The Galaxy and Sounders met on Sunday night but neither team laid down a marker for the coming playoffsFar from being the showpiece game between two of the powerhouses of the Western Conference,Sunday night’s clash between Seattle and LA was a pretty scrappy affair. Perhaps some of that could be explained by individual distractions. LA Galaxy’s Omar Gonzalez was playing after being omitted from the USA’s roster to face Mexico in the crucial Confederations Cup qualifier this week — the latest setback in a drift rather than a tumble from grace since he went into the World Cup final year as the incumbent starting center-back for the national team. Before the game Gonzalez was even sounding non-committal about where he would be next season, as Bruce Arena shapes LA’s crowded and expensive roster for the Gerrard-Dos Santos era.
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Source: theguardian.com