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Regular season · 2008

LA Galaxy 3–2 Colorado.

LA Galaxy beat Colorado Rapids 3–2 on Sunday, October 12, 2008, in the 2008 regular season at Dignity Health Sports Park, before an announced crowd of 27,000.

LA Galaxy

Bruce Arena

  • Buddle 36'
  • own goal 70'
  • McDonald 80'

3–2

Full time

Colorado Rapids

Gary Smith

  • Gibbs 43'
  • McManus 88' pen

Timeline

How it unfolded.

  1. GoalBuddle36'
  2. SubstitutionBrandon McDonaldfor Peter Vagenas38'
  3. 43'GoalGibbs
  4. Yellow cardJoe Franchino57'
  5. SubstitutionLandon Donovanfor Alan Gordon63'
  6. 65'Yellow cardCory Gibbs
  7. Goalown goal70'
  8. Yellow cardEddie Lewis73'
  9. 78'SubstitutionJose Burciaga Jr.for Terry Cooke
  10. 78'SubstitutionJacob Petersonfor Nick LaBrocca
  11. SubstitutionAlvaro Piresfor Joe Franchino79'
  12. GoalMcDonald80'
  13. 84'SubstitutionMike Petkefor Jordan Harvey
  14. 88'PenaltyMcManus

Team statistics

The box score.

50
Possession %
50
7
Shots
11
6
Shots on target
6
0
Corners
3
3
Fouls
7
4
Offsides
3
2
Yellow cards
1
0
Red cards
0
6
Saves
5
0
Passes
0
0
Accurate passes
0
—
Pass accuracy
—
0
Penalty goals
1
0
Penalties taken
1
0
Crosses
0
0
Accurate crosses
0
0
Long balls
0
0
Accurate long balls
0
0
Blocked shots
1
0
Tackles won
0
0
Tackles
0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Clearances
0
0
Clearances attempted
0

Lineups

Who played.

LA Galaxy

  1. Josh Saunders
  2. Sean Franklin A
  3. Troy Roberts
  4. Greg Vanney
  5. Chris Klein A
  6. Joe Franchino ↓
  7. Bryan Jordan
  8. Peter Vagenas ↓
  9. Eddie Lewis
  10. Edson Buddle G
  11. Alan Gordon ↓

Bench

  1. Alvaro Pires A↑
  2. Brandon McDonald G↑
  3. Landon Donovan ↑

Colorado Rapids

  1. Preston Burpo
  2. Kosuke Kimura
  3. Cory Gibbs G
  4. Ugo Ihemelu
  5. Jordan Harvey ↓
  6. Terry Cooke A↓
  7. Mehdi Ballouchy
  8. Colin Clark
  9. Nick LaBrocca ↓
  10. Pablo Mastroeni
  11. Tom McManus G

Bench

  1. Mike Petke ↑
  2. Jose Burciaga Jr. ↑
  3. Jacob Peterson ↑

Match facts

Match facts

Date
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Competition
Regular season · 2008
Venue
Dignity Health Sports Park
Attendance
27,000
LA Galaxy coach
Bruce Arena
Colorado coach
Gary Smith
Officials
Michael Kennedy (Referee)

Attendance is the announced figure.