Galaxy End Winless Skid with 1st MLS Victory This Season
- After a 16-game stretch without a win to start the season, the LA Galaxy finally secured their first victory by beating Real Salt Lake with a 2-0 scoreline at their home stadium on Saturday.
- The streak, including 12 losses and four draws, persisted despite the Galaxy's efforts following their last MLS win in December after the MLS Cup victory.
- Lucas Sanabria opened scoring in the 17th minute with his first MLS goal off a dummy turn and pass from Matheus Nascimento, and Joseph Paintsil added a goal in the 55th minute.
- The Galaxy have allowed 36 goals, the most in the league, but goalkeeper Micovic made four saves to keep a clean sheet, boosting the team facing a struggling RSL stuck in 13th place with 16 goals scored.
- Coach Greg Vanney praised the team's persistence in achieving this hard-fought first win and noted it has been difficult to convert good play into wins this season.
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The LA Galaxy earned their first win of the 2025 MLS season by beating Real Salt Lake 2-0 on Saturday at Dignity Health Sports Park. Lucas Sanabria and Joseph Paintsil scored the goals, providing some relief to a team that has endured one of its worst seasons in history. The victory over Real Salt Lake comes as a welcome relief to the reigning champions, who had accumulated a 16-game winless streak in the regular season and have shown little res…
LA Galaxy 2-0 Salt Lake (May 31, 2025) Game Analysis
Lucas Sanabria scored his first goal in MLS, Joseph Paintsil added his first goal of the season and the LA Galaxy beat Real Salt Lake 2-0 on Saturday night to snap the longest winless streak to start a season in MLS history.

Galaxy end winless skid with 1st MLS victory this season
CARSON — The Galaxy finally saw an end to their season-opening winless streak. After 16 games of failure (12 losses and four draws), the Galaxy secured their first win of the MLS season, defeating Real Salt Lake 2-0 Saturday at Dignity Health Sports Park. “It’s been hard to come by for the first one,” Galaxy coach Greg Vanney said. “I don’t think we played horribly through much of the season, we’ve just not been able to turn things into wins. I’…
Galaxy end winless skid with first MLS victory this season
CARSON — The Galaxy finally saw an end to their season-opening winless streak. After 16 games of failure (12 losses and four draws), the Galaxy secured their first win of the MLS season, defeating Real Salt Lake 2-0 Saturday at Dignity Health Sports Park. “It’s been hard to come by for the first one,” Galaxy coach Greg Vanney said. “I don’t think we played horribly through much of the season, we’ve just not been able to turn things into wins. I’…

Galaxy finally end winless streak, avoid historic mark
Seventeen matches into the 2025 season, the Los Angeles Galaxy finally collected their first victory with Saturday's 2-0 win over visiting Real Salt Lake.
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