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KINGSTON (March 19, 2026)\u00a0\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0LA Galaxy defeated Jamaican Premier League side Mount Pleasant FA 3\u20130 in the second leg of their 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16 matchup at National Stadium\u00a0and 6-0 on aggregate overall. After earning a 3\u20130 victory in the first leg at Dignity Health Sports Park in Los Angeles, the Galaxy completed the sweep with another 3\u20130 win, powered by goals from Brazilian duo Jo\u00e3o Klauss and Gabriel Pec.\u00a0Pec\u00a0now leads\u00a0the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup in goals scored with five.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n LA\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jo\u00e3o Klauss\u00a0(Harbor Miller),\u00a018th\u00a0minute:<\/strong>\u00a0Miller whipped in a corner kick that bounced once in the box before Klauss powered home a header to give the Galaxy a 1\u20130 lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n LA\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Gabriel Pec\u00a0(Lucas Sanabria),\u00a061st minute:<\/strong>\u00a0After Sanabria slipped a\u00a0ball in\u00a0behind the Mount Pleasant defense, Pec\u00a0controlled it and curled a shot into the bottom-left corner to double the LA\u00a0lead,\u00a02\u20130.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n LA \u2013 Gabriel Pec, 87th minute:<\/strong>\u00a0Matheus Nascimento picked out a pass to Miller as he arrived in the box, and after his shot was saved by the Mount Pleasant goalkeeper, Pec pounced on the rebound and tapped in his second of the match to extend the Galaxy lead to 3\u20130.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n The LA Galaxy\u00a0remain\u00a0on the road\u00a0in a quick turnaround to\u00a0MLS Regular Season\u00a0play against the Portland Timbers at Providence\u00a0Park on Sunday, March 22 (1:45 p.m. PT, Apple TV\/FOX). The Galaxy will\u00a0look to secure their first league win away from home this season ahead of the upcoming international break.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Match:<\/strong>\u00a0LA Galaxy\u00a0at Mount Pleasant FA\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Venue<\/strong>:\u00a0National Stadium;\u00a0Kingston,\u00a0Jamaica\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Weather<\/strong>:\u00a0Cloudy\u00a0and 74\u00b0F<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n LA:\u00a0Jo\u00e3o Klauss\u00a0(Harbor Miller),\u00a018\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n LA:\u00a0Gabriel Pec\u00a0(Lucas Sanabria),\u00a061\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n LA:\u00a0Gabriel Pec,\u00a087\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Mount Pleasant<\/strong>:\u00a0GK Shaquan Davis;\u00a0D Clifford Thomas, D Kyle Ming, D Fitzroy Cummings,\u00a0D\u00a0Gadail\u00a0Irving;\u00a0M Demario Phillips,\u00a0M Jabarie Howell\u00a0(Johnson Jeudy, 65\u2019), M Jahshaun Anglin;\u00a0F Warner Brown\u00a0(Shaqueil Bradford, 80\u2019),\u00a0M Raheem Edwards\u00a0(Rafa\u00a0Intervil, 65\u2019),\u00a0F Alex Marshall\u00a0(Daniel Green, 72\u2019)\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Referee:\u00a0Kwinsi\u00a0Williams\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Assistant Referees:\u00a0Ainsley Rochard, Kirt Charles\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Fourth Official:\u00a0Ricangel\u00a0de Le\u00e7a\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n All statistics contained in this box score are unofficial<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n LA Galaxy Postgame Top Quotes<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n LA Galaxy Head Coach Greg Vanney<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n On\u00a0if this LA Galaxy team has the ability to\u00a0reach the CCC Final:<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cWe do. We have\u00a0to get\u00a0healthy. We have got\u00a0to get settled in\u00a0here a little bit.\u00a0\u00a0 On\u00a0taking this win and finding consistency this season:<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cI think in MLS, we’ve\u00a0done our own undoing. We were at home, and in the first match, we were up\u00a01-0, very\u00a0in\u00a0control of the game\u00a0and took a red card on a penalty, which made it 1-1. We end\u00a0up in a draw. We win\u00a0the second\u00a03-0, and we looked like\u00a0we had\u00a0a complete performance. The third,\u00a0we\u00a0take another yellow\u00a0card, take another red card, and we end up\u00a0losing a game that we are very much in at\u00a01-1\u00a0and playing well.\u00a0So, I think for us, we can’t be our own worst enemies.\u00a0We’ve\u00a0got to be able to, again, find the solutions inside of the game, execute\u00a0and\u00a0make\u00a0sure that we\u00a0play solid,\u00a0and we don’t\u00a0make any mistakes that hurt ourselves. In the last game, again, we had more chances, more opportunity,\u00a0more possession,\u00a0which doesn’t\u00a0always mean everything. We gave up two goals off of\u00a0two counterattacks, and we need to be cleaner in those situations. We’ve\u00a0got to take care of our own business, and we’ve\u00a0got to make sure that we can do a better job of executing on our side.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n On\u00a0Justin Haak and where he will play\u00a0the most\u00a0this year:<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cI think he will ultimately settle in for us as a center back, I think he gives us an opportunity sometimes to, within our midfield, to give some guys like Edwin Cerrillo a rest, so he doesn’t have to play every minute of every game, and we can rotate, and he can certainly do an excellent job in there. But\u00a0in speaking with him too,\u00a0 On\u00a0how he is planning to prepare for the Quarterfinals against Toluca:<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cWell, we have a short turnaround coming into Portland here on the weekend, so all of\u00a0our attention will be on that. Then, we have a couple weeks\u00a0between games because of the international break. \u00a0As we go through that couple of weeks, we’ll\u00a0try to prepare for the next series of games, which will include Minnesota home, plus\u00a0on the road at Toluca, which is always\u00a0going to\u00a0be a challenge. It’ll\u00a0follow with another road\u00a0game, and then a home game against\u00a0Toluca, and then another road game. So,\u00a0the next stretch of games\u00a0is going to be really difficult.\u00a0We’ll\u00a0use the 2 weeks in the international break to sort of try\u00a0to map out and look at our opponents and see what’s\u00a0in front of us. Right now, there’s\u00a0only one thing in front of us that we’re\u00a0concerned about, and that’s\u00a0preparing for\u00a0Portland.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n
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Substitutes not used:<\/em>\u00a0Tafari Chambers,\u00a0Peterson Pierre, Daniel Saint-fleur, Devonte Campbell, Kimoni Bailey,\u00a0Owen Jumpp, Jaheem Douglas,\u00a0Cristojaye\u00a0Daley\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
LA Galaxy:<\/strong>\u00a0GK JT Marcinkowski; D John Nelson, D, Maya Yoshida\u00a0(Emiro\u00a0Garc\u00e9s, 66\u2019), D Justin Haak, D Mauricio Cuevas; M Edwin Cerrillo\u00a0(Isaiah Parente, 66\u2019), M Elijah Wynder\u00a0(Marco Reus,\u00a058\u2019)\u00a0M Lucas Sanabria\u00a0(Erik Thommy, 74\u2019); F Harbor Miller, F Gabriel Pec, F Jo\u00e3o Klauss\u00a0(Matheus Nascimento, 58\u2019)\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
Substitutes not used:<\/em>\u00a0Brady Scott, Novak\u00a0Mi\u0107ovi\u0107, Juli\u00e1n Aude, Miki Yamane, Jose Maga\u00f1a, Tucker Lepley, Ruben Ramos Jr.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
We look forward to the international break, because\u00a0we’ll\u00a0get a couple of weeks of training that\u00a0we can work on some\u00a0things,\u00a0[because]\u00a0we’re\u00a0just going from game and recovery to game. So, we have some quality. It’s really difficult to get to the final and to win the final.\u00a0It’s\u00a0a challenge.\u00a0So, we’ve got\u00a0to do a lot of things well. We’ve\u00a0got to execute well, but there’s\u00a0some potential in the locker room for us to be able to do something like that.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
I think\u00a0he’s\u00a0more comfortable in the back,\u00a0very comfortable\u00a0with the ball on his feet, starting attacks, I think, getting comfortable with the partnership with the guys that are around him, because\u00a0he’s\u00a0had three different\u00a0center\u00a0back partners in various games.\u00a0So,\u00a0I think he’ll\u00a0settle into being a center back as we continue to move forward.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n