
D.C. United vs LA Galaxy, 2023 Major League Soccer, Regular Season
· MLSD.C. United scores 3 in 9 minutes to thrash LA Galaxy
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Christian Benteke scored his team-leading sixth goal of the season and added an assist two minutes later as D.C. United pulled away to a 3-0 victory over the visiting LA Galaxy on Saturday night.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Attempt missed. Lewis O'Brien (D.C. United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Christian Benteke.
- 5': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Donovan Pines.
- 10': Foul by Theodore Ku-Dipietro (D.C. United).
- 10': Julián Aude (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 12': Attempt missed. Mateusz Klich (D.C. United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Chris Durkin.
- 13': Chicharito (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 13': Foul by Russell Canouse (D.C. United).
- 14': Attempt saved. Gastón Brugman (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 15': Christian Benteke (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 15': Foul by Jalen Neal (LA Galaxy).
- 19': Foul by Russell Canouse (D.C. United).
- 19': Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Attempt saved. Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Chicharito.
- 25': Foul by Victor Pálsson (D.C. United).
- 25': Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Foul by Jalen Neal (LA Galaxy).
- 26': Mateusz Klich (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 27': Attempt saved. Mateusz Klich (D.C. United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 32': Calegari (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Foul by Mateusz Klich (D.C. United).
- 33': Offside, LA Galaxy. Memo Rodríguez tries a through ball, but Mark Delgado is caught offside.
- 33': Foul by Tyler Boyd (LA Galaxy).
- 33': Lewis O'Brien (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Martín Cáceres (LA Galaxy).
- 34': Theodore Ku-Dipietro (D.C. United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 34': Foul by Christian Benteke (D.C. United).
- 34': Gastón Brugman (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Offside, LA Galaxy. Chicharito tries a through ball, but Tyler Boyd is caught offside.
- 39': Foul by Memo Rodríguez (LA Galaxy).
- 39': Mateusz Klich (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 40': Foul by Tyler Boyd (LA Galaxy).
- 40': Tyler Miller (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Delay in match because of an injury Tyler Boyd (LA Galaxy).
- 42': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 42': Foul by Memo Rodríguez (LA Galaxy).
- 42': Theodore Ku-Dipietro (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Christian Benteke (D.C. United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lewis O'Brien with a cross.
- 44': Attempt missed. Gaoussou Samake (D.C. United) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Theodore Ku-Dipietro.
- 44': Chicharito (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Foul by Russell Canouse (D.C. United).
- 45': Foul by Lewis O'Brien (D.C. United).
- 45': Gastón Brugman (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+1': Chris Durkin (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+1': Foul by Memo Rodríguez (LA Galaxy).
- 45'+1': Memo Rodríguez (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card.
- 45'+2': Calegari (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': Foul by Derrick Williams (D.C. United).
- 45'+3': First Half ends, D.C. United 0, LA Galaxy 0.
- 45': Second Half begins D.C. United 0, LA Galaxy 0.
- 46': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Martín Cáceres.
- 46': Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (D.C. United) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mateusz Klich with a cross following a corner.
- 49': Calegari (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Foul by Mateusz Klich (D.C. United).
- 50': Offside, LA Galaxy. Gastón Brugman tries a through ball, but Chicharito is caught offside.
- 52': Calegari (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 52': Foul by Gaoussou Samake (D.C. United).
- 52': Attempt blocked. Gastón Brugman (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 52': Attempt missed. Tyler Boyd (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
- 54': Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (D.C. United) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Gaoussou Samake with a cross.
- 54': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Martín Cáceres.
- 55': Foul by Russell Canouse (D.C. United).
- 55': Julián Aude (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Offside, D.C. United. Lewis O'Brien tries a through ball, but Mateusz Klich is caught offside.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Tyler Boyd (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Riqui Puig.
- 58': Attempt missed. Martín Cáceres (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mark Delgado.
- 59': Offside, LA Galaxy. Tyler Boyd tries a through ball, but Chicharito is caught offside.
- 59': Attempt saved. Lewis O'Brien (D.C. United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 61': Foul by Victor Pálsson (D.C. United).
- 61': Mark Delgado (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Raheem Edwards replaces Tyler Boyd.
- 63': Attempt saved. Memo Rodríguez (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Riqui Puig.
- 65': Foul by Donovan Pines (D.C. United).
- 65': Raheem Edwards (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 65': Donovan Pines (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 67': Offside, D.C. United. Chris Durkin tries a through ball, but Theodore Ku-Dipietro is caught offside.
- 68': Substitution, D.C. United. Cristian Dájome replaces Theodore Ku-Dipietro.
- 70': Foul by Calegari (LA Galaxy).
- 70': Lewis O'Brien (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Goal! D.C. United 1, LA Galaxy 0. Christian Benteke (D.C. United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 72': Calegari (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Foul by Mateusz Klich (D.C. United).
- 73': Goal! D.C. United 2, LA Galaxy 0. Cristian Dájome (D.C. United) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christian Benteke.
- 75': Foul by Calegari (LA Galaxy).
- 75': Mateusz Klich (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Dejan Joveljic replaces Memo Rodríguez.
- 76': Attempt saved. Raheem Edwards (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gastón Brugman.
- 78': Chris Durkin (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 78': Foul by Raheem Edwards (LA Galaxy).
- 80': Goal! D.C. United 3, LA Galaxy 0. Mateusz Klich (D.C. United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 82': Offside, LA Galaxy. Julián Aude tries a through ball, but Raheem Edwards is caught offside.
- 82': Substitution, D.C. United. Jacob Greene replaces Gaoussou Samake.
- 83': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Eriq Zavaleta replaces Jalen Neal.
- 84': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Daniel Aguirre replaces Gastón Brugman.
- 84': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Uri Rosell replaces Julián Aude.
- 85': Attempt saved. Chicharito (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mark Delgado.
- 86': Attempt missed. Lewis O'Brien (D.C. United) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jacob Greene with a through ball.
- 86': Foul by Mark Delgado (LA Galaxy).
- 86': Mateusz Klich (D.C. United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 87': Foul by Mark Delgado (LA Galaxy).
- 87': Lewis O'Brien (D.C. United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 87': Mark Delgado (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 88': Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (D.C. United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Donovan Pines.
- 89': Substitution, D.C. United. Yamil Asad replaces Mateusz Klich.
- 90': Substitution, D.C. United. Kristian Fletcher replaces Christian Benteke.
- 90': Substitution, D.C. United. Brendan Hines-Ike replaces Russell Canouse.
- 90': Foul by Cristian Dájome (D.C. United).
- 90': Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Cristian Dájome (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Daniel Aguirre (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mark Delgado with a cross.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Chicharito (LA Galaxy) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Raheem Edwards with a cross.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, D.C. United 3, LA Galaxy 0.
- 0': Match ends, D.C. United 3, LA Galaxy 0.
Statistics
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13 | Fouls | 16 |
2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
5 | Offsides | 2 |
1 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
2 | Saves | 6 |
53.3 | Possession | 46.7 |
11 | SHOTS | 13 |
6 | ON GOAL | 5 |
0.5 | On Target % | 0.4 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
426 | Accurate Passes | 371 |
492 | Passes | 425 |
0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
4 | Accurate Crosses | 8 |
15 | Crosses | 18 |
0.3 | Cross % | 0.4 |
46 | Long Balls | 50 |
26 | Accurate Long Balls | 32 |
0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
2 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
10 | Effective Tackles | 6 |
15 | Tackles | 10 |
0.7 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
10 | Interceptions | 6 |
8 | Effective Clearances | 15 |
8 | Clearances | 15 |
Game Information
Venue: Audi Field
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Attendance: 19,215
MLS Table
# | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 12 | +14 | 27 |
2 | San Diego FC | 13 | +9 | 23 |
3 | Minnesota United FC | 13 | +6 | 22 |
4 | Portland Timbers | 13 | +3 | 22 |
Line-Ups
D.C. United (3-4-3)
No. | Name |
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1 | Tyler Miller (GK) |
3 | Derrick Williams |
23 | Donovan Pines ![]() |
44 | Victor Palsson |
17 | Lewis O'Brien |
6 | Russell Canouse |
72 | Gaoussou Samake |
8 | Christopher Durkin |
20 | Christian Benteke |
43 | Mateusz Klich |
21 | Ted Ku-Dipietro |
LA Galaxy (4-4-2)
No. | Name |
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1 | Jonathan Bond (GK) |
22 | Martín Cáceres |
24 | Jalen Neal |
3 | Julian Aude |
2 | Calegari |
5 | Gastón Brugman |
8 | Mark Delgado ![]() |
20 | Memo Rodríguez ![]() |
11 | Tyler Boyd |
6 | Ricard Puig |
14 | Javier Hernández |
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