The LA Galaxy held Sporting KC without a single shot, and still lost | OneFootball

If you want to understand why MLS is different than nearly any other soccer league on Earth, look no further than the 2025 LA Galaxy.

The Galaxy, who are defending MLS Cup Champions, just set two new marks for all-time MLS futility on Sunday night in a 1-0 defeat at Sporting Kansas City.

In the latest chapter of a season that feels like it has been produced by the ghost of Rod Serling, the Galaxy completely dominated the run of play, registered nearly two-thirds of the possession and all 11 of the goal attempts, and returned home as losers again because veteran defender Maya Yoshida turned the ball into his own net from a 13th-minute SKC cross.

And it gets worse ...

To add injury to insult, key attackers Joseph Paintsil and Gabriel Pec departed early due to separate ailments in the second half, opening the possibility that the Galaxy may have try to avoid becoming the first team to complete 12 games without all four of last year's double-digit scorers.

Dejan Joveljic was a salary casualty, traded to the very same SKC that managed to earn arguably the luckiest three points in MLS history. And Rigui Puig remains out with an ACL tear suffered in last year's Western Conference final.

To be clear, the Galaxy didn't help their own cause even despite the statistical dominance. Only one of their 11 shot attempts tested goalkeeper John Pulskamp. And there was often a suspicious lack of edge to the contest despite what should be a rising urgency within the Galaxy squad.

The only good news? The Galaxy do not drift toward MLS history alone. They're joined by CF Montreal among the ranks of the winless, and while LA may feel like the more cursed side based on how 2025 has transpired, Montreal feels like the more dysfunctional.