For nearly an hour, the LA Galaxy and Colorado Rapids were gutting out a scoreless draw marked by injury and early subs — then the teams exploded for four goals in 23 minutes late in the match, with the Rapids countering two go-ahead Galaxy goals for a 2-2 draw at StubHub Center on Tuesday night.
While both teams had chances in the first half, an apparent goal from the Galaxy’s Ola Kamara was waved off due to Ashley Cole being offside when sending in his would-be assist, and the first half finished scoreless.
Injuries dominated the match’s early scoreline. Jonathan dos Santos suffered an apparent groin injury and had to be subbed off before the end of the first half. Another Galaxy starter, Michael Ciani experienced hamstring tightness and came off at halftime. The Rapids then lost Kellyn Acosta early in the second half due to apparent illness.
Scoring started in the 59th minute, when Cole weaved through the Rapids defense for the opener. Colorado matched left back for left back when Edgar Castillo hammered home the equalizer. Then, three minutes later, Sebastian Lletget pounced for what would have been a crowd-satisfying game winner, had sub Niki Jackson not written himself into the script with the Rapids’ second equalizer at the 82-minute mark.
Goals
- 59′ – LA – Ashley Cole
- 74′ – COL – Edgar Castillo
- 77′ – LA – Sebastian Lletget
- 82′ – COL – Niki Jackson
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