And if the Galaxy doesn’t come out of that knockout-round game with a win, its season will end earlier than it has since 2008.
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LA can not afford to think about their dismal form on the road this season too much otherwise they’ll be in trouble from the off. The playoffs set up completely different types of games and Galaxy need to use that to their advantage in this monumental tie.
The network’s complete live coverage of the MLS CUP PLAYOFFS Knockout Round kicks off with a doubleheader on Wednesday, October 28 featuring DC vs. New England at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN2 followed by Seattle vs. LA.
The top two seeds in each conference – New York Red Bulls and Columbus in the East, and FC Dallas and Vancouver out West – received byes through the knockout round and will open the postseason on Sunday.
The veteran midfielder added he was still haunted by a glaring miss against Sporting Kansas City on Sunday, when he was put clear only to see his shot cleared by goalkeeper Tim Melia.
As well as winning two of their three meetings this season and drawing the other, the MLS Cup holders have knocked Sigi Schmid’s side out of playoffs in 2010, 2012 and 2014, while most of the players that helped them claim an unprecedented third title in four years last term are still with the club.
Seattle and Los Angeles have a lengthy playoff history even if the Sounders have only been around since 2009.
Due to the loss, the Galaxy now faces the Sounders, who the Galaxy took out in the MLS Western Conference final last season. It is what it is. “For us we have to try and rewrite the script”.
The sides met three times in the regular season, with the Galaxy going unbeaten (W2 D1) but they have failed to win at CenturyLink Field in each of their last three attempts.
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And there’s no matching the star power that’ll be on the field Wednesday night with Clint Dempsey and Obafemi Martins for Seattle and Robbie Keane, Steven Gerrard, Giovani Dos Santos and Omar Gonzalez for the Galaxy. “You get into the playoffs situation, it is like a final”.
