P/I/P Season 31 Game 14 - LA Galaxy at Seattle, 5/16/26, 6:15 p.m. PDT - Apple TV, FS1

Would have loved a result in SKC to just sort of blow off this game.

For me, I would use it as a learning exhibition. Let's use youth as much as we can.

-------------Nasci
Joe-------Sanabria---------Pec
-----------Parente--Wynder
Nelson-Garces-Glesnes-Cuevas
-----------------Micovic (if it helps us sell him)

 

Garces added to the injury report

LA Galaxy

Julian Aude - Ankle (Out)
João Klauss - Foot (Out)
Emiro Garces - Foot (Questionable)

Seattle Sounders FC

Pedro de la Vega - Knee (Out)
Nikola Petković - Knee (Out)
Yeimar Gómez Andrade - Hamstring (Out)
Alex Roldan - Hamstring (Out)

 

Matt Doyle thinks Vanney is coaching for his job tonight, or "probably should be."

The latter might be true, but I'm not sure that a loss at Seattle would be the straw that actually breaks the camel's back. I do think ending the first half of the season with three straight losses to SKC, Seattle, and Houston might be though, especially since the World Cup break provides the obvious opportunity for a re-set of the team with what will amount to be a new training camp and a transfer window.

 

Interesting. COG thinks he is probably safe until the end of the season. Josh thinking he has a long leash and he must make the playoffs to save his job. Let's hope he is wrong.

Also his sidekick, Sophie I think, had an interesting comment, she felt Vanney reverted to his old lineup against KC because he fundamentally doesn't like winning 'ugly' and he wants to play his style of soccer. Both agreed he got everything wrong vs KC.

 

I had this thought too yesterday. I was thinking it was so stubborn of Greg to move away from what was recently working to start Reus.

 

Vanney was one of the original ball-playing defenders. In part, that's because his background was a technically skilled forward/attacking midfielder in an era when defenders were more about brute force and power. Even in college at UCLA, he played some midfield and didn't really fully convert to a defender until he was a professional.

Here is a link to an article from 2019 that reads like it could have been written today. Vanney always struggles with finding a balance between possession and pragmatism.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/13...is-style-to-be-the-manager-toronto-fc-needed/

 

Several changes in the lineup, including Haak and Glesnes at center back, Yamane at RB, Thommy and Wynder in the midfield and Reus up top

The eleven for tonight 📝

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— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) May 17, 2026

 

Who here thinks the Cerrillo - Wynder -Thommy central midfield will get it done in Seattle?

I’d be shocked.

 

#SACKVANNEYNOW!!! at this point everyone here should want this.

 

Not me.

 

Every game his job should be on the line.

 

currently having issues with the screen going black when trying to screenshot so still trying

 

Here we go let's hope it's not another shit show for us again.

 

Pre gamed with some Gentleman Jack, and made some old-fashioned popcorn on the stove

 

Thank goodness for that break, helped us a bit
Hell of a chance by Reus

 

They're not pressing in the 1st as it was expected on the 3rd game in a week, saving themselves for 2nd. We gotta try to score in 1st.

 

Nice effort by Joe, deflection got a corner

 

Glesnes had an off game Wednesday. Looks like he's back to himself, playing great I think.

 

GOOOOAAALL!!!!!
PEC!!!!!\
1-0

Hell of a pass from Reus!!!!

 

23 games in a row, right? 1-0 Reus to Pec!

 

What a pass, what a goal !!!!!