After the Galaxy gave up three- and two-goal leads in their previous two games, there was no comeback at Stubhub Center on Saturday as L.A. beat the Columbus Crew 4-0.
The Crew had more early chances but the Galaxy’s few first-half looks at goal posed a greater threat. In the fourth minute, Chris Pontius’ chipped pass left both Giovani dos Santos and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in front of goal with only goalkeeper Zack Steffen to beat. Dos Santos’ glancing header barely changed the course of the ball toward Ibrahimovic, but he was offside.
Thirteen minutes later, Ibrahimovic chipped a pass to Pontius, whose cross was flicked by Ola Kamara toward Dos Santos, whose powerful shot went narrowly wide.