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LA Galaxy vs Real Salt Lake

U.S. Open Cup
LA Galaxy
11-11-11
2-1
Final
Salt Lake
12-6-15
Dignity Health Sports Park

Match pulse

LAAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'HTRSL
39%Possession61%
16Shots15
7On target8
7Corners0
8Saves4
16Fouls14
21'Justin HaakLA42'Lucas SanabriaLA48'Noel CaliskanRSL55'Juan Manuel SanabriaRSL57'Mauricio CuevasLA63'Diego LunaRSL83'Samuel JunquaRSL90'+3'Elijah WynderLA
Team1H2HT
LA112
RSL101

Who won: LA Galaxy 2-1

LA Galaxy beat Real Salt Lake 2-1 on Sunday, April 26, 2026 at Dignity Health Sports Park. Goals for LA Galaxy: Marco Reus (9', 85' pen). Goals for Salt Lake: JT Marcinkowski (own goal) (45'+4').

Every player rated

Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0
  1. 18.5Marco ReusRM
  2. 27.3JT MarcinkowskiG
  3. 36.9Gabriel PecRF
  4. 46.5Joseph PaintsilF
  5. 56.3Jakob GlesnesCD-R
  6. 66.3John NelsonLB
  7. 76.3Harbor MillerLF
  8. 86.2RafaelG
  9. 96.2Victor OlatunjiF
  10. 106.2Morgan GuilavoguiSUB
  11. 116.1Lucas SanabriaLM
  12. 126.1Zavier GozoRM

Team stats

LARSL
16Fouls14
4Yellow Cards4
0Red Cards0
3Offsides1
7Corner Kicks0
8Saves4
39.2Possession60.8
16SHOTS15
7ON GOAL8
0.4On Target %0.5
2Penalty Goals0
1Penalty Kicks Taken0
304Accurate Passes524
397Passes614
0.8Pass Completion %0.9
1Accurate Crosses4
4Crosses13
0.3Cross %0.3
67Long Balls48
21Accurate Long Balls30
0.3Long Balls %0.6
3Blocked Shots2
16Effective Tackles7
23Tackles15
0.7Tackle %0.5
12Interceptions5
25Effective Clearances16
25Clearances16

Player of the game

Marco Reus

LA · 2 G

8.5

Deserved to win

70%
LA · 0.91 xG
27%
Draw
4%
RSL · 0.15 xG

LA Galaxy created better chances: they win this game 70% of the time

Play by play

  1. Match ends, LA Galaxy 2, Real Salt Lake 1.
  2. Second Half ends, LA Galaxy 2, Real Salt Lake 1.
  3. 90'+7'

    Right footed shot saved

    Attempt saved. Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Rafael Cabral (Real Salt Lake).

    J. Paintsil

  4. 90'+6'Noel Caliskan

    Shot on target

    Attempt saved. Noel Caliskan (Real Salt Lake) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by JT Marcinkowski (LA Galaxy). Assisted by DeAndre Yedlin with a cross.

  5. 90'+6'

    Shot off target

    Attempt missed. Dominik Marczuk (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Morgan Guilavogui.

  6. 90'+3'

    Yellow card

    Elijah Wynder (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    E. Wynder

  7. 90'+3'

    Foul

    Foul by Elijah Wynder (LA Galaxy).

  8. 90'+3'

    Free kick won

    Juan Manuel Sanabria (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  9. 90'+2'Samuel Junqua

    Header saved

    Attempt saved. Samuel Junqua (Real Salt Lake) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by JT Marcinkowski (LA Galaxy). Assisted by DeAndre Yedlin.

    S. Junqua

  10. 90'+1'DeAndre Yedlin

    Free kick won

    DeAndre Yedlin (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  11. 90'+1'

    Foul

    Foul by Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy).

  12. 90'

    Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.

  13. 89'Isaiah Parente
    Sub

    Subbed on for M. Reus

    Substitution, LA Galaxy. Isaiah Parente replaces Marco Reus.

    I. Parente

  14. 89'Chris Rindov
    Sub

    Subbed on for J. Nelson

    Substitution, LA Galaxy. Chris Rindov replaces John Nelson.

    C. Rindov

  15. 88'Pablo Ruiz

    Left footed shot just wide

    Attempt missed. Pablo Ruiz (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.

    P. Ruiz

  16. 87'Pablo Ruiz
    Sub

    Subbed on for S. Spierings

    Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Pablo Ruiz replaces Stijn Spierings.

    P. Ruiz

  17. GOAL85'

    Goal! Penalty

    M. Reus

    Goal! LA Galaxy 2, Real Salt Lake 1. Marco Reus (LA Galaxy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

    LA 2 - 1 RSL
  18. 83'Samuel Junqua

    Yellow card

    Samuel Junqua (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    S. Junqua

  19. 82'RSL

    Foul

    Penalty LA Galaxy. Elijah Wynder draws a foul in the penalty area.

  20. 82'Samuel Junqua

    Foul

    Penalty conceded by Samuel Junqua (Real Salt Lake) after a foul in the penalty area.

  21. 82'

    Corner awarded

    Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Rafael Cabral.

  22. 81'

    Shot on target

    Attempt saved. Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner by Rafael Cabral (Real Salt Lake). Assisted by Lucas Sanabria.

  23. 79'

    Shot on target

    Attempt saved. Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Rafael Cabral (Real Salt Lake). Assisted by Marco Reus.

  24. 79'

    Left footed shot saved

    Attempt saved. Morgan Guilavogui (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by JT Marcinkowski (LA Galaxy). Assisted by Zavier Gozo.

    M. Guilavogui

  25. 76'
    Sub

    Subbed on for D. Luna

    Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Dominik Marczuk replaces Diego Luna.

    D. Marczuk

Leaders

LARSL
Total Shots
Gabriel Pec
4
Victor Olatunji
3
Accurate Passes
Marco Reus
37
Justen Glad
65
Saves
JT Marcinkowski
8
Rafael
4