Galaxy Drops Concacaf Champions Cup Apender in Herediano – Orange County Register

Cartago, Costa Rica – The Galaxy was excluded during her opening match of the Concacaf Champions Cup, falling to CS Herediano, 1-0, during the first leg of the 16 series on Wednesday evening.

Elias Aguilar scored long -distance at the 65th minute and Herediano maintained.

The second stage of the Total-Goals series of two games is scheduled for next Wednesday evening at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson.

“One of our goals here was to get a goal outside,” said Galaxy coach Greg Vanney. “We have had a few chances. We haven’t finished them and now we are at home and we have to make sure to manage our goal and get someone on attack. Their credit. Their whole team worked very hard to protect their goal. They were disciplined. Now we have to take care of business with us. »»

On the decisive game, Haxzel Quiros de Herediano stole the ball and passed to Aguilar, whose shooting of the left foot 25 meters nestled in the lower left corner.

Goalkeeper Herediano Dany Carvajal and the goalkeeper of the Galaxy John McCarthy each made four stops.

“I thought John again had an excellent match,” said Vanney. “The fields around the objectives were inflatable, and I think that in terms of risk taking and no, it has been very calculated in many moments. He made big stops in some situations he needed to come big. I thought he was showing a good presence in the back, as he always did.

Defender Harbor Miller, 17, made his debut in galaxy.

“I thought Harbor was excellent,” said Vanney. “Of all the players throughout the day, I had the impression that Harbor had found the speed and physicity of the game from the start and I was able to match it in 90 minutes. It was impressive for a young man during his first departure with the galaxy. He had an excellent match, both defensively and offensively. I could not be more proud of him and the effort and the quality of the game he assembled. »»

Originally published: March 5, 2025 at 11:55 pm PST