The exhausted and injury-ravaged Galaxy need rest more than anything else during their two-week midseason break from MLS play. But on Sunday morning, just five days into their vacation, the players found themselves clambering aboard a JetBlue flight to San Jose for Monday night’s U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal against the San Jose Earthquakes.
And given the way things have gone recently for the Galaxy, it came as no surprise when the 65-minute flight out of Long Beach was delayed.
The Galaxy stumbled into the break with three consecutive losses in MLS play, the team’s longest losing streak in six seasons.