Match Report: LA Galaxy Advance to Concacaf Champions Cup Quarterfinals with 3-0 Win over Mount Pleasant FA
KINGSTON (March 19, 2026) – The LA Galaxy defeated Jamaican Premier League facet Mount Pleasant FA 3–0 within the second leg of their 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16 matchup at National Stadium and 6-0 on mixture total. After incomes a 3–0 victory within the first leg at Dignity Health Sports Park in Los Angeles, the Galaxy accomplished the sweep with one other 3–0 win, powered by targets from Brazilian duo João Klauss and Gabriel Pec. Pec now leads the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup in targets scored with 5.
LA – João Klauss (Harbor Miller), 18th minute: Miller whipped in a nook kick that bounced as soon as within the field earlier than Klauss powered house a header to give the Galaxy a 1–0 lead.
LA – Gabriel Pec (Lucas Sanabria), 61st minute: After Sanabria slipped a ball in behind the Mount Pleasant protection, Pec managed it and curled a shot into the bottom-left nook to double the LA lead, 2–0.
LA – Gabriel Pec, 87th minute: Matheus Nascimento picked out a go to Miller as he arrived within the field, and after his shot was saved by the Mount Pleasant goalkeeper, Pec pounced on the rebound and tapped in his second of the match to prolong the Galaxy lead to 3–0.
- After scoring a hat trick within the first leg and including a brace within the second, Gabriel Pec now leads all Concacaf Champions Cup competitors with 5 targets.
- With tonight’s 3–0 win, the Galaxy recorded their third consecutive clear sheet in CCC, having allowed only one aim within the competitors to this point.
- After getting into the match in its place within the 66th minute, Emiro Garces made his return to the pitch after being sidelined for 3 weeks with a foot harm.
- With his first-half nook kick, Harbor Miller recorded his first help of the 2026 season.
- By beginning tonight towards Mount Pleasant, Maya Yoshida recorded the 698th look of his skilled profession for each membership and nation throughout all competitions.
- After defeating Mount Pleasant FA within the Round of 16, the Galaxy advance to the Quarterfinals the place they’ll play towards back-to-back defending Liga MX champions, Toluca.
The LA Galaxy stay on the highway in a fast turnaround to MLS Regular Season play towards the Portland Timbers at Providence Park on Sunday, March 22 (1:45 pm PT, Apple TV/FOX). The Galaxy will look to safe their first league win away from house this season forward of the upcoming worldwide break.
Match: LA Galaxy at Mount Pleasant FA
Venue: National Stadium; Kingston, Jamaica
Weather: Cloudy and 74°F
LA: João Klauss (Harbor Miller), 18′
LA: Gabriel Pec (Lucas Sanabria), 61′
LA: Gabriel Pec, 87′
Mount Pleasant: GK Shaquan Davis; D Clifford Thomas, D Kyle Ming, D Fitzroy Cummings, D Gadail Irving; M Demario Phillips, M Jabarie Howell (Johnson Jeudy, 65′), M Jahshaun Anglin; F Warner Brown (Shaqueil Bradford, 80′), M Raheem Edwards (Rafa Intervil, 65′), F Alex Marshall (Daniel Green, 72′)
Substitutes not used: Tafari Chambers, Peterson Pierre, Daniel Saint-fleur, Devonte Campbell, Kimoni Bailey, Owen Jumpp, Jaheem Douglas, Cristojaye Daley
LA Galaxy: GK JT Marcinkowski; D John Nelson, D, Maya Yoshida (Emiro Garcés, 66′), D Justin Haak, D Mauricio Cuevas; M Edwin Cerrillo (Isaiah Parente, 66′), M Elijah Wynder (Marco Reus, 58′) M Lucas Sanabria (Erik Thommy, 74′); F Harbor Miller, F Gabriel Pec, F João Klauss (Matheus Nascimento, 58′)
Substitutes not used: Brady Scott, Novak Mićović, Julián Aude, Miki Yamane, Jose Magaña, Tucker Lepley, Ruben Ramos Jr.
Referee: Kwinsi Williams
Assistant Referees: Ainsley Rochard, Kirt Charles
Fourth Official: Ricangel de Leça
All statistics contained on this field rating are unofficial
LA Galaxy Postgame Top Quotes
LA Galaxy Head Coach Greg Vanney
On if this LA Galaxy workforce has the power to attain the CCC Final:
“We do. We have to get wholesome. We have gotten to get settled in right here a bit bit.
We look ahead to the worldwide break, as a result of we’ll get a few weeks of coaching that we are able to work on some issues, [because] we’re simply going from sport and restoration to sport. So, now we have some high quality. It’s actually troublesome to get to the ultimate and to win the ultimate. It’s a problem. So, we have got to do a whole lot of issues nicely. “We’ve got to execute well, but there’s some potential in the locker room for us to be able to do something like that.”
On taking this win and discovering consistency this season:
“I believe in MLS, we have finished our personal undoing. We have been at house, and within the first match, we have been up 1-0, very accountable for the sport and took a pink card on a penalty, which made it 1-1. We ended up in a draw. We received the second 3-0, and we regarded like we had a whole efficiency. The third, we take one other yellow card, take one other pink card, and we find yourself dropping a sport that we’re very a lot in at 1-1 and taking part in nicely. So, I believe for us, we will not be our personal worst enemies, we have got to give you the chance to, once more, discover the options inside the sport, execute and guarantee that we play strong, and we do not make any errors that harm ourselves. In the final sport, once more, we had extra probabilities, extra alternative, extra possession, which does not at all times imply every little thing. maintain our personal enterprise, and we have got to guarantee that we are able to do a greater job of executing on our facet.”
On Justin Haak and the place he’ll play probably the most this yr:
“I believe he’ll finally settle in for us as a middle again, I believe he offers us a chance typically to, inside our midfield, to give some guys like Edwin Cerrillo a relaxation, so he would not have to play each minute of each sport, and we are able to rotate, and he can actually do a superb job in there. But in talking with him too,
I believe he is extra snug within the again, very snug with the ball on his ft, beginning assaults, I believe, getting snug with the partnership with the fellows which might be round him, as a result of he is had three totally different heart again companions in numerous video games. So, I believe he’ll settle into being a middle again as we proceed to transfer ahead.”
On how he’s planning to put together for the Quarterfinals towards Toluca:
“Well, now we have a brief turnaround coming into Portland right here on the weekend, so all of our consideration shall be on that. Then, now we have a pair weeks between video games due to the worldwide break. As we undergo that couple of weeks, we’ll strive to put together for the following sequence of video games, which is able to embrace Minnesota house, plus on the highway at Toluca, which is at all times going to be a problem. It’ll observe with one other highway sport, after which a house sport towards Toluca, after which one other highway sport. So, the following stretch of video games goes to be actually troublesome. We’ll use the two weeks within the worldwide break to type of strive to map out and have a look at our opponents and see what’s in entrance of us Right now, there’s just one factor in entrance of us that we’re involved about, and that is making ready for Portland.”
