- Lucas Sanabria - 17'
- Joseph Paintsil - 55'
LA Galaxy end historic winless streak, defeat Real Salt Lake
LA Galaxy vs. Real Salt Lake - Game Highlights
Watch the Game Highlights from LA Galaxy vs. Real Salt Lake, 05/31/2025
CARSON, Calif. -- Lucas Sanabria scored his first goal in MLS, Joseph Paintsil added his first goal of the season and the LA Galaxy beat Real Salt Lake 2-0 on Saturday night to snap the longest winless streak to start a season in MLS history.
The Galaxy (1-12-4) - the defending MLS Cup champions - were winless in 16 straight and had a minus-23 goal differential during that span.
Novak Micovic finished with four saves and the 23-year-old had his - as well as the Galaxy's - first shutout of the season.
RSL (4-10-3) is winless in seven consecutive games dating to a 3-1 win at San Diego on April 26.
The 21-year-old Sanabria put away a one-touch finish - set up perfectly by Matheus Nascimento's feed - into a wide-open net to open the scoring in the 17th minute. It was the first goal contribution in MLS for the Nascimento, a 21-year-old rookie.
Paintsil ran down the left side onto a long ball played ahead by Gabrial Pec, cut inside to evade a defender near the corner of the area and then slipped a shot inside the back post to make it 2-0 in the 55th.
LA is unbeaten (5-0-4) in nine straight home matches against Real Salt Lake since 2017.
Salt Lake outshot the Galaxy 20-9.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Rubiel Vazquez
MLS Standings
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | +15 | 32 |
| San Diego FC | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | +11 | 30 |
| Minnesota United FC | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | +10 | 30 |
| Seattle Sounders FC | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | +3 | 26 |
| Portland Timbers | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | +3 | 26 |
| LAFC | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | +5 | 23 |
| San Jose Earthquakes | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | +6 | 22 |
| Colorado Rapids | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 22 |
| Houston Dynamo FC | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 20 |
| Austin FC | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 20 |
| FC Dallas | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | -8 | 18 |
| Sporting Kansas City | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| Real Salt Lake | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 15 |
| St. Louis CITY SC | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 14 |
| LA Galaxy | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | -21 | 7 |
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