Galaxy put four past you
LA Galaxy 4–1 Austin FC at Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday. João Klauss opened the scoring with his 10th of the season, and Hirving "Chucky" Lozano, Robert Taylor and Sergi Roberto also found the net for Los Angeles (1)(4).
That is three defeats in your last four. Austin FC sit 14th of 15 in the Western Conference on 34 points from 33 games, with a goal difference of -21.
Galaxy needed it too. The win kept their playoff hopes alive (4). Yours were already gone.
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Kolmanic sent off late
Zan Kolmanic got a straight red card in the 90th minute plus five. Down 4–1 in stoppage time, it changed nothing about the result and everything about how the night looked.
Ervin Torres had pulled one back for Austin FC on 54 minutes to make it 3–1 before Sergi Roberto finished it at 4–1 on 66 (2)(3).
Dobrijevic signed, then watched
Austin FC signed forward Stefan Dobrijevic to a Short-Term Agreement from Austin FC II on Saturday, adding attacking cover ahead of the Galaxy trip (3).
He scored seven goals in 25 MLS NEXT Pro regular-season matches for the second team this year (3).
Portland come to you next
One game left. Portland Timbers at home on Sunday, November 8 at 01:00 CET.
Nothing to play for in the table, with 34 points and no route into the postseason. For a squad that has lost three of four, that is the only thing left on the calendar.
Fan reactions
The thread that got the most attention was the Kolmanic red card at 90+5, and there is plenty of resignation in the Austin FC subreddit about a season that has run out of road. The other live topic is Nico Dubersarsky, with Tigre confirming the Austin FC midfielder on loan in Argentina had surgery on a fifth metatarsal fracture in his right foot. The Kolmanic red card thread
