The Galaxy’s Maya Yoshida sits on the pitch after struggling an harm throughout a CONCACAF Champions Cup match towards Tigres UANL at Dignity Well being Sports activities Park on Tuesday. (Luiza Moraes / Getty Pictures)
Lower than 4 months after profitable their sixth MLS Cup, . And each time they look like rounding a nook, they wind up turning into oncoming site visitors.
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Take into account Tuesday’s CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal playoff with Mexican membership Tigres UANL, which led to a scoreless draw: Goalkeeper John McCarthy registered the group’s first clear sheet of the season, the offense was harmful at occasions and the group didn’t again down when a pissed off Tigres obtained bodily late within the sport.
All in all, it ought to have been a very good evening.
However the group, already riddled with accidents, could have suffered one other loss late within the first half when middle again Maya Yoshida sat down on the sphere due to an harm to his left hamstring.
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Yoshida was limping noticeably as he left the stadium a few hours later. He’s scheduled to have an MRI to find out the severity of the harm, and coach Greg Vanney is hopeful his captain’s determination to take himself out of the sport early restricted the injury.
“He began to really feel like he was getting tight. And so he sat down as a professional as a substitute of making an attempt to push it,” Vanney mentioned. “Nothing important. We’ll type of assess and see what that appears like. I believe he escaped something dangerous.”
Yoshida led MLS in minutes performed final season. If he misses greater than the ultimate 60 minutes of Tuesday’s sport, he’ll turn into the tenth starter from final season’s championship group to be unavailable for a number of video games due to harm or a commerce.
And that spoiled what was arguably the Galaxy’s finest efficiency in a season wherein they’ve gained simply as soon as in 9 video games in MLS and Champions Cup play.
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“With the ability to get the shutout is vital. Not giving up the away purpose is large in these items,” Vanney mentioned. “It’s a very good consequence. Additionally us taking part in clear for 90 minutes is vital.”
The second leg of the two-game quarterfinal playoff will probably be performed Tuesday in Monterrey, Mexico. With away targets serving as a tiebreaker, the Galaxy may advance to the semifinals with a draw. The Galaxy haven’t gone past the quarterfinal spherical of a CONCACAF match since 2012.
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