A LA Galaxy team missing four starters fell to the Colorado Rapids 2-1 Saturday night at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was unavailable after skipping the All-Star game while Giovani dos Santos was rested with a knock.
The Galaxy’s first-half performance wasn’t pretty on either side of the ball, but a catastrophic error from center back Tommy Smith resulted in Romain Alessandrini smashing a loose rebound from 12-yard out past a helpless Tim Howard.
LA’s structural issues were apparent early on after the break when Kellyn Acosta probed uncontested down the center of the park before his left-footed blast outside the area beat David Bingham to level the match.