SAN DIEGO (August 29, 2026) – The LA Galaxy (6-9-8, 26 points) fell 3-1 to San Diego FC (8-8-6, 30 points) at Snapdragon Stadium. Down 2-0 at the halftime break, Hirving Lozano pulled one back for the Galaxy in the 55th minute to cut into the lead. LA looked to level the match with a goal from Kyōgo Furuhashi six minutes later, but the goal was called back for a foul in the buildup. San Diego then added to their lead shortly after and the match ended in favor of the hosts.
Goalscoring Plays
SD – Elias Achouri (Anders Dreyer), 11th minute: San Diego switched play from the right side of the box to the left, where Dryer found Achouri in the middle for a first-time finish that gave the hosts a 1-0 lead.
SD – Kieran Sargeant (Anders Dreyer), 48th minute:Dryer picked out Sargeant at the back post with a cross from midfield, and his finish doubled San Diego's lead.
LA – Hirving Lozano, 55th minute: Following a Galaxy attack down the right flank, San Diego failed to clear the ball from the box, and Lozano capitalized on the turnover by placing a shot into the bottom-left corner to cut LA’s deficit in half.
SD – Amahl Pellegrino (Alejandro Alvarado), 70th minute: San Diego capitalized on a counterattack when Alvarado's pass found Pellegrino on the left side of the box, who then extended the hosts' lead with a shot into the bottom-right corner.
Postgame Notes
- Hirving Lozano marked his highly anticipated return to San Diego with a second-half strike, his first goal as a member of the LA Galaxy since joining the club on August 7.
- Newest LA Galaxy signing Sergi Roberto made his Blue, White, and Gold debut off the bench tonight and completed his shift with two key passes and a 97.9% passing accuracy on 46 passes in 34 minutes. Roberto finished the night with the third-highest number of passes on the team, and the fifth-highest number of passes amongst all players in the match overall.
- Marco Reus led the Galaxy with three key passes in tonight’s match, the second-highest total on either side over 90 minutes.
Next Up
The LA Galaxy head home for an interconference battle with New England Revolution on Central American Heritage Night at Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday, September 5 (6:30 p.m. PT, Apple TV).
Match Information
Match: LA Galaxy at San Diego FC
Date: August 29, 2026
Venue: Snapdragon Stadium; San Diego, California
Weather: Clear and 80°F
Scoring Summary |
1 |
2 |
F |
San Diego FC |
1 |
2 |
3 |
LA Galaxy |
0 |
1 |
1 |
D: Elias Achouri (Anders Dreyer), 11’
SD: Kieran Sargeant (Anders Dreyer), 48’
LA: Hirving Lozano, 55’
SD: Amahl Pellegrino (Alejandro Alvarado), 70’
Lineups
LA Galaxy: GK Novak Mićović; D Harbor Miller (Robert Taylor, 73’), D Jakob Glesnes, D Maya Yoshida (Sergi Roberto, 56’), D Julián Aude (John Nelson, 73); M Justin Haak (Emiro Garcés, 87’), M Isaiah Parente (Erik Thommy, 56’), M Marco Reus; F Joseph Paintsil, F Hirving Lozano, F Kyōgo Furuhashi
Substitutes not used: Sebastian Conlon, Chris Rindov, Mason Vanney, Troy Elgersma, Ruben Ramos Jr.
San Diego FC: GK CJ Dos Santos; D Oscar Verhoeven, D Ian Murphy (Christopher McVey, 67’), D Manu Duah, D Kieran Sargeant; M Jeppe Tverskov, M Gabriel Pirani (Alejandro Alvarado, 52’), M Anibal Godoy; F Onni Valakari (Ian Pilcher, 87’), F Elias Achouri (Amahl Pellegrino, 67’), F Anders Dreyer
Substitutes not used: Dagur Thorhallsson, Lewis Morgan, Duran Ferree, David Vazquez, Alex Mighten
Stats Summary |
SDFC |
LA |
Shots |
19 |
17 |
Shots on Goal |
6 |
8 |
Saves |
7 |
3 |
Corner Kicks |
7 |
7 |
Fouls |
10 |
14 |
Offsides |
1 |
4 |
Possession |
47.1 |
52.9 |
Misconduct Summary
LA: Marco Reus (caution) 21’
SD: Jeppe Tverskov (caution) 23'
SD: Gabriel Pirani (caution) 30’
SD: Aníbal Godoy (caution) 39’
SD: Jeppe Tverskov (caution, dismissal) 50’
LA: Joseph Paintsil (caution) 65'
SD: CJ Dos Santos (caution) 89’
Officials
Referee: Tori Penso
Assistant Referees: Brooke Mayo, Felisha Mariscal
Fourth Official: Atahan Yaya
VAR: Carol Anne Chenard
All statistics contained in this box score are unofficial
Postgame Media Assets
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Photos: LINK
Press Conference: LINK
Final Stat Sheet: LINK
LA Galaxy Postgame Quotes
LA Galaxy Head Coach Greg Vanney
On Hirving Lozano’s return to SD and his first Galaxy goal:
“I thought he handled it wonderfully. I'm happy for him. He wanted to win this game, so I'm not happy for him for that, because we all wanted to come away with something here for him, but I thought he handled himself like a professional. I thought he was excellent. Gets a goal, has another couple of chances, but he draws the yellow card because of his directness in some of those dribbling moments where he skates through guys. I think as he continues to build fitness and rhythm, and I still think he's working on creating a connection with Marco [Reus] and will be with Sergi [Roberto] and with the guys as they all settle in. It's a team that's coming together. Needs to come together here really fast, and a lot of the game is built around relationships and partnerships. I think guys are still working through some of those details. Unfortunately, Chucky [Lozano] in two of the games last week didn't get the chance to play with Marco obviously, so I think there's still some continuity that's going to continue to grow there.”
On Sergi Roberto’s LA Galaxy debut:
“You just see his class. His understanding of where the pockets of space are, getting himself facing forward. He's brave to play through the lines and to play off of people. He recognizes, and it's a gift. He recognizes where the ball needs to be next. No pass is just a pass to play a pass. It's a pass to organize something and set something in motion, and that's such a big part of what being a midfielder can be inside of a team that is possession oriented. Each pass has to have an intention and set some sort of rhythm to the group, and also create continuity. If you play into Marco [Reus] and it's the right pass, then Marco knows what the next pass is and the next pass is, and it creates a continuity. When we just play a pass for the sake of a pass, then it doesn't really go anywhere. So I felt like he brought some real intention into our actions. And again, his movement. He was kind of holding in the midfield, and then he makes a run through the line and he ends up in the box with an opportunity. Just recognizing spaces and being able to run through them. You see that he's the type of player that's going to make the players around him better. So we need to give him the opportunity to settle in and get to know everybody, and for guys to get to understand him a little bit. And he'll be a guy who can change the rhythm of a team. The indication I got before he even got here is he was going to be like a coach on the field, pointing, helping people to position them where they need to be, or recognize where situations were defensively, offensively. That he's a conductor from the middle of the field, which is a wonderful piece to have inside of this.”
On losing the momentum gained after the second goal was called back:
“I think we lose an opportunity because you've got to be able to manage situations like that which occur in the game. I felt like we went from the elation of scoring and being back in the game to the emotional gut punch of no, we're going to take that goal back. I think we were having so much success being super aggressive, but when the play stops for five or six minutes, the opposition has a little chance to reorganize and catch their breath. The third goal is a goal that just shouldn't happen, right? But the question would remain: were we at any point being overly aggressive when we just needed to regroup and build back into it because of the emotion being really high? It's tough to say. I think the guys understood the assignment when we went up a man. We got aggressive and we started to change the game and dictate the game, and then I think everybody settles in a little bit when they have ten. And once the game settles in, you gotta kind of recatch the tempo and make sure you stay in control of that game. You can't just be a hundred miles an hour all the time. You gotta still find it. I think it's the energy and the desire to go win the game, and they smelled the opportunity, and we were going for it. But unfortunately, when we give up the third goal, it made it a taller task. So you gotta keep it at two one and give yourself a chance down the stretch.”
LA Galaxy Forward Hirving Lozano
On the emotions of returning to 90-minute match fitness, scoring a goal, and the impact of the disallowed goal:
“Well, to start, the main thing is that they gave me the opportunity to play 90 minutes, which for me is fundamental. The truth is that I worked very hard during all this time to reach this point of playing 90 minutes. The truth is that I am growing; I have seen myself better than I expected. I had a lot of time without playing and that generated a bit of doubt for me, but well, with each match, those doubts are going away. But well, the first goal, the truth is, I lived it to the maximum; at that moment we were 2-1 down and, after I think five minutes, that play comes. The truth is that even my teammates lived it to the maximum, they enjoyed it, they lived it, but well, sadly it was disallowed and that's football, sometimes it's issues of small details that are not under your control, but well, that's how it is.”
On continuing the legacy of Mexican players in Los Angeles:
“I believe that step by step, it's a process. I haven't been on the team for long. Of course, a player always tries to leave a mark when they arrive at a team. Thank God, throughout my career I have left a mark on almost every team, and I hope this one doesn't go unnoticed. I believe I have a great opportunity, I am working very hard, and I am enjoying it to the fullest.”
On if the team is coming together for the final stretch of the season:
"Yes, of course, yes, yes, yes. We have a great team. They are great guys. We have a great group. Honestly, it surprises me because it's a great group, very nice, and well, these are just the circumstances of football. That's how it goes. We are in a process; new players are coming in, players who are just integrating—I am one of them—so it is a process. I think we are on the right path; we have shown ourselves well on the pitch, so we all have to contribute our grains of sand together, and this is going to change. Of course, yes, we have a great team to do it."