ICYMI: The @ColumbusCrew honored @landondonovan for his achievements with @MLS and the #USMNT: http://t.co/7LuZIaFnWF pic.twitter.com/GAS6lCjxd6
— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) August 18, 2014
Gyasi Zardes’ ninth goal in 10 games kept him on course for a call-up to the annual January USMNT camp, but he couldn’t prevent the Galaxy falling to their worst defeat of the season in Columbus against a Crew team LA made look better than they have most of the year.
The Galaxy also came up with a new excuse for losing — Landon Donovan’s farewell presentation by the Crew at the start of the game:
“It’s going to be happening every time,” Galaxy coach Bruce Arena said. “It certainly looked distracting tonight.”
Meanwhile, Real Salt Lake reclaimed the Western Conference lead Saturday with a win over the Sounders. Standings.
Lastly, here’s how the Chivas USA game broke down by the numbers: