LA Galaxy next travel to face Philadelphia Union at Subaru Park on Wednesday, May 14 at 4:30 p.m. PT on MLS Season Pass
HARRISON, N.J. (Saturday, May 10, 2025) – Continuing their 2025 MLS Regular Season campaign, the LA Galaxy fell 7-0 on the road to the New York Red Bulls before 23,225 fans at Sports Illustrated Stadium on Saturday night. LA will next travel to face the Philadelphia Union at Subaru Park on Wednesday, May 14 (4:30 p.m. PT; MLS Season Pass).
LA Galaxy Against New York Red Bulls
Saturday’s match marked the 53rd meeting across all competitions between LA and the New York Red Bulls, with the Galaxy leading the all-time series 22-22-9 (81 GF, 84 GA). Against the Red Bulls, the Galaxy hold a 18-21-8 (70 GF, 75 GA) record in league play and a 4-1-1 (11 GF, 9 GA) record in the MLS Cup Playoffs. In 25 all-time league matches played on the road against the Red Bulls, LA holds a 8-14-3 record.
Goal-Scoring Plays
NY – Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Emil Forsberg), 7th minute: Eric Choupo-Moting picked up the ball on the edge of the penalty area, dribbled away from goal and snuck his low shot just inside the far post.
NY – Emil Forsberg (Omar Valencia), 13th minute: Omar Valencia found Emil Forsberg at the top of the box. The Swedish midfielder took a touch and he fired his shot into the top corner.
NY – Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Emil Forsberg), 31st minute: Eric Choupo-Moting latched onto a pass from Emil Forsberg and his shot from the edge of the six-yard box finished into the bottom corner.
NY – Emil Forsberg, 50th minute: Emile Forsberg’s free-kick attempt from outside the 18-ard box was curled into the top right corner of the goal.
NY – Cameron Harper, 68th minute: After John McCarthy saved Dennis Gjengaar’s shot just outside the six-yard box, Cameron Harper was first to the loose ball and his sliding effort was finished from close range.
NY – Dennis Gjengaar (Wiktor Bogacz), 88th minute: Dennis Gjengaar received the ball at the top of the 18-yard box and his right-footed shot was fired into the bottom right corner.
NY – Own Goal (Miki Yamane), 90+3rd minute: After getting pressured down the right flank, Miki Yamane’s back pass floated over the outstretched arms of LA Galaxy goalkeeper John McCarthy and bounced into the back of the net.
Postgame Notes
- Saturday’s match marked the 53rd meeting across all competitions between LA and the New York Red Bulls, with the Galaxy leading the all-time series 22-22-9 (81 GF, 84 GA).
- Against the Red Bulls, the Galaxy hold a 18-21-8 (70 GF, 75 GA) record in league play and a 4-1-1 (11 GF, 9 GA) record in the MLS Cup Playoffs.
- In 25 all-time league matches played on the road against the Red Bulls, LA holds a 8-14-3 record.
- Diego Fagundez recorded a team-high three key-passes in the match against New York.
- Miguel Berry made his first start for LA since playing 90 minutes against Real Salt Lake on April 5.
- Elijah Wynder, who logged 26 minutes as a second-half substitute, made his first appearance for the Galaxy since playing 31 minutes against Real Salt Lake on April 5.
- Edwin Cerrillo will miss the next match against the Philadelphia Union due to Yellow Card Accumulation.
- With his next yellow card, Emiro Garcés will miss the next match due to Yellow Card Accumulation.
Next Game
Next up, the LA Galaxy travel to face the Philadelphia Union at Subaru Park on Wednesday, May 14 (4:30 p.m. PT; MLS Season Pass).
2025 MLS Regular Season
LA Galaxy (0-9-3; 3 pts) at New York Red Bulls (5-4-3; 18 pts)
Saturday, May 10, 2025 – Sports Illustrated Stadium (Harrison, N.J.)
Goals by Half 1 2 F
LA Galaxy 0 0 0
New York Red Bulls 3 4 7
Scoring Summary:
NY: Choupo-Moting (Forsberg), 7
NY: Forsberg (Valencia), 16
NY: Choupo-Moting (Forsberg), 31
NY: Forsberg, 50
NY: Harper, 68
NY: Gjengaar (Bogacz), 88
NY: Own Goal (Yamane), 90+3
Misconduct Summary:
LA: Garcés (caution), 10
LA: Aude (caution), 49
NY: Eile (caution), 72
LA: Cuevas (caution), 73
NY: Nealis (caution), 74
LA: Cerrillo (caution), 74
LA: Wynder (caution), 78
Lineups:
LA: GK John McCarthy; D Miki Yamane, D Emiro Garcés, D Maya Yoshida (C), D John Nelson (Lucas Sanabria, 46), D Julián Aude; M Edwin Cerrillo, M Marco Reus (Elijah Wynder, 64), M Diego Fagundez (Tucker Lepley, 81); F Christian Ramirez (Matheus Nascimento, 64), F Miguel Berry (Mauricio Cuevas, 46)
Substitutes Not Used: GK JT Marcinkowski, GK Novak Mićović; D Eriq Zavaleta, M Isaiah Parente
TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Four players tied, 3); SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Matheus Nascimento, 2); FOULS: 17 (Edwin Cerrillo, 5); OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 4
NY: GK Carlos Coronel; D Noah Eile, D Sean Nealis, D Omar Valencia, D Kyle Duncan, M Daniel Edelman (Peter Stroud, 67) M Felipe Carballo, M Mohammed Sofo (Dennis Gjengaar, 67), M Emil Forsberg (C) (Julian Hall, 76), M Wikelman Carmona (Cameron Harper, 67), F Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Wiktor Bogacz, 76)
Substitutes Not Used: GK AJ Marcucci; D Tim Parker, D Alexander Hack; M Raheem Edwards
TOTAL SHOTS: 21 (Three players tied, 3); SHOTS ON GOAL: 11 (Cameron Harper, 3); FOULS: 7 (Kyle Duncan, 2); OFFSIDES: 0; CORNER KICKS: 2; SAVES: 6
Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.
Assistant Referees: Ian McKay, Adam Garner
Fourth Official: Pierre-Luc Lauziere
VAR: Younes Marrakchi
Weather: Clear, 73 degrees
Attendance: 23,225
All statistics contained in this box score are unofficial
LA GALAXY POSTGAME QUOTES
LA GALAXY HEAD COACH GREG VANNEY
LA GALAXY POSTGAME QUOTES
LA GALAXY HEAD COACH GREG VANNEY
that we should put in the bank because we tried to adapt under the circumstances and we didn’t accomplish it.”
On if having three Designated Players (DPs) back in action would change the team and the level of play:
“A hundred percent. Look across the league and take their three DPs out and you have a very different team. I think in addition to that, not just the three DPs, and I’m not slighting any of our guys. We have a young group of players because some of the middle tier of players that I was just talking about are guys that unfortunately that we weren’t able to keep this past season and we replaced them with young guys in our midfield, per se. We’re in this weird place where we’re trying to, again, give young guys the experience to get them to where they need to be and they are surrounded by older players who have a ton of experience and know how but they need the younger players to do that work. When you miss Joe [Paintsil] and you miss Gabriel [Pec] and obviously Riqui [Puig], those three guys I think combined probably accounted for about 60 to 70 goal contributions last year. That’s a big deal because the opposition also has to worry about them. They have to think about them on the attacking side which helps us defensively and obviously creating chances. Look, tonight was a sh-t night for us. We were poor. We tried to adapt and it didn’t work, to the situation, and the situation includes who we didn’t have. For sure you put the whole group of this team together, we’re in a different place. Does that mean we don’t need to still get better? A hundred percent, I think we still need to get better. But I think when you miss three of the — three of the more dangerous players in the League, it’s going to impact your team, and it doesn’t mean we should take seven, that’s for sure.”
On plans for the next game:
“We have to assess as we go to Philadelphia and try to set up the team with something that feels more comfortable and guys feel a little more certain about their connections and their decisions because tonight was not a great example of that. Yeah, and see who is healthy, who is ready, who we think we can still compete to win the game on Wednesday, and what that might mean on flying back. In our league and the way the schedules work, you go two on the road, Eastern Conference frequency, you come back for the third one, it makes the third one almost feel like a road game in a way because you’ve been on the road the whole week. We’ve got to find a balance. I don’t have the answer for you right now. It will come in the next couple days as we prepare the group.”
LA GALAXY FORWARD CHRISTIAN RAMIREZ
His opening statement:
“Before any questions, I want to apologize to the traveling supporters for today’s performance, and just because we know they spent their hard-earned money to travel across country, and just it wasn’t good enough from us top to bottom.”
On how the game got away from the team so quickly:
“Probably started right in the first few minutes. And then it just felt like the first three times, crossed the field, just hit us in the face, and yeah, it was just one of those that just felt every little bounce went their way on the first three times and then you find yourself down 3-0 and trying to chase the game. Yeah, this is the worst score line I’ve ever been part of. It tops a 6-1 or 6-2 at home in 2017.”
On if the team seemed disconnected:
“Yeah, we still had a couple chances, picked out the wrong pass or just slightly behind someone. I have one in the first half to close off the space and I just tried to go over him and got underneath it a little bit. Diego and Marco and I had a 3v2 that just goes past Marco and. In the second half we had a few. Yeah, it’s just, yeah, Greg is right, we’re disconnected from front to back and still somehow created chances.”
On how to mentally prepare for the next match after a major loss:
“Have a short memory. It is the lowest point. For some of us, all of us, I would say, it’s the lowest point in our careers to be wearing in bath and be in the position we’re in hurts and it should hurt and we should be ashamed and embarrassed. There’s only one way out of this. We have to somehow get through. It put this to bed tonight and I guarantee there won’t be much sleep tonight. This is going to haunt us tonight and we have to get ourselves together to figure out a way to turn this thing around, and it starts on Wednesday, another real tough place. And if we don’t get our acts together in terms of putting this to bed and getting this out of our minds, it really is capable of doing the same. We have to turn this momentum in our favor somehow and wrap up the week with LAFC.”
On the results feeling too bad to be true:
“Yeah. Just when you think you can’t get any lower than it got last week, to lose not giving up a shot, this happens. It hurts. At a loss for words and we have to show face in the good times and show face in the bad times, and that’s why I’m here. Hope at the end of the year look back at these moments and we’re in a way better position than we are right now and we can climb out of this.”
On if the team can recover with players still out:
“Yeah, I think I’m on the record as saying I’m a firm believer of, if we go through this stretch of winless games, why can’t we go for 12 games without losing? The Red Bulls showed it last year when made a run to the MLS Cup that anything is possible. We have to continue to believe in each other and somehow scrape our way out of this. We have to not give up more goals than we score. We have to somehow be able to come out on the better end.”
On if the issues are tactical:
“It’s everyone. Yeah, Greg said it on the field. This is humbling for all of us. We all got it wrong. We can’t break up. We can’t — if anybody is going to jump off the ship, they can jump off of it but there’s got to be guys that are committed. I look everybody in the eyes and everybody is still together trying to figure this out. There is not one person that I feel is looking the other way and not agreeing with what we need to do. If we’re going down, we’re going down swinging together, but I think we’ll get out of it.”
Credit: LA Galaxy
