub Center on Sunday.
The match was a rollercoaster as Ola Kamara scored a brace to give the LA Galaxy a two-goal lead heading into halftime, only for the lead to unravel with a nightmare second half. Within a span of 22 minutes, the Galaxy saw their lead go up in smoke as Houston scored three unanswered goals to eliminate the Galaxy from postseason contention.
After the match, there was plenty of shock in the Galaxy locker room at the team’s showing in the final 45 minutes.
“We needed to keep on playing, because they have some players playing forward that can hurt you,” interim head coach Dominic Kinnear said. “And, like I said, our possession the first half kept them away from our goal, and then our lack of possession the second half brought them a little bit closer to our goal. You wish you could kind of take a timeout out every now and again and get the guys together.
“But, obviously you can do that in this game. But, we still had chances at the end. We still had a lot of chance to score some goals. We were throwing everything forward. The guys gave it everything they had. It’s an empty feeling right now for sure.”
Romain Alessandrini agreed as the Galaxy are left to reflect on a wild season.
“There was a lot of frustration because we gave a lot the last two months, but when you see the season I think we finished well. Even the last 45 minutes. We have to move forward. It is what it is and unfortunately, we don’t make the Playoffs, but we gave everything to come back in the game, to come back into the Playoffs.
"I think we made the fans proud the last two months, and we are sorry about the last 45 minutes.”
