That was not a Cali Clásico for the ages. The LA Galaxy started the game playing too deep, and ceded too much possession to the San Jose Earthquakes, who took it with aplomb. At one point Dejan Joveljiu0107 was on an island all by himself in the final 18 with nary another white uniform on my screen. Raveloson sat too deep, and Lletget was forced deep to retrieve the ball.
However, the biggest driver of the first half blues was Kévin Cabral, guilty of many turnovers via bad passes but mostly craptacular touches.
This changed to end the first half, at about the 35th minute the Galaxy started pressing higher to good results (aka, shots!