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Galaxy hope for more fireworks on offense in Fourth of July meeting with D.C. United

In his last two coaching stops in Seattle and Columbus, Sigi Schmid usually missed out on experiencing the fireworks on the Fourth of July.

Schmid coached six of those games in his first spell with the Galaxy from 1999-2004, but Wednesday night’s meeting with D.C. United will be the first since he returned to the Galaxy sidelines in 2017.

“It’s been a while since I’ve played a Fourth of July game, coaching a team,” Schmid said. “We had Fourth of July games when I was here before but we really didn’t have that many when I was in Seattle.