{"id":1012409,"date":"2026-08-20T07:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1012409\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T07:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:52:16","slug":"match-report-galaxy-shutout-earthquakes-1-0-in-106th-cali-clasico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1012409\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Report: Galaxy Shutout Earthquakes\u00a01-0\u00a0in\u00a0106th Cali Cl\u00e1sico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LOS ANGELES (August 19, 2026) \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0The LA Galaxy (6\u20118\u20117, 25 points) defeated Western Conference rival San Jose Earthquakes (10-7-3, 33 points) 1-0 in the 106th edition of the California Cl\u00e1sico derby at Dignity Health Sports Park. Joseph Paintsil scored the go-ahead goal for the hosts in the 79th minute, and JT Marcinkowski recorded a five-save clean sheet to secure all three points for the Galaxy on the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>LA\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Joseph Paintsil\u00a0(Habor Miller, Marco Reus),\u00a079th\u00a0minute:<\/strong>\u00a0Reus picked out Miller on the right side, and the\u00a0defender\u00a0dribbled into the box before squaring a low cross to the back post, where Paintsil tapped it in to give the Galaxy a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Goalkeeper\u00a0<strong>JT Marcinkowski<\/strong>\u00a0and the Galaxy defense\u00a0have\u00a0not conceded a goal in the run of the play in the last\u00a0298 minutes, spanning the past\u00a0four games. \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Forward\u00a0<strong>Hirving Lozano<\/strong>\u00a0earned his first start as a member of the Galaxy\u00a0and made his debut in front of the home fans at Dignity Health Sports Park in tonight\u2019s match.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The trio of\u00a0<strong>Joseph\u00a0Paintsil<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Harbor\u00a0Miller<\/strong>,\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Marco\u00a0Reus<\/strong>\u00a0have now combined to score in\u00a0each\u00a0match\u00a0against\u00a0the\u00a0San Jose Earthquakes\u00a0this season, with both contests taking place\u00a0over\u00a0the past three weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Forward\u00a0<strong>Joseph Paintsil<\/strong>\u00a0tallied his fifth regular season goal of the season for the Galaxy\u00a0and is now tied for most on the team with\u00a0<strong>Jo\u00e3o Klauss<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Marco\u00a0Reus<\/strong>\u00a0recorded his\u00a0team-high\u00a011th goal contribution\u00a0(4 goals, 7 assists)\u00a0of the season\u00a0and\u00a013th\u00a0in all competitions\u00a0tonight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Forward\u00a0<strong>Jo\u00e3o Klauss<\/strong>\u00a0(foot) and midfielder\u00a0<strong>Elijah Wynder<\/strong>\u00a0(ankle) missed tonight\u2019s match due to injury.\u00a0Defender\u00a0<strong>Emiro Garc\u00e9s<\/strong>\u00a0(red card\u00a0suspension)\u00a0was\u00a0also unavailable for\u00a0selection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Next Up<\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>The LA Galaxy\u00a0travel\u00a0across the northern border\u00a0and\u00a0quickly\u00a0turn\u00a0their attention to\u00a0a fixture\u00a0with CF Montr\u00e9al\u00a0at Stade Saputo\u00a0this\u00a0Saturday, August 22 (4:30 p.m. PT, Apple TV).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match:<\/strong>\u00a0LA Galaxy\u00a0vs\u00a0San Jose Earthquakes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue<\/strong>: Dignity Health Sports Park\u00a0in\u00a0Carson,\u00a0California<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weather<\/strong>: Clear and\u00a075\u00b0F<\/p>\n<p>LA: Joseph Paintsil (Harbor Miller, Marco Reus), 79\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>LA Galaxy<\/strong>: GK JT Marcinkowski; D Harbor Miller, D Jakob Glesnes, D Maya Yoshida, D\u00a0Juli\u00e1n Aude; M Justin Haak, M Lucas Sanabria, M Marco Reus; F Joseph Paintsil\u00a0(Troy Elgersma, 83\u2019),\u00a0F\u00a0Hirving Lozano, F\u00a0Ky\u014dgo\u00a0Furuhashi\u00a0(John Nelson, 90\u2019)<\/p>\n<p>Substitutes not used:\u00a0Novak Mi\u0107ovi\u0107, Chris Rindov, Isaiah Parente, Erik Thommy, Robert Taylor,\u00a0Ruben Ramos Jr.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/><strong>San Jose Earthquakes<\/strong>: GK Angus Gunn; D Jamar Ricketts,\u00a0D Dave Romney, D Max Floriani, D Jack Jasinski; M Nick Fernandez\u00a0(Beau Leroux, 61\u2019),\u00a0M Ian Harkes, M Jack Skahan\u00a0(Ousseni Bouda, 46\u2019), M Niko Tsakiris\u00a0(Timo Werner, 46\u2019), M Paul Marie\u00a0(Vitor Costa, 74\u2019); F Luka\u00a0Jovanovic\u00a0(Preston Judd, 61\u2019)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>Substitutes not used:\u00a0Francesco Montali,\u00a0Daniel Munie,\u00a0Benji Kikanovic,\u00a0Jonathan Gonzalez<\/p>\n<p>LA:\u00a0Harbor Miller\u00a0(caution)\u00a024\u2019<\/p>\n<p>SJ:\u00a0Nick Fernandez\u00a0(caution)\u00a029\u2019<\/p>\n<p>LA:\u00a0Lucas Sanabria\u00a0(caution)\u00a037\u2019<\/p>\n<p>LA:\u00a0Lucas\u00a0Sanabria\u00a0(caution, dismissal)\u00a045\u2019<\/p>\n<p>SJ:\u00a0Dave Romney\u00a0(caution)\u00a057\u2019<\/p>\n<p>SJ:\u00a0Jack\u00a0Jasinski (caution)\u00a084\u2019<\/p>\n<p>LA:\u00a0Justin\u00a0Haak\u00a0(caution)\u00a090+2\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Referees:\u00a0Corey Rockwell, Jeffrey Greeson<\/p>\n<p>Fourth Official:\u00a0Servando Berna<\/p>\n<p>All statistics contained in this box score are unofficial<\/p>\n<p><strong>LA Galaxy Postgame Top Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LA Galaxy Head Coach Greg Vanney<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Joe having the game-winning goal after some inconsistency:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe has worn a few of the misses and missed opportunities heavy. He chatted with me a little bit this week\u00a0on\u00a0working on some things. You could tell he was feeling a little disappointed and\u00a0maybe missing\u00a0some opportunities that the team needed. But\u00a0I&#8217;ll\u00a0tell you this, like, I\u00a0don&#8217;t\u00a0know how many players get to where Joe got to, from where he left,\u00a0without his pace.\u00a0So\u00a0he does get more chances because of what\u00a0he&#8217;s\u00a0physically capable of doing and his speed and everything else.\u00a0If we can keep building his confidence and keep getting him more confident and cleaner in those final actions, then the amount of goal contributions he can have can be off the charts.\u00a0So\u00a0I&#8217;m\u00a0happy for him because\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0a\u00a0confidence\u00a0thing. And he really helped the team tonight by getting that goal to get three points, obviously. And he can take pride in that and hopefully continue to build\u00a0off of\u00a0it as we go to the next one, the next one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought JT was huge as well. Early in the game, when we were getting\u00a0separated\u00a0front to back, we were giving up, like I said earlier, and as you said, we were giving up some good chances. He made some big\u00a0saves. Always when you go down a man,\u00a0there&#8217;s\u00a0always going to be one or two that\u00a0you&#8217;ve\u00a0got to make. He made them. I think the biggest thing\u00a0about\u00a0JT\u00a0is that\u00a0he&#8217;s\u00a0calm\u00a0and\u00a0he&#8217;s\u00a0a veteran. He\u00a0doesn&#8217;t\u00a0guess. He calculates the situation\u00a0and he\u00a0tries to read and make the save based on the set of criteria in front of him.\u00a0He&#8217;s\u00a0not just fumbling around and guessing stuff.\u00a0He&#8217;s\u00a0really trying to take the situation in and make the best smart goalkeeper move.\u00a0And a lot of times with staying big, staying in his areas,\u00a0he&#8217;s\u00a0cutting off angles, things like that.\u00a0I thought he was excellent and was\u00a0very good\u00a0with his decisions most of the night in terms of possession and\u00a0the\u00a0build, things like that. So,\u00a0again,\u00a0maturity is important back there for us, and I thought he was outstanding tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0Harbor Miller having an extra gear\u00a0and\u00a0recording the game-winning assist:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s\u00a0funny because he was standing in front of me and I said, \u2018you\u00a0okay?\u2019 And he gave me\u00a0a\u00a0nod, yes. I trust him athletically and physically. I mean, if you were to come to our first day of preseason and you watch the guys do the fitness test, he blows it out of the water and\u00a0he&#8217;s\u00a0always the first guy. His capacity to repeat and to dig deep and push himself and get to the next one and the next one is ridiculous.\u00a0If he said he could do it, then I trust him to do it.\u00a0And I thought\u00a0also I\u00a0started to notice\u00a0[Paul]\u00a0Marie was starting to cramp.\u00a0I was like,\u00a0\u2018go,\u00a0he\u00a0can&#8217;t.\u00a0He&#8217;s\u00a0not going to stay with you.\u2019\u00a0And I feel like he just keeps finding ways to do it. And obviously makes a great decision at the end to slip Joe at the back post. He could have shot. He could have done a number of\u00a0things\u00a0and he made the right decision, which was super important.\u00a0But what\u00a0I&#8217;ve\u00a0always said with him in this next phase of his learning is just dealing with the defending side, because what he can do on the attacking side in his capacity is\u00a0high level.\u00a0He continues to grow.\u00a0Last week, he had to deal with Guilherme, who is one of the\u00a0better\u00a0players in our league.\u00a0This week, coming in the second half, he has to deal with a bit\u00a0of\u00a0Timo Werner.\u00a0I mean, what a welcome to right back that is for a young guy.\u00a0So\u00a0two good opportunities for him to learn about the game and to make some good decisions, good plays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>LA Galaxy\u00a0Forward Joseph Paintsil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0the ups and\u00a0downs\u00a0you have as a player:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, for me, you know, as a player, as an offensive player, sometimes you have\u00a0your good\u00a0days. Sometimes you have your bad days. Sometimes you miss\u00a0chances. But that\u00a0shouldn&#8217;t\u00a0dim your light. You just need to always raise your head high and just keep trying. The most important thing is trying. But if you stop trying, then you are a failure.\u00a0So\u00a0I will always keep trying no matter how difficult\u00a0and\u00a0how hard it is. Even when I miss, one, two, three chances, I know for sure that there will be some couple of chances that by God&#8217;s grace I will\u00a0utilize, like what just happened, unexpected. I just give God the glory, and I just thank my teammates for making this possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0playing alongside Marco Reus:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you talk of Marco,\u00a0you&#8217;re\u00a0playing with an experienced player, someone who knows exactly &#8212; he knows how to use the ball at any time. As you can see, he almost gave me the first goal, but unfortunately it was intercepted by the defender.\u00a0So,\u00a0me playing with\u00a0Marco is such an opportunity, such a blessing for me to be close to him, an experienced player, because my first time playing, watching him was when I went for trials in Hamburg.\u00a0So\u00a0I&#8217;m\u00a0really happy\u00a0that he is with me in this club, and me too,\u00a0I&#8217;m\u00a0also really learning a lot from him.\u00a0He does speak to us a lot and\u00a0telling\u00a0us exactly what we have to do in the game because he&#8217;s someone who is a master reader in the game.\u00a0So,\u00a0me\u00a0playing alongside Marco is just a blessing.\u00a0And\u00a0I&#8217;m\u00a0just\u00a0really happy\u00a0that he is part of the team and\u00a0I&#8217;m\u00a0playing beside him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0the feeling of scoring the game winning goal:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I scored the goal\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0I\u00a0was, like, \u2018hell\u00a0yeah.\u00a0I hope the time is even up so that we can just finish this game as soon as possible.\u2019 But the guys did\u00a0really good.\u00a0And kudos to the guys.\u00a0Harbor\u00a0was really running everywhere and showing\u00a0the passion\u00a0and everything.\u00a0Not only him, but the defenders were really amazing in this game especially with no goal and playing so hard and giving everything.\u00a0And as you can see, the offense was also really intact.\u00a0Even though we were down by\u00a0one\u00a0[man],\u00a0we were just in\u00a0a\u00a0good position\u00a0in our defense.\u00a0So,\u00a0I&#8217;m\u00a0just\u00a0really happy,\u00a0just\u00a0really happy\u00a0that we have these three points.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>LA Galaxy Forward Hirving Lozano<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0the quality in the locker room and building chemistry:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, the truth is that it is\u00a0a very high\u00a0quality, they are\u00a0great players, they have played in different\u00a0very important\u00a0teams.\u00a0And the day is very important, so the truth is that it is a different quality.\u00a0Of course,\u00a0I have\u00a0had\u00a0very little\u00a0time in the team and we are adapting, we are getting to know each other.\u00a0I think we\u00a0are on the right track, but there is still a little more missing.\u00a0They have to understand me, I have to understand them and well, it is part of it.\u00a0But well, the truth is that I am\u00a0very happy\u00a0to be in a team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the\u00a0reception\u00a0from the fans:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s\u00a0incredible. When people receive you like that,\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0for a reason. And the truth is that I thank them. I tried to give my maximum on the field, as I have always done. And well, from the moment I was playing, they supported me, they shouted at me, and every game\u00a0played, they\u00a0supported me.\u00a0I think that I\u00a0thank the people and the fans a lot, because\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0a plus for the players, and especially for me. It motivates me a lot to continue helping the team and the club, and to give people that joy. It motivated me throughout the game.\u00a0I heard them cheering me on, and it made me feel really good.\u00a0And it motivates me to do better and continue to help the team.<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0how he\u00a0felt in\u00a0the lead up to the game, knowing it would be his first start in 10 months:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a lot of nerves, with a lot of anxiety, with a lot of adrenaline, Since I woke up I was very restless, already on the way here I was very quiet, because many things come to your mind and well, when I arrived the truth is that it is lived differently, besides a game like this against San Jose, which is a\u00a0Cl\u00e1sico, it is played differently, And well, the truth is that at the moment of the whistle it felt incredible because, again, as a starter in such a difficult game because San Jose is a great team and well, the truth is that I enjoyed it to the maximum,\u00a0 I gave my maximum and that has to be day by day, training by training and game by game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0if the move to LA has been worth it:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, totally. Of course. I am\u00a0very happy\u00a0and\u00a0very grateful\u00a0to the club for giving me the opportunity to play and I am super happy. And I would choose the Galaxy again and the truth is that I have no words for what they have done and what they have given me at this moment and the truth is that from the board, the players, the coaching staff have received me in the best way and I think even the fans. So, I have no words and I am\u00a0very grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES (August 19, 2026) \u2013\u00a0The LA Galaxy (6\u20118\u20117, 25 points) defeated Western Conference rival San Jose Earthquakes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1012410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337,32154,50],"class_list":["post-1012409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-match-report","tag-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117126754914178102","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1012410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1012409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1012409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}