There was good news for the Galaxy in Sunday's Major League Soccer conference semifinals, which the team missed for the first time in seven seasons. And it came in Dallas, where goalkeeper Jesse Gonzalez allowed just a goal in 120 minutes, then stopped two of the four shots he faced in a penalty-kick shootout to eliminate the Seattle Sounders, the Galaxy's most bitter rival.
But the good news wasn't Seattle's loss, it was the play of the 20-year-old Gonzalez.
After taking over as the starter in August, Gonzalez pitched five shutouts in 11 regular-season games.