Why the LA Galaxy offense continues to struggle

Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY SportsThe LA Galaxy offense is sputtering and it has been since the end of last year. The problem is simple. Bruce Arena is consistently trotting out lineups without shot creators. While players like Gyasi Zardes, Sebastian Lletget and Mike Magee may be dangerous around goal, they are not the type of players who create shots for others, leaving the offense starved of good shots in the final third.

One clear indicator of this is the amount of crosses the Galaxy are sending in. In general, crosses have a very low conversion rate, with roughly 1 out of every 100 actually ending in a goal. 18% of the chances the Galaxy have created this year have come from crosses which is…