When the ball struck the back of the net, Zlatan Ibrahimovic sprinted to the stands with his arms wide, roaring. Rolf Feltscher jumped on his back. It was a triumphant celebration as the Galaxy took a two-goal lead, with both goals from Ibrahimovic, on the way to a 3-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night at StubHub Center.
With three games to play, the team remains in seventh place as it fights for a playoff spot, one point behind sixth-place Real Salt Lake. But the Galaxy extended their lead over the eighth-place Whitecaps, who took their third straight loss in Craig Dalrymple’s first game as the acting head coach.