Key events
Bold statement from longtime Galaxy driving force Landon Donovan on Apple’s pregame show, saying that the Galaxy’s offense – including Gabriel Pec, Dejan Joveljić, Joseph Paintsil and the unfortunately absent Riqui Puig – might be the best the league has ever seen.
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Preamble
After a decade of dizzying change and expansion, MLS has an OG MLS Cup.
The LA Galaxy have won this thing five times. Just not recently.
The New York Red Bulls have never won this thing. They’ve been waiting a long, long time. And if you go by how these teams look on paper, they’ll be waiting a bit longer. But that was said about their previous playoff rounds, wasn’t it?
It’s another beautiful day in Southern California for a calendar-defying warm-weather championship game. Get the sunglasses and sunscreen and get ready to watch.
Beau will be here shortly. In the meantime here’s Graham Ruthven’s take on today’s final.
