{"id":1043173,"date":"2026-09-04T16:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1043173\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T16:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:10:12","slug":"la-galaxy-vs-new-england-revolution-what-to-know-for-saturday-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1043173\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Galaxy vs. New England Revolution: What to know for Saturday Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matchday 24&#8217;s Walmart Saturday Showdown features the high-flying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/new-england-revolution\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New England Revolution<\/a> visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/la-galaxy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LA Galaxy<\/a>, who are looking to push towards the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs field.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>13th in Western Conference<\/li>\n<li>26 points (6W-9L-8D)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Galaxy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2026\/matches\/sdvsla-08-29-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fell 3-1<\/a> at Southern California rivals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/san-diego-fc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego FC<\/a> last Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/hirving-lozano\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chucky Lozano<\/a> found the back of the net against his old club, and fellow summer signing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/sergi-roberto\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sergi Roberto<\/a> debuted off the bench.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sergi Roberto:<\/strong> The Spanish midfielder enjoyed a storied career with FC Barcelona before spending the last two seasons with Como in Italy&#8217;s Serie A.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chucky Lozano:<\/strong> After joining LA on loan from rivals San Diego, the Mexican international scored his first goal for the Galaxy last weekend.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joseph Paintsil:<\/strong> The Ghanaian international winger has tallied 10 goal contributions (5g\/5a) this season.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marco Reus:<\/strong> The legendary German midfielder leads LA in goal contributions (11) and assists (seven).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Only three points below the playoff places, the record six-time MLS Cup champions are facing pressure to start picking up points, especially at home this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Can a busy summer window help turn things around?<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Greg Vanney is banking on it after the club signed Roberto, Lozano, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/kyogo-furuhashi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ky\u014dgo Furuhashi<\/a> and more before the Secondary Transfer Window closed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4th in Eastern Conference<\/li>\n<li>37 points (11W-7L-4D)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Revs are unbeaten in three straight games, most recently dispatching the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/columbus-crew\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Columbus Crew<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2026\/matches\/clbvsne-08-30-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3-1<\/a>, last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/matt-polster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Polster<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/dor-turgeman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dor Turgeman<\/a> each scored in the victory, while club legend\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/carles-gil\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carles Gil<\/a> posted one goal and two assists.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Carles Gil:<\/strong> The 2021 Landon Donovan MLS MVP and five-time All-Star again leads New England&#8217;s attack, producing a team-best 16 goal contributions (8g\/8a) this season.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jack Harrison:<\/strong> New England&#8217;s latest DP signing has made an immediate impact, tallying six assists in five total matches.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Peyton Miller:<\/strong> The US youth international is in the midst of a breakout campaign, with 4g\/4a in 20 matches.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Matt Turner:<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/us-men-s-national-team\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USMNT<\/a> goalkeeper has posted the fifth-most saves in MLS this season (87).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New England have turned plenty of heads during head coach Marko Mitrovi\u0107&#8217;s first year in charge.<\/p>\n<p>The Revs are currently sixth in the Supporters&#8217; Shield standings and fourth in the East, holding onto the conference&#8217;s final home playoff position.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With Gil playing at an MVP-caliber level, flanked by wingers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/jack-harrison\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harrison<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/peyton-miller\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miller<\/a>, the Revs look to be a tough out for any opponent.<\/p>\n<p>This one is a virtual toss-up, with LA earning 41% of the market compared to 35% for New England. Maybe a road victory awaits the Revs?<\/p>\n<p>Market insights shared are current as of Friday, Sept. 4 at 9 am ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matchday 24&#8217;s Walmart Saturday Showdown features the high-flying New England Revolution visiting the LA Galaxy, who are looking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1043174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,70315,417720,224,5337,89028,44204,282136],"class_list":["post-1043173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-la","tag-la-galaxy","tag-lavsne-09-05-2026","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-new-england-revolution","tag-priority-match","tag-saturday-showdown"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117213648514112100","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043173","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=1043173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1043174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}