Schmid's Galaxy have lost four straight, five of their last six and have led for just 45 minutes since March 4. Another loss would equal the team's longest slide since 2007 and likely ratchet up the pressure on Schmid, who has won just five of 24 games since replacing Curt Onalfo as coach last summer.
"People are always going to talk. That's part of it," Galaxy president Chris Klein said in backing his coach. "You'd rather be undefeated at this point and have everyone say, 'Wow, look at all the amazing things you're doing.'"
"It's a big contrast from where I came from," he said of his MLS experience in general.