The Galaxy traveled to Kansas City this week looking for both a head coach and a playoff berth. There’s a chance they might find both in Dominic Kinnear, the man who has been leading the team on an interim basis since Sigi Schmid’s firing last month.
Consecutive 3-0 victories under Kinnear — the team’s most one-sided back-to-back shutouts in more than four years — have breathed new life into the Galaxy’s fading postseason hopes. A win over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday could lift them over Real Salt Lake and into possession of the Western Conference’s sixth and final playoff spot with two games left in the season.