Los Angeles Galaxy hammer 10-man Colorado Rapids

Sep 6, 2014 at 3.30am UK

Donovan (5' pen., 47' pen.), Husidic (30', 86'), Zardes (45', 75')

FT(HT: 3-0)

Braces from Landon Donovan, Gyasi Zardes and Baggio Husidic fire the Los Angeles Galaxy to a comfortable win over the 10-man Colorado Rapids.

Published: September 6 2014 | 06:01

Last updated: September 6 2014 | 09:37

The Los Angeles Galaxy secured their fifth win in a row in the MLS as they hammered the 10-man Colorado Rapids 6-0 in their clash at the StubHub Center.

The Galaxy got off to the perfect start in the game as they were awarded a penalty after 30 seconds when Rapids keeper Joe Nasco pulled Alan Gordon back in six-yard box and was duly sent off.

Colorado sacrificed Dillon Serna and replaced him with Clinton Irwin, but the substitute keeper was powerless to prevent Landon Donovan firing the home side ahead.

Los Angeles could have doubled their lead in the 13th minute when Omar Gonzalez headed an effort at goal from a corner, but Nick LaBrocca was on hand to clear the ball off the line.

The Galaxy did get their second goal as Gordon flicked the ball to Gyasi Zardes inside the box, who laid a first-time pass to Baggio Husdic and the midfielder placed the ball into the bottom corner.

Zardes got a goal of his own just before the break with another neat move for the home side, as the striker peeled off his man and collected Donovan's pinpoint through-ball to slot an effort past Irwin.

In the second half, the Galaxy quickly got a fourth goal when Zardes was brought down in the box by Chris Klute after a scramble in the box and a spot kick was awarded. Donovan took the penalty and notched his second goal of the game with a cool finish.

Husidic almost got his second goal for the night when he latched on to Marcelo Sarvas's cross at the back post, but his volley clattered off the woodwork and went wide.

Los Angeles got their fifth goal of the game when Stefan Ishizaki lifted a cross into the box and Zardes rose highest to head home from six yards out.

The Galaxy completed the rout in the 86th minute with the third brace of the game, as Husidic got his second goal when he collected Donovan's pass on the edge of the area and drove his shot into the bottom corner.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

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1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21