Part of Greg Vanney’s plan to return the Galaxy to prominence involves making Dignity Health Sports Park an unwelcome place for visitors.
That’s a proven formula in MLS, where the last four Supporters’ Shield winners have finished with the season’s best home record. It’s also a pretty good indicator of the Galaxy’s fortunes: When the team was winning three MLS Cups in four seasons at the start of the last decade, it averaged more than 11 wins at home and led the league in home victories three times.
In the last four seasons, three of which ended short of the playoffs, the Galaxy had losing records at home twice and were just two games over .