LA Galaxy II (11-9-10, 43 points) won 5-1 against OKC Energy FC (10-12-8, 38 points) on Saturday night at Dignity Health Sports Track & Field Stadium.
An early mistake by Los would make it seem as if it was going to be a long night for the home team, but the LA Galaxy II’s character would define the night. Deshorn Brown was the one to put OKC up 1-0 in the 7th minute, but that’s all OKC would get on the night. After that, Los Dos would cruise to their biggest win of the season.
The first goal for Los Dos came in the 24th minute outside the 18-yard box from Kai Koreniuk. Off of a pass from Justin Fiddes, Kai Koreniuk was left in a good position to take on the OKC defense. A skillful cut to the right left the OKC defense standing still, and what came next was a powerful strike that would find the top right corner of the goal. Nearthe end of the first half, skillful play from Jorge Hernandez and Mohammed Kamara ended with an Ethan Zubak goal inside the penalty box in the 40th minute.
Los Dos kept the pressure on full throttle in the second half. Taking on the OKC defense and running down the middle with space, Ethan Zubak put another shot past the goalkeeper to get his second goal of the night in the 73rd minute.
Augustine Williams entered the match for Ethan Zubak in the 76th minute. After OKC had trouble clearing the ball from their penalty box, Williams was the one to find an easy tap-in goal to extend Los Dos’ lead to three. Los Dos continued to take advantage and wear down OKC, capped off in the 83rd minute, when Jorge Hernandez found Jose Hernandez inside the 18-yard box for one last goal, wrapping up their biggest win of the season 5-1.
Scoring Summary:
OKC – Deshorn Brown 7’
LA – Kai Koreniuk 24’ (Assisted by Justin Fiddes)
LA – Ethan Zubak 40’ (Assisted by Mohammed Kamara, Jorge Hernandez)
LA – Ethan Zubak 73’ (Assisted by Ivan Gutierrez)
LA – Augustine Williams 80’
LA – Jose Hernandez 83 ‘ (Assisted by Jorge Hernandez)
Misconduct Summary:
OKC – Owayne Gordon 34’ (caution)
OKC – Callum Ross 56’ (caution)
Lineups:
LA Galaxy II: Justin Vom Steeg, Nate Shultz, Tomas Hilliard-Arce, Nick DePuy, Justin Fiddes, Jorge Hernandez, Omar Ontiveros, Adam Saldana, Mohammed Kamara (Jose Hernandez 83’), Ethan Zubak (Augustine Williams 76’), Kai Koreniuk (Ivan Gutierrez 70’).
Substitutions not used: Geoffrey Acheampong, Mauricio Cuevas, Adballa Haji Shaibu, Eric Lopez.
Head Coach: Junior Gonzalez
TOTAL SHOTS:14 ; SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 ; FOULS: 16 ; OFFSIDE: 1 ; CORNER KICKS: 2 ; SAVES: 1
OKC Energy FC: Cody Laurendi, Alvin Jones, Atiba Harris, Christian Ibeagha, Mekeil Williams, Callum Ross, Je-Vaughn Watson (Chris Duvall 81’), Cordell Cato (Derek Gebhard 76’), Jonathan Brown (Chrsitian Eissele 65’), Deshorn Brown, Owayne Gordon.
Substitutions not used: Bryan Byars, Kyle Hyland, Ian McGrath, Rafael Garcia.
Head Coach: Steve Cooke
TOTAL SHOTS: 5 ; SHOTS ON GOAL:1 ; FOULS:10 ; OFFSIDE: 3 ; CORNER KICKS: 1; SAVES: 6 .
Referee: Victor Rivas
Attendance: 817
NOTES:
- LA Galaxy II are 6-4-6 at home in 2019.
- Los Dos are 6-3-2 since Interim Manager Junior Gonzalez has taken over.
- The LA Galaxy’s 5-1 win is their biggest win of the 2019 season (largest margin of victory).
- Kai Koreniuk scored his ninth goal of the season.
- Ethan Zubak recorded a brace and now has seven goals on the season.
- Augustine Williams also scored, moving his season total to seven goals.
- Jose Hernandez tallied his third goal of the season.
- Kai Koreniuk leads LA Galaxy II with nine goals this season.
- Jose Hernandez and Brian Iloski co-lead the team in assists (4).
- LA Galaxy II finished the 2018 USL season with a 7-6-4 home record and a 3-11-3 away record.
- Next up, LA Galaxy II start a three-game road stretch at 7:30 p.m. PT on Wednesday, Oct. 2 against Sacramento Republic FC at Papa Murphy’s Park.
- For more information, visit www.lagalaxy.com/2.
