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'Proper rivalry' leaves Galaxy defending home turf against LAFC

Baggio Husidic is the only man on the Galaxy's active roster who's been around long enough to have played in the team's last inner-city rivalry with Chivas USA.

It really wasn't much a rivalry, though — and not just because the Galaxy lost only four times in 33 games with Chivas. What really wrecked it, Husidic said, was the fact the teams shared the StubHub Center.

"This feels more like a proper rivalry, with away fans and home fans," he said. "You see the fans living in the same city, so you see the LAFC hats, you see the Galaxy hats.