{"id":802276,"date":"2026-05-17T06:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/802276\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T06:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:20:14","slug":"match-report-galaxy-shutout-seattle-at-lumen-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/802276\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Report: Galaxy\u00a0Shutout Seattle\u00a0at Lumen Field\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SEATTLE (May 16, 2026) \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0The LA Galaxy (5\u20115\u20114, 19\u00a0points)\u00a0earned a\u00a02-0\u00a0shutout\u00a0win on the road\u00a0over\u00a0their\u00a0Western Conference\u00a0foes,\u00a0Seattle Sounders\u00a0FC\u00a0(7-2-3,\u00a024\u00a0points) at Lumen Field\u00a0in Seattle, Washington.\u00a0Marco Reus found Gabriel Pec for the opener before Pec later set up Matheus Nascimento for the\u00a0clincher, helping the Galaxy secure their second win of a three-game road trip and extend their scoring streak to 23 matches, the longest active run in MLS.\u00a0The\u00a0club\u00a0improved\u00a0to\u00a04-2-2\u00a0in\u00a0their last eight league matches, with six of those games\u00a0taking\u00a0place\u00a0on the road.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>LA\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Gabriel Pec\u00a0(Marco Reus, Miki Yamane),\u00a023rd\u00a0minute:<\/strong>\u00a0After dropping deep from the striker position, Reus threaded a pass in behind the Seattle backline for Pec, who finished first time to give the Galaxy a 1\u20130 lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>LA\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Matheus\u00a0Nascimento\u00a0(Gabriel Pec),\u00a090+2nd\u00a0minute:<\/strong>\u00a0Pec picked up possession in midfield, burst forward and into the box before slipping a pass to fellow Brazilian Nascimento, who finished to seal the win for the visiting Galaxy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In his 100th\u00a0Galaxy\u00a0appearance across all competitions,\u00a0forward\u00a0<strong>Gabriel Pec<\/strong>\u00a0scored his fourth goal of this three-game week alone\u00a0and\u00a0now\u00a0leads\u00a0the\u00a0club\u00a0in contributions with 15 (11 goals, four assists).\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The LA Galaxy\u00a0ended the\u00a0Sounders\u00a022-match home unbeaten run with tonight\u2019s\u00a0victory\u00a0at Lumen Field,\u00a0the first time LA\u00a0has\u00a0won\u00a0on the road against\u00a0Seattle since July 9, 2016.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Galaxy extended their scoring streak to 23\u00a0consecutive matches with\u00a0<strong>Gabriel Pec<\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0first-half strike, the longest active scoring streak in MLS.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Defender\u00a0<strong>Juli\u00e1n Aude<\/strong>\u00a0(ankle), defender\u00a0<strong>Emiro Garc\u00e9s<\/strong>\u00a0(foot), and forward\u00a0<strong>Jo\u00e3o Klauss<\/strong>\u00a0(foot) were unavailable for selection in tonight\u2019s\u00a0match due to injury.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The LA Galaxy\u00a0return\u00a0home\u00a0to face Houston Dynamo in\u00a0the\u00a0club\u2019s\u00a0final MLS Regular Season match before the league\u2019s scheduled 2026 FIFA World Cup break\u00a0on\u00a0Saturday,\u00a0May 23\u00a0(7:30\u00a0p.m. PT,\u00a0Apple TV) at Dignity Health Sports Park.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match:<\/strong>\u00a0LA Galaxy at\u00a0Seattle\u00a0Sounders \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue<\/strong>: Lumen Field in Seattle,\u00a0Washington\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weather<\/strong>: Cloudy and\u00a055\u00b0F<\/p>\n<p>LA:\u00a0Gabriel Pec\u00a0(Marco Reus, Miki Yamane),\u00a023\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LA:\u00a0Matheus Nascimento (Gabriel Pec), 90+2\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lineups<\/strong>\u00a0<br \/><strong>LA Galaxy:<\/strong>\u00a0GK JT Marcinkowski; D\u00a0John Nelson, D Justin Haak,\u00a0D Jakob Glesnes,\u00a0D Miki Yamane\u00a0(Mauricio Cuevas, 65\u2019); M Edwin Cerrillo\u00a0(Maya Yoshida, 90+2\u2019),\u00a0M\u00a0Elijah Wynder,\u00a0M Erik Thommy\u00a0(Lucas Sanabria, 66\u2019); F\u00a0Joseph Paintsil\u00a0(Matheus Nascimento, 83\u2019),\u00a0F Gabriel Pec,\u00a0F Marco Reus\u00a0(Harbor Miller, 65\u2019)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Substitutes not used:\u00a0Novak Mi\u0107ovi\u0107,\u00a0Chris Rindov,\u00a0Isaiah Parente,\u00a0Ruben Ramos Jr.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seattle\u00a0Sounders<\/strong>: GK\u00a0Andrew Thomas; D Nouhou, D Jackson Ragen, D Antino Lopez\u00a0(Cristian Roldan, 61\u2019),\u00a0D Peter Kingston\u00a0(Kalani Kossa-Rienzi, 46\u2019);\u00a0M Hassani Dotson, M Snyder Brunell\u00a0(Sebastian Gomez, 76\u2019), M Paul Arriola\u00a0(Paul Rothrock, 61\u2019),\u00a0M\u00a0Jordan Morris;\u00a0F Jesus Ferreira\u00a0(Osaze De Rosario, 61\u2019),\u00a0F Danny Musovski\u00a0(Albert Rusnak, 12\u2019)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Substitutes not used:\u00a0Stefan Frei, Kim Kee-hee, Cody Baker<\/p>\n<p>LA:\u00a0Justin Haak\u00a0(caution)\u00a012\u2019 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SEA: Peter Kingston\u00a0(caution)\u00a044\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LA:\u00a0Miki Yamane\u00a0(caution)\u00a045+4\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LA:\u00a0Edwin Cerrillo\u00a0(caution)\u00a089\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LA:\u00a0JT\u00a0Marcinkowski\u00a0(caution)\u00a089\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Referee:\u00a0Joe Dickerson\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Referees:\u00a0Cameron Blanchard, Logan Brown\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fourth Official:\u00a0Alyssa Pennington\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All statistics contained in this box score are unofficial\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>LA Galaxy Postgame Top Quotes<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>LA Galaxy Head Coach Greg Vanney<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0bouncing back with\u00a0a good performance:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think guys were really disappointed about how it went in Kansas City, and, hopefully\u00a0we can remember what the standard is for a day\u00a0like\u00a0today, and carry that with us all the time,\u00a0because\u00a0in\u00a0this league every game is difficult, and every team is capable.\u00a0I think the guys\u00a0came out\u00a0and\u00a0they were\u00a0possessed,\u00a0they were committed. They knew that they were\u00a0going to\u00a0have to defend hard today and defend well. Everybody\u00a0put\u00a0in a huge shift physically. \u2029It&#8217;s\u00a0been a tough three games on the road, lots of travel.\u00a0I think guys\u00a0just knuckled down, and everybody did a ton of work out there. I thought we were better with the ball tonight than we were the other night. I feel like we just were conceding momentum the other night against Kansas City, and tonight, I felt like we were better with the ball. We were\u00a0better\u00a0getting out of the defensive half of the field and getting into attacks. We had some\u00a0moments,\u00a0some stretches of possession that I think are important when you want to manage games. \u2029And there\u00a0was\u00a0a really good intensity and a really good focus today, and we adapted a little bit as the game went\u00a0but\u00a0remained steady and solid. JT makes a huge save. And then the guys were able to build off and get the second goal and put the game away. \u2029So just the mentality was really strong tonight.\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0super proud of these\u00a0guys\u00a0for bouncing back like that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0this being one of the best defensive performances of the season:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u00a0was,\u00a0I think it\u00a0was a really,\u00a0really well-done\u00a0defensive job by the guys. I think the way\u00a0that \u00a0[Seattle]\u00a0has\u00a0been playing, and the team that\u00a0they\u00a0have,\u00a0I think\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0one of the best teams in the league, and I think playing here in Seattle is never easy. \u2029They had the fortune of playing three games at home this week. We played three on the road, so when you look at the circumstances, too, I mean, what a huge, huge effort by the group on the defensive side, the commitment by everybody, Gabe working back, you know, Joe working back. Marco\u00a0working\u00a0back at times when those guys are helping, and the other guys were just really steady.\u00a0I think it\u00a0was one of our one of our best defensive efforts\u00a0in a long time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0the performance from JT Marcinkowski:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was excellent today. He was great. I mean, the save he makes is huge. Some of the crosses that he was able to get to, some of the other moments that he had, his decisions, I thought with the ball, were\u00a0really big.\u00a0We\u00a0did a video meeting the morning after the game in Kansas City, and a lot of it was about our decisions and our lack of taking care of the ball in our defensive half of the field, and guys did a good job of taking responsibility tonight and doing a much nicer job of getting out of our half of the field and getting into the other half of the field. Not putting\u00a0ourselves\u00a0in situations where the opposition was able to build momentum. \u00a0I think he\u00a0made some great saves, but\u00a0I also think he\u00a0did a really\u00a0good job\u00a0of managing the game with his feet over the course of the night,\u00a0which is big as well.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>LA Galaxy\u00a0Goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0the\u00a0team\u00a0responding\u00a0tonight after\u00a0last\u00a0game:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a lot of frustration after Wednesday night. I\u00a0don&#8217;t\u00a0think that we put together a performance that we can\u00a0kind of hang\u00a0our hat on and be proud of. \u2029I think there\u00a0was\u00a0a lot of things, a lot of details that were just missing.\u00a0Top\u00a0to bottom, there\u00a0wasn&#8217;t\u00a0a lot that we could take from it\u00a0positive.\u00a0I think the biggest point tonight\u00a0is just\u00a0the resilience\u00a0and the rebound.\u00a0I think it\u00a0shows the character that this team has and how tight knit this locker room is, that we\u00a0don&#8217;t\u00a0let one result dictate the next one.\u00a0I think we have to start\u00a0building on\u00a0these results versus trying to always rebound after a rough\u00a0result and\u00a0try to string a few together.\u00a0Obviously, we have one more before the break, but\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0a huge one on Saturday.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0how this road trip has brought the team together:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u00a0just spent a lot of time together.\u00a0It&#8217;s\u00a0a lot of time in hotels, flights, meals, and you\u00a0getting\u00a0to\u00a0know about\u00a0each other even more than being at home. I think that&#8217;s when things get tough on the road, and\u00a0you&#8217;re\u00a0at a tough game, a tough environment, whether\u00a0you&#8217;re\u00a0getting pressured and sitting back a bit, those are the things that you can rely on. You can look to your left and your right, or for me, in front of me, and be like\u00a0\u2018I know that guy has my back. I know that\u00a0he&#8217;s\u00a0going to\u00a0do everything possible to make sure that we get out\u00a0of\u00a0here with a win\u2019,\u00a0and I think when\u00a0there&#8217;s\u00a011 guys, when\u00a0there&#8217;s\u00a020 guys doing that, and I think\u00a0we&#8217;re\u00a0a\u00a0really dangerous\u00a0team.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0coming into the game as underdogs:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u00a0can&#8217;t\u00a0say that I look at the odds at all.\u00a0I think we\u00a0have the confidence in this locker room that, no matter who\u00a0we&#8217;re\u00a0playing or where\u00a0we&#8217;re\u00a0playing, that\u00a0we&#8217;re\u00a0going to go out there and fight for three points.\u00a0I think that our mentality\u00a0is a starting point for us.\u00a0The intensity, making sure that\u00a0we&#8217;re\u00a0in every single game,\u00a0and we&#8217;re\u00a0competing with each other\u00a0and for each other, and just doing all the\u00a0little details\u00a0is the most important. I\u00a0don&#8217;t\u00a0think underdog or\u00a0whoever&#8217;s\u00a0favored really matters when I think\u00a0you&#8217;re\u00a0playing as a team, and\u00a0you&#8217;re\u00a0playing as 11 guys out there.\u00a0The team\u00a0who&#8217;s\u00a0more united and fights harder and is a little bit better on the day, is\u00a0going to\u00a0win.\u00a0So,\u00a0I\u00a0don&#8217;t\u00a0really look at the odds of anything like that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE (May 16, 2026) \u2013\u00a0The LA Galaxy (5\u20115\u20114, 19\u00a0points)\u00a0earned a\u00a02-0\u00a0shutout\u00a0win on the road\u00a0over\u00a0their\u00a0Western Conference\u00a0foes,\u00a0Seattle Sounders\u00a0FC\u00a0(7-2-3,\u00a024\u00a0points) at Lumen Field\u00a0in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":802277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337,32154],"class_list":["post-802276","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"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116588473749788829","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802276","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=802276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}