The pulse on the Galaxy’s dying playoff hopes got a little stronger Sunday, the breathing a little less labored.
With a 3-0 win over the Seattle Sounders before a sun-splashed crowd of 25,503 at StubHub Center, the Galaxy climbed over Vancouver into seventh place in the Western Conference, three points behind Seattle in the race for the sixth and final playoff berth. And while that’s not where the team wants to be, it’s closer to where the Galaxy want to go.
“That puts us back in the conversation,” said interim coach Dominic Kinnear. “That was the message before the game.