When Los Angeles Galaxy and Seattle Sounders square off at the Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday, they'll be looking for their first MLS victory of 2023.
While Seattle enters this game in second place in the Western Conference, the hosts have split the victories in their previous three games.
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Due to Los Angeles Galaxy and Portland Timbers' 0-0 stalemate at Providence Park last Saturday, they were forced to settle for a share of the spoils for the third straight encounter.
As David Bingham looked to suffer a hamstring injury, the Timbers even finished the game with defender Justin Rasmussen in goal, but Greg Vanney's team could not break through, hitting the post twice.
Due to that outcome, Galaxy has only earned three points from their first four games, placing them in 11th place in the Western Conference, just one point clear of rock-bottom Colorado Rapids.
Seattle has had a strong start to the 2023 MLS season, and entering this weekend, they are in second place in the Western Conference with 10 points from their first five games.
Jordan Morris won MLS Player of the Week after Sounders' 4-1 victory over Kansas City last time out, which helped them close the gap on league leaders St Louis City and put them back on track after going two games without a win.
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