Struggling Galaxy lose to Colorado Rapids but insist they haven’t given up hope
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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Djordje Mihailovic and Calvin Harris scored four minutes apart in the first half, and the Colorado Rapids beat the Galaxy 2-0 on Wednesday night in a game delayed two hours because of poor weather.
Colorado (7-8-4) snapped a three-game losing streak.
The Galaxy (1-13-5) lost to the Rapids for the first time since May 6, 2023.
“For too much of the game, especially in the first half, we were operating at 60 or 70% of the intensity level that was needed,” Galaxy coach Greg Vanney said. “Felt like we got off to a decent start. Ball was moving quickly. But then when they started to up their pressure and I think they raised a little bit of the intensity, they weren’t going to let us get so comfortable, then the game start to pick up a little bit and I felt like our movement was a little too slow, everything our reactions in transition, everything then we were a step, two behind.”
Mihailovic headed in Sam Vines’ cross for his eighth goal of the season to end Colorado’s 261-minute goal drought. Harris, in his first start of the season, scored his second goal in 12 appearances.
Harris nearly made it 3-0 in the 55th on a shot that hit off the post.
Rapids rookie Nico Hansen, standing in for the injured Zack Steffen since May 17, recorded his third clean sheet in just seven starts.
The Galaxy have been stuck in a miserable spiral after winning the MLS Cup last season, with their sole win coming at home against Real Salt Lake on May 31.
Despite the growing pile of poor results, Galaxy midfielder Edwin Cerrillo said the team has not given up on the season.
“Hopeless? Never,” he said. “I think we’re at a club that it’s always going to push to be at the top. We’re in a situation right now where we’re chasing from the bottom, but never hopeless. We have players that can make a difference and we just haven’t clicked in the times and crucial moments in the game we need to. There is always going to be hope and we’re always going to chase the next team in front of us. As each game goes by, each point is more and more crucial and we know that. We just need to step up.”
