{"id":789853,"date":"2026-05-12T00:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/789853\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T00:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:06:13","slug":"la-galaxy-forward-gabriel-pec-named-to-mls-team-of-the-matchday-for-matchday-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/789853\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Galaxy\u00a0Forward Gabriel Pec\u00a0Named to MLS Team of the Matchday for Matchday\u00a012\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LOS ANGELES (May 11, 2026)<\/strong> \u2013 MLS announced today that LA Galaxy forward Gabriel Pec has been named to the Team of the Matchday for Matchday 12 following his performance in the club\u2019s 2-1 road victory over Atlanta United FC at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Trailing by a goal to nil in the second half, Pec drove the comeback for the Galaxy with a game-winning brace to kick off LA\u2019s road trip with three points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With a\u00a0 quarter of an hour left to play in the match, Pec bagged two goals in five minutes to flip the script\u00a0and give the Galaxy\u00a0both their\u00a0third consecutive victory over Atlanta\u00a0and\u00a0first\u00a0victory in Atlanta\u00a0since 2017.\u00a0In the 74th minute, Marco Reus slipped a through ball to Pec\u00a0in the midst of\u00a0a run down the right sideline.\u00a0The\u00a0Brazilian winger\u00a0then dribbled past his\u00a0defender and beat the keeper with a left-footed shot into the bottom left corner\u00a0to level the match. Then\u00a0five minutes later in the 79th,\u00a0Pec\u2019s\u00a0initial\u00a0shot from the center of the box\u00a0was\u00a0saved, but\u00a0he\u00a0pounced on the rebound\u00a0to vault the Galaxy in front.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pec\u2019s\u00a0performance\u00a0in Atlanta\u00a0was\u00a0the\u00a0third\u00a0time\u00a0across all competitions in which he has scored two or more goals in a game\u00a0this season.\u00a0In addition, Pec\u2019s two-goal\u00a0night\u00a0extended\u00a0LA\u2019s\u00a0scoring streak\u00a0to 21 consecutive matches,\u00a0the longest active scoring streak in MLS.\u00a0Overall, Pec has contributed to a\u00a0club-leading 13 goals across all competitions\u00a0so far\u00a0in 2026 (nine goals, four assists).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team of the Matchday (Matchday 12)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>F:\u00a0<strong>Gabriel\u00a0Pec\u00a0(LA)<\/strong>, Kevin Kelsy (POR), Lionel Messi (MIA)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>M: Hannes Wolf (NYC), Jack McGlynn (HOU), Rodrigo De Paul (MIA), Warren Madrigal (NSH)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>D: Mamadou Fofana (NE), Dylan Nealis (RBNY), Andy N\u00e1jar (NSH)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Coach: Marko Mitrovi\u0107 (NE)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bench: Duran Ferree (SD), Kaick (DAL),\u00a0Sebastian\u00a0Berhalter (VAN), Carles Gil (NE), Pep Biel (CLT), James Rodr\u00edguez (MIN), Nicol\u00e1s Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau (NYC), Kristoffer Velde (POR), Emilio Aristiz\u00e1bal (TOR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES (May 11, 2026) \u2013 MLS announced today that LA Galaxy forward Gabriel Pec has been named&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":789854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,21809,40282,2961,224,5337,50,10426],"class_list":{"0":"post-789853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-gabriel-pec","11":"tag-honors","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-losangeles","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-press-release"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116558691683354059","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789853","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=789853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/789854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}