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Stars aligned: LA Galaxy well poised for second-half surge

With Robbie Keane and Gyasi Zardes back from international duty and Bruce Arena finding the right combinations, the LA Galaxy look ready to make a run at the MLS Cup.

Bruce Arena isn't one to fixate on tactical alignments.

That much became abundantly clear before the 2014 MLS Cup final when he told reporters that "nobody stays in these formations that you say — it's constantly shifting throughout a game." So it seems fitting that the LA Galaxy coach has rolled out seemingly every look in the book thus far in 2016.

The Galaxy began the season in a traditional 4-4-2.