CARSON — The Galaxy’s Fourth of the July meeting with the Vancouver Whitecaps had a much quieter tone Friday.
In the first Galaxy home game since the start of last month’s immigration raids, the club’s supporter groups had their first chance to show their support for the people and community and displeasure with the Galaxy.
Gone were the usual chants and singing that have come to symbolize a Galaxy home game.
Members of the Angel City Brigade and Galaxians walked out in the 12th minute, in protest of the club’s decision to not issue a statement regarding the raids.
Before the game, the groups in the Victoria Block unfurled a Tifo of the United States with images of armed forces members with the words “Fight ignorance, not immigrants.”
On the other side of the stands, the L.A. Riot Squad held a sign that read: “We like our whiskey neat and our land and people free.” The Riot Squad also went silent for the duration of the game.
On the field, the Galaxy (2-13-6, 12 points), facing a critical month of July, got a goal from Matheus Nascimento early and a pair of second-half goals from Joseph Paintsil to put away the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-0 in front of only 19,557 at Dignity Health Sports Park.
“I thought we played well for the vast majority of the game,” Galaxy coach Greg Vanney said. “We got off to a great start and I thought the ball was moving quick.”
The Galaxy’s last two Fourth of July games were played at the Rose Bowl against LAFC.
The Whitecaps entered the week in second place in the Western Conference.
Nascimento gave the Galaxy the perfect start, knocking home a rebound in the second minute. Edwin Cerrillo’s shot was spilled by Vancouver goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka, right in Nascimento’s path for an easy finish.
That’s where the game remained until the second half. In the 60th minute, Paintsil, who had struggled all season, finished off a sequence that started with Gabriel Pec and then to Marco Reus. Reus’ final pass left Paintsil with some work to be done, but he went far to Takaoka’s left for the 2-0 lead.
Later, Paintsil converted a penalty kick, that defender Maya Yoshida earned after getting fouled, for the 3-0 lead.
The Galaxy finished the game with a man advantage after Vancouver’s Jayden Nelson picked up his second yellow card after kicking the ball into the stands, after a whistle.
The game kicked off a stretch of three consecutive home games, the longest of the season for the Galaxy. The Galaxy’s homestand will continue July 12 against D.C. United and conclude July 16 against Austin FC.
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